Ukraine and Iran: why military strength doesn’t mean winning wars
What do Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Volodymyr Zelensky and Mojtaba Khamenei have in common? The military power that they can all command is far easier to use than to convert into political success. They command vastly different resources and pursue different goals. Trump and Putin lead nuclear powers (it’s generally accepted that Netanyahu does too, but Israel has never acknowledged this). Trump, Putin and Netanyahu all started wars. Zelensky inherited a frozen conflict…
Where: Vietnam, Israel, Tel Aviv, Iran, Afghanistan, United States, Washington, Ukraine, London, Moscow, Russia
Exact coordinates
vietnam: 14.060, 108.280
israel: 31.050, 34.850
tel aviv: 32.090, 34.780
iran: 32.430, 53.690
afghanistan: 33.930, 67.710
united states: 37.090, -95.710
washington: 38.910, -77.040
ukraine: 48.380, 31.170
london: 51.510, -0.130
moscow: 55.760, 37.620
russia: 61.520, 105.320
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