The Political Dilemma of Russia’s Vladimir Putin

There has been a serious tension going on in the world’s politics at the moment. The threat and fear of another war breaking out; World War III which has been brewing in Europe and it’s neighborhood.

The Russian Government has been threatening fire and brimstone to invade Ukraine, their neighboring country. Their reason for threatening to invade Ukraine is that Ukraine, a country that was initially part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) wants to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); an intergovernmental military alliance of 30 countries. The Russian government claims that if Ukraine joins NATO they will be a military threat to the Russian government due to how geographically and politically close Ukraine is to Russia.

This threat has been made by Mr. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and this  has caused a wild tension in the world as this is most likely not an empty threat by the Russian government. To back up this threat of invasion, Russian military troops have been camping at the border of Russia and Ukraine and Russia has been aggressively stocking up and restocking their military manpower, fully ready for war. 

Most of the world power countries  have openly condemned the Russian government’s plan to invade Ukraine over Ukraine attempting to join NATO. One of the public critics of Russia’s planned invasion is the United State government. The United State government has openly warned Russia that if they ever invade Ukraine, the US and her allies will invade Russia in a retaliatory measure and will also place political and economic sanctions on Russia.

The Russian government is definitely in a political dilemma; if Russia invades Ukraine there will be a war; World War III and no country no matter how much military power they possess and how much ready they claim to be for war really want to go to war due to the negative impacts war leaves on a country; financial impact, economic impact, political impact, medical impact etc, and most countries never recover from the crisis and blow of war…, But If Russia fails to invade Ukraine as they have threatened, they might lose their place as a world power as other countries may begin to see them as a toothless bull dog who only barks and does not bite. This will also have a negative impact too on Russia’s foreign political policies as other countries that rated Russia highly and were scared of them will no longer be scared of Russia. 

The Russian government is really in a fixed Dilemma; should they invade Ukraine and bear  the harsh consequences of war or should they back down and bear the harsh consequences of losing its place as one of the most dreaded countries of the world?

Whatever decision Mr. Vladimir Putin and the Russian government makes will affect the rest of the world; it will shape the world’s economy, politics, policies, economics, finance, health etc so they better think deep and think hard before making up their mind in order for them not to make the wrong decision.