The Cost of Conquest: Why Modern Empires Are Bad Investments

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Check out my book "How Ukraine Survived": https://amzn.to/47gnlEf. You can also read it for free by signing up for a Kindle Unlimited trial at https://amzn.to/3QMsBr8. (I use affiliate links, meaning I earn a commission when you make a transaction through them. Even if you read for free, you are still supporting the channel.) For 80 years, Western countries have enjoyed a territorial peace unlike anything the world has ever seen before. However, the Trump Administration has begun to upend the system. This video examines how the territorial peace, what Trump's strategy appears to be, and why runs against almost a century of civilizational progress, never mind millennia of human development. 0:00 Criticisms of the Trump Administration 2:17 The History of Territorial Conflict 8:15 The Origin of the Territorial Peace 18:13 A Brief History of Predatory Economic Governance 28:47 A Brief History of International Trade 45:27 A Brief History of Service Economies 53:21 The Cost of Conquest 1:06:49 The Trump Strategy The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), European Union, and NATO visual information does not imply or constitute endorsement. Media licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/): By Irish Defense Forces: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine/ Media licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/): By IAEA Imagebank: https://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/8496304423 Media licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/): By Bundesarchiv: https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+183-1987-0922-500 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+183-K0623-0502-001 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+102-00104 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+183-R1215-506 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+102-00193 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+183-S38324 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+183-2007-0403-501 https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?query=Bild+183-27106-0001 Media licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/): By RIA Novosti: http://visualrian.ru/ru/site/gallery/#36535 Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): By Kremlin.ru: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/49437 http://kremlin.ru/catalog/keywords/78/events/50329 http://kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/67/events/58020 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60490 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61732 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68691 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69101 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70746 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73411 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73585 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73732 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73955 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76073