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One of the most intelligent analysts of the Russian-Ukrainian war spent the previous several years almost exclusively recording Let's Plays of various strategy games

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Alexey Guzey

@alexeyguzey

Sep 25, 2021

Which of these sets of people is most likely to contain *the* best geopolitical thinker in the world? 1. Top diplomats among all countries in the world 2. Active players of EVE Online 3. Regulars of /r/geopolitics or regulars of /t/themotte 4. World’s top Diplomacy players

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devcroix

@devarbol

Apr 15, 2022

The minor problem of the majority of takes about how Russia can win Ukraine with some limited strategic victory that will be signed in an agreement is WHAT IF UKRAINE SAYS NO youtube.com/watch?v=aEpk_y The Price of War - Can Russia afford a long conflict?

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4:53 PM · Apr 17, 2022

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I think it's more likely than not that the majority of the top 10 geopolitical minds in the US who should be elite State Department/White House analysts instead work 9-5 jerbs and play lots of Civ/CK2/EvE/Dominion