World military expenditure passes $2T for first time
On intellectually interesting thing about the current NATO-Russia conflict is it suggests that the overarching strategy is to figure out whether the stove is hot by touching it. Obviously neither Russia nor the US see a diplomatic solution, but it is happening on Russia&#x27;s border so at some point someone will escalate too far. And everyone is on edge and tetchy after the the COVID response. The current world superpower is run by people who are pretty sure that the answer to economic problems involves printing money. Obviously this&#x27;ll end well.<p>Energy use is also approaching a critical point. The experiments in Europe indicate that the closing of the fossil fuel age will be unpleasant. The electricity production figures out of the UK are jaw dropping, last I saw they seem to have regressed to 1970s levels.<p>In this environment, it is easy to see why people are ramping up military training. If it wasn&#x27;t for the fact that a serious war will be apocalyptic regardless of spending I imagine they&#x27;d be ramping up faster and more enthusiastically.