Showing posts with label geopolitics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geopolitics. Show all posts

Saturday, November 30, 2024

⇒ 2024

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24-1-16 Democracy by Margaret Atwood | Democracy 2024 - FT > .
24-1-28 Проблемы демократии | Democracy's Ills | Myth or Reality (subs) - MK > .
2024
24-12-15 Tragedies, triumphs, males misbehaving 2024 | 60 Min Aus > .
military 
24-1-2 Flashpoints & Forecasts: 2023 Global Review; Expected in 2024 - Waro > .
R-U 
24-1-2 President Zelensky's goals for 2024 - Economist > .
Chips, FABs, Tech 2024 ..DUHsaster 2025 ..Enemy Caliphate Within ..Spies & Algorithms 2024 ..
Taiwan 2024 ..
24-6-27 Biden Mumbles, tRUMP LIES ..

Thursday, November 28, 2024

24-11-28 Georgia Protests Resume

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24-11-29 Georgia protests: 2nd night after government suspends EU bid - Global > .Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - Graydations >> .
Georgia - Sakartvelo - Graypatia >> .

On 28 October, tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Tbilisi to protest the results of the recent parliamentary elections, which President Salome Zourabichvili criticized as rife with irregularities. Addressing the crowd, Zourabichvili claimed the ruling Georgian Dream party employed tactics akin to those used in Russia, arguing that the election results did not accurately reflect voters' intentions. Officially, Georgian Dream was reported to have won over 54 percent of the vote, securing the parliamentary majority. President Zourabichvili, in her address, reassured demonstrators, stating, "You did not lose the election. They stole your vote and tried to steal your future". 

On 28 November, the new convocation of the Parliament of Georgia confirmed the government of Irakli Kobakhidze, who made several changes to its composition. Parliament also set a date for the 2024 Georgian presidential election on 14 December. After the 2017 constitutional reform, the president is no longer elected by popular vote but instead through a 300-member Electoral College, including all 150 MPs, all representatives from the supreme councils of the Abkhazian and Adjaran autonomous republics, and local bodies. Georgian Dream, holding a majority in the Electoral College, nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a member of its ally People's Power, to the presidency. Zourabichvili, the last president to be elected by popular vote, has rejected the legitimacy of the current parliament and has said that she will not step down as president "until the legitimate parliament is elected that will legitimately elect [a replacement]". Kobakhidze responded by saying "of course on 29 December she'll have to leave".

The protests have been marked by widespread violence against protesters and journalists by the police.

Caucasus ..

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Attrition, Armaments, Mobilization 2024

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24-8-9 Artillery: Mortars vs Howitzers - gtbt > .
24-8-5 List of Russia's Armored Fighting Vehicles in Storage - CoCa > .
24-8-1 [Ruscia Running Out of Tanks, Planes, People] - Icarus > .
24-7-28 Ukrainian Equipment Losses and Resupply (2024) - Perun > .24-2-14 Anders Nielsen on Ukraine's Strategy to Defeat Ruscia | Decoding Geopol > .
air shield 
24-1-19 Patriots & Franken-SAMs vs R A-50 & I Shaheds. What Ukraine needs - U24 > .
24-4-19 Swedish factory working 24/7 to make shells for Ukraine - Kyiv Independent > .24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .24-11-19 Ukraine's First ATACMS Missile Strike Against Russia - AiTelly > . dubious
Camouflage, Decoys 
> Innovation, R&D >>
24-5-12 Russia's Turtle Tanks Are Evolving - Armourer's Bench > .
24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .  > NATO Membership >> N Militaries >>> N Politics >> NATO~R >>
24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .
Orcine armaments / economy
24-2-22 Война 2024 | Ukraine's & P00's Plans for 2024 (subs) - Katz > .24-2-4 New Russian Weapons: Harpoon, Python, "Dandelion". Effectiveness - U24 > .
R-U troops 
24-7-18 Extra Pay and Tricks: Assessing [ruZZian] Wartime Recruiting - Preston > .24-3-11 Troop Losses - Ukraine, Ruscia - Kyiv Independent > .
Ukraine 
24-4-13 Ukraine has a mobilization problem | Kyiv Independent > .23-2-9 Who could be conscripted to fight in Ukraine? | BBC > .
U$ Aid     
24-1-29 Ukraine War Aid: US Funds, Political Support Games | WSJ > .24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .> > Weaponry > > > Missiles >>
X~T 

Axis ⇔ West 2024

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24-6-11 Iran & XIR Aligning Against Israel & West | Jonathan Spyer | TBN > .
24-5-21 Погиб президент Ирана | Raisi Dead | Impact? (subs) - Katz > .
24-5-19 [Fingers crossed] Iranian President & Foreign Minister  chopper crash - 4 > .
24-4-19 Age of Wars:[Karaganov's Bellicose Ode to Axis of Envious Resentment - gtbt > .
24-4-16 [XIR] Iran's use of [terrorist] proxies to [harm] USA and Israel - Caspian > .
24-3-28 5 reasons Iran is involved in so many global conflicts - BBC > .
24-3-6 Could the Mossad Have Stopped Iran? | Unpacked > .
24-3-5 Alliance Between Venezuela and Iran - IDF > .
24-2-20 Roots of Iran’s Anger Against America - Context Matters > .
24-2-8 The Hezbollah-Iran Alliance - IDF > .
24-2-4 Iran would lose a war with the United States | Michael Clarke - Times > .
24-1-30 US and Iran: Deciding What to Bomb || Peter Zeihan > .
24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .
24-1-13 Iran, Xina, NK Supplying Ruscia's War Machine - drones+ | gtbt >
Chaos - Axis of Chaos 
24-12-17 The Boiling Moat | Deterrence Policy | Matt Pottinger - Hoover > .
24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .
> Europe >>   Economic & Climate Migrants 
24-1-27 If Russia Attacks, is Europe Ready? Fear of War - U24 > .
> Migrant Crises >>  >> Problematic Migration >>>
> NATO > > > Europe vs XIR >>
24-2-2 How P00ti Controls Every Aspect Of Ruscia | Decoded | Insider > .
24-1-28 Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? - gtbt > .
Ruscia 
24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .
Syria 
USA ⇔ > XIR >>
West vs X~T 
24-2-6 Matt Pottinger Sounds The Alarm On Asia | Hoover > .
West ⇔ > XIR >>
>> Xina >>>  > Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>
24-3-27 Peter Hartcher - Xi tanking Xina's economy to prepare for war - SMH > .
24-8-6 Anne Applebaum: XIR & Autocracy “Infecting US Politics” | A&Co > .

Pew Xina ? . ? Pew Iran ? .  ? Pew Ruscia ? . 
Pew Americans Remain Critical of China: About 80% of Americans report an unfavorable view of Xina and Xi. (24-5-1)
Pew In East Asia, many people see China’s power and influence as a major threat: In most places surveyed, more people name China’s influence as a major threat than any of the other geopolitical issues asked about. (23-12-5) 

24-10-25 New Survey: China’s Reputation Plummets To Worst on Record | Update > .

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...