Russia’s war on Ukraine shows you can’t stop a war in another country even with massive sanctions.
And, various empires’ adventures in Afghanistan show that even sending in troops to stop the “bad guys” will probably not work.
Sometimes people can make a change. The Apartheid governments of South Africa collapsed largely due to boycotts and people pressure. But, that only really works when the targeted country wants to be part of the community of nations, and its people don’t want to be seen as criminals by the rest of the world. IMO, that situation is rare. Most of the time the rest of the world can’t do much of anything when it comes to civil wars and border conflicts.
Russia’s war on Ukraine shows you can’t stop a war in another country even with massive sanctions.
And, various empires’ adventures in Afghanistan show that even sending in troops to stop the “bad guys” will probably not work.
Sometimes people can make a change. The Apartheid governments of South Africa collapsed largely due to boycotts and people pressure. But, that only really works when the targeted country wants to be part of the community of nations, and its people don’t want to be seen as criminals by the rest of the world. IMO, that situation is rare. Most of the time the rest of the world can’t do much of anything when it comes to civil wars and border conflicts.
Not really. It is because Russia has nukes.
Key example of why having Nukes is important. You become Gaza if you don’t have them.
So, Israel has nukes and Russia has nukes, and now these countries can do whatever they want. I’m not sure you have such a great point.
If Ukraine had nukes…
“If you cross the line and use nukes, we will respond with our arsenal”
Kargil war
China v USSR
Cold war
At this point, it would be the better fate.
Israel cannot do anything by itself. It relies fully on Western funding and will collapse the moment they are sanctioned.
AFAIK, Israel is actually extremely prosperous these days, and the money received by the west is just “nice to have” free money these days.