Russian President Vladimir Putin last week warned that Moscow has escalation capabilities in Ukraine and its next targets could be a wide range of military facilities and decision-making centers in Kyiv that Moscow could “turn to dust.”
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Dec 3 2024
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U.S. APPROVES NEW ARMS SALE TO TAIWAN WORTH $385M, ANGERS CHINA
The Biden administration announced last week that it approved $385 million in weapons for Taiwan, which will include spare parts for F-16s and radar systems, prompting China to promise “countermeasures.”
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CHAD ENDS DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH FORMER COLONIZER FRANCE
Chad announced last week that it will end its defense agreement with France, its former colonial power, which was seen as the latest blow for Paris in Africa.
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TURKISH INTELLIGENCE IS AIDING ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS INVADING SYRIA
The fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the main Turkish-backed group invading Syria’s Aleppo, are receiving intelligence from Ankara as their fighters try to maintain their grip on the city and advance south, the AFP reported last week.
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U.K.’S JOHNSON SAYS WEST IN PROXY WAR WITH RUSSIA, MAIN PROBLEM HAS BEEN SLOW TO ESCALATE
Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister who has emerged as a major Russia hawk, said in an interview last week that the West is fighting a proxy war with Russia through Ukraine and the biggest problem has been the reluctance to escalate the conflict.