Geostrategic Blunder

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22-12-30 Why Losing Crimea Will Destroy Putin - Vlad Vexler > .

23-11-4 [Ruscia Wants to Destroy] International Rules-based Order - Kuzio > .

23-9-22 ATACMS: Sending Ukraine These Missiles = Huge Deal | WSJ > .

23-9-1 [Resistance Essential | Opposition Shouldn't be Duped] (subs) - Katz > .

23-8-31 Arming against P00tin - NATO in Baltic Sea | DW Doc > .

23-8-14 Post-P00: Elites Flee; Opposition Rises (subs) - Katz > .

23-7-31 Ruscia Cannibalizing Its Economy - Still Not Enough - gtbt > . skip > .

23-7-19 Mutiny, Insurgency, Arrests, Economic Implosion - Konstantin Samoilov > .

23-5-13 [Ztupidity: P00, Babitchkas, Prickozhin, Fodder, nukes, Xi] - CBC > .

23-5-8 P00ti Fragmented Military: Internal Rivalries, Mismanagement - Spaniel > .

23-3-23 5 Takeaways [Xi’s P00petry visit] - Stubb - STG > .

23-3-15 Timothy Snyder on reasons for ICC "WAR CRIMES" decision > .

23-3-12 Krumblin Presents: Friends Like These (song parody) - rhubarbjin > .

23-3-4 R's Potential Collapse | P00's Balkanization Warnings (subs) - Katz > .

23-3-1 [Seven Losses of P00tin: How to Fail Ztupidly as Dicktator - Matters > .

23-2-22 How Ukraine Saved Kyiv: Ruscian Missteps, Ukrainian Ingenuity - Spaniel > .

23-2-20 Record Deficit Heralds the Collapse of the Russian Economy - gtbt > .

23-2-13 Navalny's Defiant Impact Can Only be Judged in Retrospect - Katz > . 

23-2-5 Scary Stalinism vs Pathetic Pootinism [electioneering] (subs) - Katz > .

23-1-30 Offensive Pooti's Doomed Orcine Escalation (subs) - Katz > . 

23-1-22 Politics Can Destroy Armies: Factionalism & R-U War - Perun > .

23-1-19 Kremlin's Bizarre Ideological Mission for 2023 - Vlad > .

22-12-22 What would Ruscia gain/lose if Belarus joined Ztupid war? - Binkov > .

22-12-16 3 reasons why Pootin started the ztupid war (subs) - Katz > .

22-12-13 Spotlight on Ukraine - Ben Hodges - geonow > .

22-12-6 Ukraine Gained Significant and Irreversible Momentum - Hodges > .

22-11-23 Kherson Retreat & Winter Prospects [War Mapped] - gtbt > .

22-11-7 ATACMS Missiles Will Bring Russia to Tears, Retired US General - RDI > .

22-11-3 General Ben Hodges (Ret.) | Jake Broe Podcast > .

22-11-9 BEN HODGES: End of the war, collapse of ruscia, threat of Belarus > .

Why authoritarian regimes FAIL:

22-11-13 враньо (vranyo) - Lies, coverups, Ruscian failures in Ukraine - Perun > .

> Border Issues >>

24-2-10 Borders: Some Countries Are Nearly Impossible to Escape - Map > .

> Energy >> 

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

> NoXious World Order >> 

23-10-14 [Xina bullies Philippines in SXS; Xi's Propagandistic Ideology] - Update > .

23-10-14 [Nefarious Hybrid XIR "want to destroy America" Plot] - Versed > .

23-10-14 [Independent Taiwan versus Imperialist Dicktatorship] - Real > . 

23-10-12 Xina Supporting Hamas in the Israel/Palestine Conflict - laowhy86 > .

23-10-12 [Xina's self-serving platitudes and blame-US XiPaganda] - Update > .

> Strategy >>

Divisive Opportunism - Alētheiai >> .

Крим - Crimea - anffyddiaeth >> .

Pootin and the Presidents: Interviews | PBS >> .

➾ 2022 ..

2022 - Special Douhetesque Blunder ..

P00ti's Ztupidity vs Svechin's Strategy ..

Axis of Resentment

22-11-6 Ruscia's Allies - Iran, Syria & North Korea - Impact on R-U War? - Perun > .

24-7-11 Matt Pottinger: Searching for an Endgame With Xina | FA > .

24-5-31 Axis of Chaos: "Boiling Moat" [X~Taiwan] - Matt Pottinger - Hoover > .

24-3-2 Kim Jong-Un’s New Strategy - PolyMatter > .

24-2-17 Taiwan Question & World Order | X Economy - Update > .

24-2-10 KOREA | A Final Separation? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-9 Is North Korea Seeking Conflict With SK [XIR vs West]? - gtbt > .

24-2-8 Israel: High-Tech Military; Intelligence Failure - Caspian > .

24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .

24-1-6 North Korea's Invasion Plan [against South Korea] - Would It Succeed? - mfp > .

23-12-7 5 Hard lessons West should learn from dealing with XiXiP - Lei > .

23-12-5 Most Dangerous [XIR] Moment: America’s Role in the Pacific | Hoover > . 

23-11-27 Xina's PLAAF Upgrading Air Bases for War With Taiwan | WSJ > .

23-11-11 [Out Parasites! Nikolai Patrushev's NoXious World Order] (subs) - Katz > .

23-11-5 [XIR] Corrupt, Sanctioned Iran's Military & Power Projection - Perun > .

23-10-30 Makhachkala Airport Riot; AntiSemitism Causes, Consequences - Katz > .

23-10-25 US & [I-P-CW] vs Xina: Preparations to Fight War - Real > .

23-10-25 NoXious World (Dis)Order 2 - Sergey Lavrov - STG > .

23-10-24 [PooXi, P00ti Secrets at BRI Forum: NoXious World Order - Insight > .

23-10-20 Xina's PLAN Expansion vs USN's Hegemony - gtbt > . skip > .

23-10-20 Pentagon Report [re X(IR) threat] & Chip Curbs - Update > .

23-10-19 BRI, Hamas fit into XiXiP's Middle East [NoXious] strategy - Lei > .

23-10-19 [R-U & NoXious XIR Axis behind Hamas atrocities] - DiD > .

23-10-17 [BRI Scam; Xina Using H-I War; MENA Policy] | Update > .

23-10-17 H-I War Israel | Unity & Russian Resistance =/= Hamas (subs) - Katz > .

23-10-16 Xina's Hypocrisy re Hamas Atrocities-Israel's Response - Digging > .

23-10-15 World Against [Xina’s Woof Whiners] | US-Xina | Trade - Update > .

23-10-14 [Nefarious Hybrid XIR "want to destroy America" Plot] - Versed > .

23-10-14 [Independent Taiwan versus Imperialist Dicktatorship] - Real > . 

23-10-12 Causes of the Crisis between Hamas and Israel - Spaniel > .

23-10-12 Xina Supporting Hamas in the Israel/Palestine Conflict - laowhy86 > .

23-10-12 [Xina's self-serving platitudes and blame-US XiPaganda] - Update > .

23-10-12 Killing Civilians: The New Normal | Wonder Land: WSJ > .

23-9-30 XiXiP plans for NoXious World Order - Update > .

23-9-29 Decoding P00ti-PooXi blueprint for NoXious World Order | DW > .

23-9-20 UNC DMZ NK-SK British Army commander - Forces > .

23-9-9 Xina Preparing For War With USA? | BRI | US-X Relations - Update > .

23-9-7 Xi's Mess: Wartime Economy Rising, Imminent Societal Collapse > .

23-8-25 How Xi secured power by reforming Xina’s military - Lei > .

23-8-23 China vs Japan: Japan Preparing for War with Xina - BuBa > .

23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .

23-7-25 Why US Troops Fought Wagner Mercenaries in Syria - T&P > .

23-7-19 Mutiny, Insurgency, Arrests, Economic Implosion - Konstantin Samoilov > .

23-7-12 Xina prepares for war - Hudson > .

23-5-13 [Ztupidity: P00, Babitchkas, Prickozhin, Fodder, nukes, Xi] - CBC > .

23-5-2 Why Iran is Helping Ruscia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Real > .

23-4-23 Psychopathy - DW Doc > .

23-3-23 5 Takeaways [Xi’s P00petry visit] - Stubb - STG > .

23-3-13 Iran, Xina, Saudi Arabia - Influence  Wangling - Update > .

23-3-12 Krumblin Presents: Friends Like These (song parody) - rhubarbjin > .

23-3-4 R's Potential Collapse | P00's Balkanization Warnings (subs) - Katz > .

23-2-17 Serbia backing Ruscia’s invasion of Ukraine - BBC > .

23-2-13 Navalny's Defiant Impact Can Only be Judged in Retrospect - Katz > . 

23-2-8 Ruscia’s Warpaint | Once “decent” people провоенный (subs) - Katz > .

23-1-19 Why psychopaths rise to power | Brian Klaas - Big Think > .

22-12-15 Mahsa Amini protests - Islamic Republic of Iran Fights to Live On - gtbt > .

22-11-16 G20 '22 - Xina distancing itself from Ruscist fallout - Update > .

22-11-15 G20 '22 - Biden & Xi Discuss Ukraine, Taiwan & Competition - Update > .

22-11-13 враньо (vranyo) - Lies, coverups, Ruscian failures in Ukraine - Perun > .

22-11-8 Iran protests: can they topple the [odious theocratic] regime? - Economist > .
22-11-7 Iran [belatedly] headed for its next revolution? - Caspian > .

22-10-10 Coming Conflict with China | Michael Beckley > . full > .

22-9-28 Why Iranians Are Protesting: Mahsa Amini | Peter Zeihan > .

> Anti-XIR >>

23-10-18 Vindman - Resisting Abuses of Power = Health in Democracies - Silicon > .

> BRI >>

23-10-21 [Bilk & Raid Imperialism 1: Xina Wants NoXious World Order] - Update > .  

23-10-22 [Bilk & Raid Imperialism 2: Xi+P00 NoXious Arab Plans ] - Update > .   

> Chip War >>

23-10-20 Pentagon Report [re X(IR) threat] & Chip Curbs - Update > .

> Energy >> 

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

> H-I War >> >> H-I War >>> & > XIR >> >> XIR Evil >>>

> Hamiganda >>  > Islamist Threat >>  

24-6-1 [Hamiganda] Digital DISinformation & Weakist Antisemitism | TBN > .

>> Iran, XIR >>> > Iran - Allies, Enemies >>  > Iran >>  > Iran~ >> 

24-8-25 [Iran: Geography & Military] Hard to Defeat - Caspian > .  

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 > .

> Islamist Threat >>

24-4-24 Florence Bergeaud-Blackler | Europe's Endogenous Islamist Threat? | NC > .

24-4-19 Melanie Phillips | [Despined] Conservatism versus Gaza | NatCon > .

> NK military >>

24-5-18 [NK+XIR] Kim might want war - DW > .

24-3-12 Decoding Kim Jong-un’s dangerous moves - Lei > .

24-3-2 Kim Jong-Un’s New Strategy - PolyMatter > .

24-2-10 KOREA | A Final Separation? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-9 Is North Korea Seeking Conflict With SK [XIR vs West]? - gtbt > .

> NoXious World Order >> 

23-10-25 Understanding NoXious World (Dis)Order - Kotkin | Hoover > .

23-10-25 US & [I-P-CW] vs Xina: Preparations to Fight War - Real > .

23-10-23 Xina's Threats Pushing Philippines Closer to US - WSJ > .

23-10-23 [NoXious] World According to Xina | Elizabeth Economy | Hoover > .

23-10-19 BRI, Hamas fit into XiXiP's Middle East [NoXious] strategy - Lei > .

23-10-19 [R-U & NoXious XIR Axis behind Hamas atrocities] - DiD > .

23-10-14 [Xina bullies Philippines in SXS; Xi's Propagandistic Ideology] - Update > .

23-10-14 [Nefarious Hybrid XIR "want to destroy America" Plot] - Versed > .

23-10-14 [Independent Taiwan versus Imperialist Dicktatorship] - Real > . 

23-10-12 Xina Supporting Hamas in the Israel/Palestine Conflict - laowhy86 > .

23-10-12 [Xina's self-serving platitudes and blame-US XiPaganda] - Update > .

> PLA >>  

>> Sociopolitical Dysfunction >>>

> Strategy >>

24-1-31 HR McMaster - Assumptions & Biases: Flawed Strategies | HISPBC > .
24-1-31 HR McMaster - Challenges, Testing Assumptions, Integrating Strategies | H > .

>> Xina >>>  > Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>

24-2-13 Sovereign Funds: How XiXiP Finances its Global Ambitions | Hoover > .

23-10-13 Xina's plunging birthrate - Update > .

Autocracy↔Revolution↔Anocracy | αλλο >> .

Divisive Opportunism - Alētheiai >> .

Pootin and the Presidents: Interviews | PBS >> .

XIR Evil - αλλο >> .

➾ 2022 ..

Adaptability Beats Authoritarian Arrogance

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18-10-9 Building and stopping authoritarian regimes |  Snyder | Think > .

24-2-19 Book of Lord Shang: Ancient Path to Power; Ongoing Suffering - Digging > .

23-10-25 NoXious World (Dis)Order 2 - Sergey Lavrov - STG > .

23-10-24 [PooXi, P00ti Secrets at BRI Forum: NoXious World Order - Insight > .

23-10-20 Pentagon Report [re X(IR) threat] & Chip Curbs - Update > .

23-10-19 [R-U & NoXious XIR Axis behind Hamas atrocities] - DiD > .

23-8-14 Post-P00: Elites Flee; Opposition Rises (subs) - Katz > .

23-3-23 5 Takeaways [Xi’s P00petry visit] - Stubb - STG > .

23-3-4 R's Potential Collapse | P00's Balkanization Warnings (subs) - Katz > .

23-3-2 Authoritarian Regimes Copy & Spread Intolerance - Silicon > .

22-11-4 Stephen Kotkin on Xi’s China, Pootin’s Ruscia | Hoover > .

22-10-25 Tech Restrictions, failure to deter Pooti | Goodfellows > . full > .

22-11-22 Why [the Ruscian Federation] cannot become a democracy - Caspian > .

22-10-21 Russian Foreign Policy, Past and Present | Kotkin | Kimmage - Mont > .

22-10-14 European National Security: Past, Present, Future | Stephen Kotkin > .

22-10-10 Coming Conflict with China | Michael Beckley > . full > .

Although dealing with the specifics of Ruscia's military's abject failure, endemic cooperative-deception implicitly explains why authoritarian arrogance FAILS:

22-11-13 враньо (vranyo) - Lies, coverups, Ruscian failures in Ukraine - Perun > .

>> Authoritarianism >>>

> BRI >>

23-10-21 [Bilk & Raid Imperialism 1: Xina Wants NoXious World Order] - Update > .  

23-10-22 [Bilk & Raid Imperialism 2: Xi+P00 NoXious Arab Plans ] - Update > .   

> Chip War >>

> NoXious World Order >> >> XIR Evil >>>

23-10-25 Understanding NoXious World (Dis)Order - Kotkin | Hoover > .

23-10-25 US & [I-P-CW] vs Xina: Preparations to Fight War - Real > .

23-10-23 [NoXious] World According to Xina | Elizabeth Economy | Hoover > .

23-10-12 Xina Supporting Hamas in the Israel/Palestine Conflict - laowhy86 > .

>> Sociopolitical Dysfunction >>>

Anti-Democratic Manipulations - Lewis >> .

Authoritarianism - SDO, RWA, weakists - Guy >> .
Cognitive & Personality Dysfunction - Lewis >> .

Divisive Opportunism - Alētheiai >> .

Extremists & Authoritarians - Tzu Pow >> .

FQ, fIQ, fMRI, AI, SDO, RWA - Cognitive Metrics - Guy >> .

Sociopolitical Manipulation - Lewis >> .

Warlord Stratagems - Guy >> .

Battlegrounds c HR McMaster - Hoover >> .

Goodfellows - Hoover >> .

Uncommon Knowledge 2022 - Hoover >> .

➾ 2022 ..

Riots Spreading - X ..

Negotiation is Impossible

22-11-3 Peace is only possible without Pootin (subs) - Maxim Katz > . skip > .

23-11-4 [Ruscia Wants to Destroy] International Rules-based Order - Kuzio > .

23-10-25 Understanding NoXious World (Dis)Order - Kotkin | Hoover > .

23-10-25 US & [I-P-CW] vs Xina: Preparations to Fight War - Real > .

23-10-25 NoXious World (Dis)Order 2 - Sergey Lavrov - STG > .

23-10-24 [PooXi, P00ti Secrets at BRI Forum: NoXious World Order - Insight > .

23-9-29 Decoding P00ti-PooXi blueprint for Noxious World Order | DW > .

23-9-2 When the Elites Will Topple P00ti (subs) - Katz > .

23-9-1 [Resistance Essential | Opposition Shouldn't be Duped] (subs) - Katz > .

23-8-14 Post-P00: Elites Flee; Opposition Rises (subs) - Katz > .

23-5-13 [Ztupidity: P00, Babitchkas, Prickozhin, Fodder, nukes, Xi] - CBC > .

23-3-15 Timothy Snyder on reasons for ICC "WAR CRIMES" decision > .

"[Ruscian] diplomacy is now working on one single task: to bring Zelensky to the negotiations table. Today we will talk about why Ukraine refuses to talk. And about why Russia can’t change the situation until it abandons [Pootin]."

23-2-13 Navalny's Defiant Impact Can Only be Judged in Retrospect - Katz > . 

23-2-10 Political Apoothy | Blame Game, Coping Strategies (subs) - Katz > .

23-2-9 Russians vs Ruzzians - "Public" Opinion re Pooti - Times > .

23-1-19 Kremlin's Bizarre Ideological Mission for 2023 - Vlad > .

22-12-16 3 reasons why Pootin started the ztupid war (subs) - Katz > .

22-11-23 Kherson Retreat & Winter Prospects [War Mapped] - gtbt > .

22-11-22 Is it time for Peace Negotiations - Anders > .  

22-11-22 Where Will Ukraine Strike Next? 3 Main Options for Kyiv - Spaniel > .

22-11-22 Why [the Ruscian Federation] cannot become a democracy - Caspian > .

22-11-22 Pooti's ztupid war | Crimea, Donbas, 0-Ideology (subs) - Katz > .

22-11-8 [Bunkered Zidiots - How Pootists screwed Ruscia] - Katz (subs) > . skip > .

22-11-6 Pootin, Patrushev, Kovalchuk, Co19 ⇒ Ztupidity (subs) - Katz > .

22-10-25 Tech Restrictions, failure to deter Pooti | Goodfellows > . full > .

22-11-5 Grain deal stand-off shows that Russia is weak - Anders > .

Xina's hypocrisy
22-12-8 Former PLA officer claims Xina restraining Russia over nukes | FT > .

>> Sociopolitical Dysfunction >>>

Divisive Opportunism - Alētheiai >> .

Pootin and the Presidents: Interviews | PBS >> .

➾ 2022 ..

European Geostrategic Projection

22-10-30 European Defence, Russian Challenge - 3rd power, paper tiger? - Perun > .

24-4-25 [Innacurate Depictions of] "Eastern Europe" - Kraut > .

24-1-22 How [Viktator] Orbán Took Over Hungary - Context Matters > .

24-1-9 Volga River - History, Importance; Volga-Don Canal - Animation > .

23-9-23 Erdoğan's Turkey is NATO's Biggest Internal Problem - Real > .

23-9-20 UK ‘could join’ a two-tiered EU, even after Brexit | Olivier Costa > .

23-9-5 Strategic Autonomy: Will Europe Ever Be Able to Defend Itself? | Waro > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-8-2 Belarussian Choppers cross Polish Border into NATO Airspace | Artur > .

23-7-31 Iron Curtain to Iron Fist: Viktor Orbán Redefining Hungary - Pers > .

23-7-28 Rebuilding Ukraine - Into > .

23-7-25 Can Germany Really Become Europe's Great Military Power? - Waro > .

23-6-17 Procurement vs Efficacy - Requirements, R&D pitfalls - Perun > .

23-6-13 NATO IAMD | NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence > .

23-2-20 Record Deficit Heralds the Collapse of the Russian Economy - gtbt > .

22-12-16 3 reasons why Pootin started the ztupid war (subs) - Katz > .

22-12-5 German Development Model: Rise, Merkel, Ru, Crisis, Scholz, Xina - gtbt > .

22-12-2 Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia - Danube & Europe's Future - Kraut > .

22-11-23 Kherson Retreat & Winter Prospects [War Mapped] - gtbt > .

22-10-14 European National Security: Past, Present, Future | Stephen Kotkin > .

22-11-22 Energy in Europe: Ukrainian Consequences - PZ > .

22-11-16 G20 '22 - Xina distancing itself from Ruscist fallout - Update > .

22-11-15 G20 '22 - Biden & Xi Discuss Ukraine, Taiwan & Competition - Update > .

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > . 

> Budgets, Procurement >>

> Bundeswehr - German Military >>

24-6-18 [Zeitenwende] Germany's Military Comeback - Context Matters > .

24-6-12 Why Germany's Army is Rebuilding (again) - T&P > .

> Conscription, Recruitment >>

24-4-16 Is Mandatory Military Service Actually a Good Idea? - Context Matters > .

24-2-1 Could National Service fix British forces recruitment crisis? | Sitrep > .

Defence Economics - Perun >> .

Divisive Opportunism - Alētheiai >> .

finēs - pro libertate >> .

Russia Ukraine analysis - Perun >> .

   > EU >> 

> EuM - European Defense >>  EU Army? 

24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

>> Europe >>>

> Europe vs XIR >>

24-3-8 Is Europe Taking The Lead On Ukraine? - gtbt > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

>> Military >>>

> Military Recruitment - anti-XIR>>
>> NATO >>>

> WW3? >>

➾ 2022 ..

EPo - Europolitics 2022 ..

EU Demographics ..

Europe ➾ 2022 ..

European Geostrategic Projection ..

Geopolitical Futures ..

Geostrategic Challenges - Europe 2022 ..

Hybrid Warfare, Intelligence ➾ 2022 ..

NATO ➾ 2022 ..

UK ➾ 2022 ..

West ➾ Russia 2022 ..

What Cost War? ..

Why military aid to Ukraine has a positive effect on Western economies:

The Danube is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine before draining into the Black Sea. Its drainage basin extends into nine more countries. The largest cities on the river are Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Bratislava, all of which are the capitals of their respective countries. The Danube passes through four capital cities, more than any other river in the world.[8] Five more capital cities lie in the Danube's basin: Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo. The fourth-largest city in its basin is Munich, the capital of Bavaria, standing on the Isar River.

The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through much of Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest into the Black Sea. Its longest headstream Breg rises in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, while the river carries its name from its source confluence in Donaueschingen onwards.

Since ancient times, the Danube has been a traditional trade route in Europe. Today, 2,415 km (1,501 mi) of its total length are navigable. The Danube is linked to the North Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, connecting the Danube at Kelheim with the Main at Bamberg. The river is also an important source of hydropower and drinking water. Many European borders, especially in the Balkans, are also drawn by the Danube's stream. There are more countries along its flow than on any other river (10; the Nile is second with 9).