To answer my own question, yes, we should be concerned about the tensions in Europe involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and, yes, it is relevant to international trade, and to the economic situation in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its member states. For information, NATO, a security alliance, has 30 members, 27 in Europe, 2 in North America, and one in Eurasia (Turkey).
The world is a village. Whether we like it or not, globalisation makes us all intertwined and vulnerable to any major disturbances in the global community, especially those involving the major powers. This security matter on the European continent is a power play and Ukraine is a pawn.
I have addressed the instability in the USA and think that I should also address the troubles in Europe in this time of pandemic with its accompanying economic setbacks and their implications. In March, we will begin the third year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and who knows what other crisis we might be facing then.
Over the last five years in Europe, the EU has been having its challenges with Brexit and the departure of the UK, the rise of right-wing groups in some member states, and the separatist movement in Spain. In Britain, the Conservative leadership is now looking quite tarnished and uninspiring.
AMASSING TROOPS
Then, in mid-winter, pandemic notwithstanding, enters Russia’s President Valdimir Putin amassing troops on the border of…
