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Image of the Day – December 3, 2015 – Morocco the Outlier
As a result of the conflicts in Syria and Libya, Morocco has become the only state in the Middle East/North African region that is not or does not border a failed or semi-failed state. Morocco’s next-door neighbour Algeria, in contrast, borders two or three such states, namely Libya, Mali, and Niger. Algeria might also beContinue reading “Image of the Day – December 3, 2015 – Morocco the Outlier”
Image of the Day – December 2, 2015 – Motor Vehicle Production
The non-per capita vehicle production stats came from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production Note: there are countries which have higher per capita motor vehicle production than some of the countries on this list. Belgium, for example, which is not shown on this list, has a much higher per capita motor vehicle production than many of the countries that areContinue reading “Image of the Day – December 2, 2015 – Motor Vehicle Production”
Image of the Day – December 1, 2015 – The Turkish-Bulgarian Border
The land border between Bulgaria and Turkey currently serves as the southeastern frontier of the European Union, and it also Turkey’s most vulnerable one. Whereas Turkey’s eastern borders are separated from the majority of its population by over a thousand kilometres of hills and mountains, the distance between Istanbul and the Turkish-Bulgarian border is lessContinue reading “Image of the Day – December 1, 2015 – The Turkish-Bulgarian Border”
Image of the Day – November 30, 2015 – Greek Islands
Why Iraq is Still So Important
So, why did the United States decide to invade Iraq in 2003? There may have been some sinister or stupid reasons for the war, as an overwhelming majority of Americans believe there were, but there were also strategic motivations behind it, which are almost never acknowledged. These were, namely: 1. To weaken the position of the SunniContinue reading “Why Iraq is Still So Important”
Image of the Day — November 26, 2015 — Clash of “Civilizations”
(Eastern Christian Orthodox countries include Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, etc.; Turkic Muslim countries are Turkey, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Northern Cyprus. For Turkey, the two most important Christian Orthodox countries are Russia and Greece. …take these numbers with a grain of salt though, it’s hard toContinue reading “Image of the Day — November 26, 2015 — Clash of “Civilizations””
Image of the Day, November 24, 2015: Turkish-Russian Geopolitics
(above — Black Sea drainage basin; below — Volga river drainage basin) Russian-Turkish Geopolitics: The economies of Russia and Ukraine depend on exporting bulk goods like oil, coal, iron ore, grain, uranium, and manufactured goods. The easiest way for Russia and Ukraine to transport these goods is via ship or barge rather than by truck or train, forContinue reading “Image of the Day, November 24, 2015: Turkish-Russian Geopolitics”
Europe and Arabia: A Geopolitical Perspective
As different as the Quran is from the New Testament, or the Constitution of France is from the Constitution of Saudi Arabia (which is, in fact, the Quran), these differences are arguably less important than those which seperate the geography of Europe from the geography of the Arab world. Europe is a region of islands,Continue reading “Europe and Arabia: A Geopolitical Perspective”
The Other Greek Economy
Four months ago, Greek politics dominated the news. Even the Chinese stock market downturn, in which the Shanghai index dropped by over 30 percent in the month leading up to the Greek referendum, took a far backseat to Athens on every broadcast. Greece’s own stock market fell nearly to 26-year lows at the time, wasContinue reading “The Other Greek Economy”
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