Russia Is Massing Troops On Iran's Northern Border

it is called the Balance of Power, and is a very good point to raise.
Perhaps. But Kenneth Waltz, along with realism and neorealism, were utterly discredited by the end of the cold war and 9/11. If the cold war was bipolar, and we are today living under the unipolarity of the United States, I would argue that there is much more 'stability' today, than there was before 1989-91.
 
yikes... that must have been a bit of a WTF moment....

presumably you were there dug in in some OP before even james blunt rocked up with his troop...

Yeah, just the 4 (BPT) of us on the ground at the time the Russians moved into the Airport. We were told to not engage under any circumstances. Simply observe and withdraw at the first sign of contact.
 
Perhaps. But Kenneth Waltz, along with realism and neorealism, were utterly discredited by the end of the cold war and 9/11. If the cold war was bipolar, and we are today living under the unipolarity of the United States, I would argue that there is much more 'stability' today, than there was before 1989-91.

Quite, I wasn't making any judgements on the relative balance of power today or at any time, only giving Nerusy the relevant term. :)
 
Quite, I wasn't making any judgements on the relative balance of power today or at any time, only giving Nerusy the relevant term. :)
Ok, fair enough. I just wanted to show off my knowledge of international relations anyway, so we are even. :p
 
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FFS threads like this annoy me. I was expecting to find news of something yet the OP just made up the title. No, the troops aren't massing on the border at all. They are saying it could happen. Stop with the Daily Mail style headlines.

I may as well post a story saying North Korea has nuked Japan. Well it could happen so that makes it real right?
 
Russia and china are support iran also syria plus usa or western have to careful cos iran is one of oil rich so if attack then it will damage to world ecomony include oil price as well.. So leave the war out, need sort it out each others but it wont be easy
 
Russia and china are support iran also syria plus usa or western have to careful cos iran is one of oil rich so if attack then it will damage to world ecomony include oil price as well.. So leave the war out, need sort it out each others but it wont be easy

Erm... yeah?
 
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