> On the other hand, the US has shored up massive support from all of Europe ex Belarus, Japan
Regarding Japan this very news article contradicts you somehow.
> Finland joins NATO tomorrow.
Finland is insignificant from a geopolitical point of view. Its joining NATO only makes NATO less secure as a whole, rather than strenghtening it.
This makes zero sense. Please elaborate.
> The dollar relevance is degrading
Can you give some facts and figures to support this ? Because as I understand then the world would be tradin in multiple currencies for Oil&Gas.
I did in another comment under this one. Would you elaborate on why the opposite would be true?
Meaning you don't need to only depend on your own Military capabilities in order to protect your borders.
Finland joining makes Finland's borders a FAR more expensive attack than was previously.
> joining NATO only makes NATO less secure as a whole
NATO is not an offensive/invading force. It's a defensive force. If NATO had what you're referring to as a level of security, it has only increased due to more forces available to respond.
It's that simple.
Why is that?
Strong disagree. With Finland, NATO's control of the Baltic sea is insurmountable. Together with Turkey's control on the Black Sea, this completely cripples any Russian maritime capabilities.
> rather it's a country in need of protection
Also unlikely. The geography of the Finish border is such that an invasion via land is incredibly difficult. Dense forest and mountainous terrain create many easily defended bottlenecks, and the Finns with their outsized artillery are in a perfect position to defend those.
Even without NATO protection, the Finish gave the Russians a very bloody nose the last time they tried to invade. Since then, the Finish military has been re-structured with the single purpose to defend against another Russian invasion, whereas the Russian military is constrained by many other factors. Any Russian advance against the EU now has to come via the Ukrainian and Polish plains.
On the contrary, perhaps relations are not that good.
https://hindupost.in/world/target-modi-us-regime-change-mach...
> The US is working very hard, in full force to change Modi regime; its the top agenda item for the Hillary-Obama Cabal that is the real power behind Biden.
China relationship is strained for many reasons, Ukraine and their general support for Russia conducting the war is just icing on the cake. This has strained Chinese relations with multiple countries though (UK, EU members, etc.).
India I’m not seeing much in the way of change. The US at least didn’t really do anything different with India buying Russian oil.
US relations with South American companies are variable and generally slightly negative based on what I’ve seen, but I’m not really sure how they have gotten worse. What is leading you to believe that they are?
Saudi Arabia I somewhat agree with but think Middle East politics are extremely complex. Wouldn’t read much into Chinese efforts there.
On the other hand, the US has shored up massive support from all of Europe ex Belarus, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and Australia at a minimum. Finland joins NATO tomorrow.
Overall I’d say the war has been a large boost to American foreign relations on the whole. Can’t please everyone anyway.
W.r.t cost -> everybody is spending money. Russia especially.