Question: AITA as the president of my country, for invading another country in order to prevent them from joining an international alliance which threatens my geopolitical power in the region? A few years ago I annexed a different part of that country in order to get economic benefit from having control over a major shipping port in the area, and it was totally fine then - but now the international community is ganging up on me by applying all these sanctions and crippling my economy, and it feels a little unfair.
YTA: "YTA. This is an act of war. Russia invaded another country uninvited and is trying to force its way into a major power bloc by threatening the countries within it with all sorts of international isolation, economic pressure, and military aggression if they don't submit to Russian hegemony in the region.
Don't try to use "globalism" as an excuse for your actions. You aren't afraid that other countries will form alliances against you because they are globalist; you invaded another country uninvited purely out of spite and malice towards the world's democracies, who have expressed their resolve in this situation by taking effective action against you."
NTA: "NTA. This is an aggressive move, but it is a move that a lot of countries have made in the past and will continue to make in the future. The world is a dangerous place and countries need to fight.
The issue comes when you start to take it too far. A country should never be in the business of invading other countries for economic gain. That goes beyond just being an asshole, it's just bad policy. This is something that I think a lot of people in geopolitics miss. Countries should be in the business of making money, not destroying other countries. You're playing a high stakes geopolitical game and the only way to win is not to play."
Interesting that the question doesn't mention Russia, but the YTA answer inferred that was the context.