[TeMPOraL]

Ukraine situation is a conflict between two states. International world is a libertarian world. The whole point of having countries is that a country can offer something better to people within its borders. This is achieved through monopoly on violence. Internationally, there is no monopoly on violence; arguably, the only thing keeping the world mostly together is nukes.

[mistrial9]

in other news, check out "intelligence", "trade" and "medicine" as other alternatives mechanisms before the recent invention of NUKES

[TeMPOraL]

They don't fit well into "Mutually Assured {}" pattern.