What do we do if Russia invades Ukraine?

[Democracyinkind]

55. I agree with your general point.

The whole world could profit from coming together and overcoming nationalism. I'm all for that as long as it isn't just a veil for the "West"'s (or anyone else's) hegemonic ambitions.

OTH, I think that Putin has a point in seeing us as his competitors. As do the Chinese. We are competing; just now we are trying to wrestle a Russian client state away from them and into our sphere of influence. It is not different from what happened in 1916 and 1941, it's just a different method.

I'd take any bet that NATO being dissolved is more likely to happen than Russia joining NATO.

The UN was supposed to be the body to accomplish what you are arguing for here. But we ruined that option for good by using it for petty geo-politics instead of the advancement and unification of humanity. (This time, the "we" stands for humanity, or at least the great powers and their client states).

Again, I agree with your general point. But we should be extremely careful with moralizing the term "democracy" though, especially in the sphere of geopolitics. I don't think that the US's hegemonic ambitions are prima facie more legit than those of Russia or the Chinese. Also, I'm not sure that the whole world is waiting to be empowered by democracy, especially if "democracy" means that peculiar sort that the US likes to practice at home and peddle outside of its borders.
What most people strive for is a life in material comfort, free from harm and oppression, I don't think they particularly care for which institutional mechanisms provide that. (That is, at least, my reading of modern Asian and Eurasian history).