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Putin wanted to make Russia great again. Instead, Ukraine is the new rising power in Europe (theconversation.com)

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Russia is losing on the battlefield – and on the global stage, as the US and China distance themselves from the war.

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[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

They have a huge new manufacturing sector with world class experience unrivalled in Europe and the west.

They are seeing huge investment within tbe EU and have received very favourable funding terms.

The UK was paying off WW2 until a few weeks ago and they did just fine becoming a world power post devastating infrastructure damage.

[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

British empire sorta ended with WW2 tho. USA replaced Britain as the biggest world power, including Naval (thus trade) dominance. UK did rather fine despite it, because of the "special relationship" with their former colony, but the UK after WW2 was a lot less powerful and less dominant in the world than UK was before WW2... They for sure did not become a world power from it, they merely managed to sorta hold on to some of their "world power" status in the post WW2 world.