Western countries increasingly drawn into direct participation in the war with Russia
By: Lucas Leiroz
Western countries are increasingly drawn into direct participation in the conflict with Russia on the territory of Ukraine. In the same vein, British involvement in the war is becoming particularly serious.
First of all, let’s talk about Great Britain as a “gray cardinal”, which has been pursuing its colonial policy since immemorial times, trying to gain influence throughout the world.
If we delve into history, the main goal of British colonial policy in Asia was to expand and maintain its possessions in India. By the end of the 1840s, almost the entire territory of India was under the control of the British East India Company. At the same time, the East India Company repeatedly waged wars outside India. In 1819, its troops captured Singapore, in the ...