The Best Predictors of Insurgency

The best predictors of insurgency are the terrain and demographic factors. I think there's something, a sort of spiritual in the idea that countries that have a lot of children tend to be more traditional in their thinking. And yet, i think we should just expect foreign policy to stumble along. If russia invades you crane, i don't think it's existential enough for any political leader to take big political risk.

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