When it comes to the micro and macro the analysis in the article is accurate. However, when it comes to ‘the underlying cause’— ‘neoliberalisation’—it is a mainstream argument. The working of capital and global capital, profitability and capital accumulation—whether by the imperialist states or by Qatar and UAE, for instance—is the underling cause(s). The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the region
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51