DiegoDiego Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 It's not going well at all. Ethiopia wants to build (is building?) a massive dam and has pissed their downstream chums right off. That said, Ethiopia has much bigger issues right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 What could go wrong? https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/US-to-build-anti-China-missile-network-along-first-island-chain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/war-ukraine-food-riots-poor-countries-wto-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-food-prices-hunger The last spike contributed to the Arab Spring uprisings and this one could make them look like a teddy bear's picnic by comparison. Throw in a couple of weather disasters and there could be serious political unrest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 No sense of irony that an armed militia stormed their parliament not 18 months ago and has near daily mass shootings. Joe, the power of your example is shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/25/saudi-arabian-grand-prix-at-risk-of-cancellation-after-houthi-missile-attack The Houthis seem to be able to attack high value targets in Saudi. Would they attack something like F1? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Azerbaijan has launched a new offensive in Ngorno Karabakh, with Russia and Armenia accusing the Azeris of breaching the ceasefire lines. Up to three Armenian soldiers have been killed and a dozen wounded in the attacks, which follow weeks of Azeri soldiers refusing to slow the repair of gas pipes into the territory leaving thousands of Armenians without heating in a freezing winter. It is very significant that Russia has accused Azerbaijan of breaching the ceasefire, Russian peacekeepers are supposed to be the guarantors of the agreement and are effectively the protectors of the remaining Armenians, between 25,000 and 100,000. It doesn’t take a genius to link this to the war in Ukraine. Obviously the war is taking up the bulk of Russian military resources and one explanation for the escalation is that Aliyev thinks he can take advantage of this and secure the rest of the territory or at least force more Armenians out. It’s unclear if Azeri troops have attacked Russian peacekeepers, I think it would be highly unlikely. There have been one or two reports that Russia has pulled troops from Armenia itself to join the Ukraine war but I don’t think any actual peacekeepers have been pulled out. Politically, Russia signed a co-operation agreement with Azerbaijan last month, Aliyev was in the Kremlin for talks the day of the invasion I think. It could be a risky move for a full escalation but perhaps they have calculated this makes Moscow more neutral and less pro Armenian. Another factor must be that tge losses suffered by the Russians in Ukraine and the sanctions mean they will be less able to provide military equipment to replace all that Armenia lost in the 2020 war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 This is tremendous stuff from the North Koreans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: This is tremendous stuff from the North Koreans. Maybe NASA could start buying NK rocket engines now that Russia won't sell them anymore? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Maybe NASA could start buying NK rocket engines now that Russia won't sell them anymore? That'd be quite the turnaround in relations. Maybe wait (nervously) for a few dozen more successful flights though to make sure they've worked on reliability. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Some confusing days over what's happening in Ngorno-Karabakh. Azerbijan released quite a beligerent statement, contradicting what Russian peacekeepers had said and saying that the Armenian side were not keepting to the ceasefire agreement by refusing to disarm. Russia then said that they were negotiating for Azeri withdrawal from the areas they'd moved their forces into and shortly afterwards announced the Azeri troops had left. Armenia and Azerbijan then both released statements saying that Russia were wrong and Azeri troops had NOT left. Today Russia are reinforcing their peacekeepers, with pictures published of tanks and armoured vehicles moving into the area. Potential for escalation still very high. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/30/south-korea-says-it-has-successfully-test-fired-its-first-solid-fuel-space-rocket Things beginning to simmer again on the Korean peninsula, just as a more conservative South Korean leader takes power after the (clearly failed) attempts to win DPRK's co-operation by their predecessor. I wonder what the chances are of a 'f**k it' round of wars happening in different hotspots, while the focus of the major power blocs are fixated on Ukraine. Some of these frozen conflicts are quite frankly insoluble so choosing the most favorable timing to win becomes a serious temptation to leaders under these circumstances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 If nato and Russia were to clash. The first nuke would be launched from Israel to Iran. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 What the American military are being told about geopolitics at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Sri Lanka descending into violence, with pro and anti government mobs attacking each other. The Prime Minister has resigned and his home has been burned down by rioters. Several deaths, including an MP have been reported. https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-sri-lanka-crisis-nationwide-curfew-house-of-rajapaksas-set-ablaze-all-you-need-to-know-2951870 One of the causes of the unrest is the move to make Sri Lanka an all organic economy, which has lead to catastrophic food shortages and economic collapse. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/05/sri-lanka-organic-farming-crisis/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Nothing to worry about I'm sure 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 One of the causes of the unrest is the move to make Sri Lanka an all organic economy, which has lead to catastrophic food shortages and economic collapse. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/05/sri-lanka-organic-farming-crisis/It always seemed a ludicrous policy. Plenty of I told you sos going around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) Al Jazeera journalist shot dead in the West bank. Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank - BBC News Israel denying it was them (obviously) Edited May 11, 2022 by Suspect Device 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Suspect Device said: Al Jazeera journalist shot dead in the West bank. Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank - BBC News Israel denying it was them (obviously) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hmm, shooting journalists in the head seems a bit war crimey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 The Israelis seem to be making a rapid retreat from blaming it on the Palestinians. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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