Russia emerges strengthened from Ukraine war, with profound implications for western imperialism

Russia emerges strengthened from Ukraine war, with profound implications for western imperialism

“Europe is going to pay in a BIG way, as they should, and it will be your win”, NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte boasted to Donald Trump. Indeed, the NATO alliance of western imperialist powers agreed to up their ‘defence’ spending to five percent of GDP over the next decade, at their recent summit in The Hague. The European arms industry bosses were no doubt delighted.