Putin feels neglected

The U.S. has been engaged with China for some time regarding China’s threats in the South China Sea and Taiwan ( https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-china-united-states-beijing-united-nations-0f27ca946b9fa97487af1ba8e80c3682 ).

This apparently has made Russian President Vladimir Putin feel a bit neglected on the geopolitical stage so, consequently, he has amassed a significant World War Two vintage military presence along Russia’s border with Ukraine.

( https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/us-russia-ukraine-invasion-warning/index.html )

Ukraine is not a member of NATO and with a GDP of only $181 billion it is of little importance to the European Union, let alone to the world economy. So few nations really care if Putin takes over Ukraine.

Apparently President Putin has not been paying much attention to advances made by the U.S. and western countries as evidenced by the successful deployment of the Webb Telescope.

If he had he would realize that, ironically, geopolitical advantage and power has little to do with geography any longer, at least not terrestrial geography. The geography that is of interest to the U.S. is temporal. It will extend back 13 billion years to the Big Bang and the formation of the first stars. Understanding temporal geography will provide the U.S. and its allies with knowledge that will make tank warfare look like a rock fight.