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Russia, Georgia, and the Politics of Empire

Monday, August 11th, 2008

In section 3.2.2.1 of Principles for a Self-Directed Society, I discuss the potential threat posed to the United States homeland by Russian military might. I outline a defensive strategy to deter invasion, and refer to the principle of mutually assured destruction in determining why a first-strike nuclear attack is not in Russia’s best perceived self-interest.

Throughout the book I assert that in instances of conflict that does not occur on United States soil, it is the responsibility of international organizations (not their individual member nations) to intervene.
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