Thanks for your comment.

Ukraine is a Seam State. Saying Either it’s accepted right now into the full European system or it’s part of the Gap is no more sensible in the case of Ukraine than in the case of Turkey.

Multilateralism leads to a process of steady change [1]. Unlike Russia, Ukraine is consistently more tied to Europe as time goes on. We need this process to continue.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/09/15/multilateralism-in-the-context-of-russias-invasion-of-georgia.html

if the response is an enthusiastic yes, russia will rage but eventually come to accept its smaller place in the world.

i predict otherwise, though. when the idea is floated, “old europe” will say: eh, not so fast. at that very moment, ukraine will effectively be a part of russia — tanks need not roll.

re american GC jobs: i can just see it now — a bunch of taxpayer $$ given to big electric companies who order the turbines from china and have them installed by mexican & central american illegals!

Purposefully diverting wealth away from hydrocarbon states like Russia will naturally mean that some of it is diverted toward New Core states like Mexico or China.

That’s hardly a bad thing.

(Though of course, the longer we wait for comprehensive immigration reform, the more crime caused by the nativists’ refusal to recognize market conditions.)

re european GC jobs: moot. ukraine will be reabsorbed shortly.

What do you mean, how, and why?

re american GC jobs: i can just see it now — a bunch of taxpayer $$ given to big electric companies who order the turbines from china and have them installed by mexican & central american illegals!

re european GC jobs: moot. ukraine will be reabsorbed shortly.