INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 1.126 Amsterdam, October 6, 2023 IS THE WAR IN UKRAINE A WAR BETWEEN SYSTEMS? - The Ukraine Conflict as a Competition Between Rival Systems, Pointing to the Need for a Cosmo-Local Civilizational Framework - MICHEL BAUWENS It is with this context that the conflict around Ukraine can be seen as an expression of systemic rivalry, between a system dominated by the financial class, and a system dominated by the administrative class. In one system, the market is dominated, and the state is subservient; in the other, the state is dominant, and the market is subservient. Naturally, Russia sees the world in terms of nation-state dominance and relies on military power, just as naturally, the Western system seeks financial power and uses financial warfare. Both are as deadly to the populations subjected to them. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/bauwens5.html