Regional geopolitics

[Vrej1915]

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Turkmen fighter acquitted of murdering Russian pilot in Syria
By Leith Fadel -
11/05/2016

The Turkmen fighter that was responsible for shooting the Russian pilot inside the Latakia Governorate in November has been acquitted by the Turkish courts of any crime. Alpaslan Celik, the Turkmen fighter, was acquitted by the Turkish courts of murdering the Russian pilot, Oleg Peshkov, in November.

Citing a “lack of evidence”, Celik was released by the Turkish authorities, despite originally bragging about shooting the Russian pilot in a short video. Celik later recanted his narrative and said that he ordered his men to capture the Russian pilot. The acquittal leaves the Oleg Peshkov murder case wide open; however, it is very unlikely that the Turkish authorities will investigate this any further.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...n-pilot-syria/ | Al-Masdar News

[Eddo211]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Impalement is the only choice for the Graywolfs and their Egrenekon leaders.........B0zkurts must be removed from this world. They are evil these Ataturk's followers who see him as God, like Asena, the shewolf who gave birth to Turks, the leaders must be destroyed.
This is no joke......we should drag them with a rope and a truck to the Armenian memorial sight and sacrifice them like a lamp.
Turks ARE scared of Armenia, Armenians in Armenia, Artsakh with its quick ass Army, and the diaspora.

[Zeytun]

Re: Regional geopolitics

The Eurasian Crisis
by George Friedman
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Dear Reader,

In 2008, two pivotal events happened within seven weeks of each other.

On Aug. 8, 2008, Russia and Georgia went to war. On Sept. 16, 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed. The first event shifted the strategic dynamic. The second transformed the global economic situation, particularly in Eurasia (understood as Europe and Asia combined).

The economic crisis was immediate and painful but it was not, in itself, unusual or significant. Financial crises are built into capitalism and, for the United States, this was the fourth such crisis since World War II: the municipal bond crisis in the 1970s, the Third World debt crisis and the savings and loan crisis in the 1980s preceded it.

It was the combination of the strategic and economic crises, however, and the unique difficulties major powers in Eurasia had in dealing with the dual problems, that led to general and interlocking crises throughout the region.

Virtually all the components of Eurasia have destabilized. China’s economy is slowing down, and the regime in Beijing is moving to strengthen and further centralize its power, as well as use increased military assertiveness at sea to boost morale and avoid potential social unrest at home.

Russia has entered an economic crisis and become more assertive in the Middle East and to its west. The Middle East is experiencing a political crisis that has destroyed two states, Syria and Iraq, while oil-exporting countries are destabilizing as prices decline.

Finally, the European Union has fragmented, with the decline of coherent decision-making and the unwillingness of individual states to adhere to any central authority.

Meanwhile, southern Europe remains in a deep depression with more than 20 percent unemployment in Greece. Britain will hold a referendum on whether to leave the EU, while independence movements in places like Catalonia have strengthened.

On issues ranging from economic dysfunction to the migration problem, Europe’s central crisis has been political. The EU has been unable to make, implement and enforce effective decisions. As a result, it is facing informal dissolution – a situation where the EU exists, but it is increasingly ignored.

The regional crises are no longer sequestered. They are interacting with each other. Russia is putting pressure on Europe and the Middle East. Europe is reacting to Russia and involved in the Middle East. The Middle East is affecting Europe and drawing in Russian involvement. In the western part of Eurasia, it is as if separate storms are beginning to merge together into a single, much more powerful storm. And that is what makes this important.

Destabilization stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean hasn’t occurred since World War II. Except for India, which has problems but is not undergoing systemic stress, all of the land mass is unstable. That means that 5 billion out of 7 billion people in the world exist in a state of economic and strategic turmoil.

This is the heartland of humanity.

[Haykakan]

Re: Regional geopolitics

The Eurasian Crisis
by George Friedman
=
Dear Reader,

In 2008, two pivotal events happened within seven weeks of each other.

On Aug. 8, 2008, Russia and Georgia went to war. On Sept. 16, 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed. The first event shifted the strategic dynamic. The second transformed the global economic situation, particularly in Eurasia (understood as Europe and Asia combined).

The economic crisis was immediate and painful but it was not, in itself, unusual or significant. Financial crises are built into capitalism and, for the United States, this was the fourth such crisis since World War II: the municipal bond crisis in the 1970s, the Third World debt crisis and the savings and loan crisis in the 1980s preceded it.

It was the combination of the strategic and economic crises, however, and the unique difficulties major powers in Eurasia had in dealing with the dual problems, that led to general and interlocking crises throughout the region.

Virtually all the components of Eurasia have destabilized. China’s economy is slowing down, and the regime in Beijing is moving to strengthen and further centralize its power, as well as use increased military assertiveness at sea to boost morale and avoid potential social unrest at home.

Russia has entered an economic crisis and become more assertive in the Middle East and to its west. The Middle East is experiencing a political crisis that has destroyed two states, Syria and Iraq, while oil-exporting countries are destabilizing as prices decline.

Finally, the European Union has fragmented, with the decline of coherent decision-making and the unwillingness of individual states to adhere to any central authority.

Meanwhile, southern Europe remains in a deep depression with more than 20 percent unemployment in Greece. Britain will hold a referendum on whether to leave the EU, while independence movements in places like Catalonia have strengthened.

On issues ranging from economic dysfunction to the migration problem, Europe’s central crisis has been political. The EU has been unable to make, implement and enforce effective decisions. As a result, it is facing informal dissolution – a situation where the EU exists, but it is increasingly ignored.

The regional crises are no longer sequestered. They are interacting with each other. Russia is putting pressure on Europe and the Middle East. Europe is reacting to Russia and involved in the Middle East. The Middle East is affecting Europe and drawing in Russian involvement. In the western part of Eurasia, it is as if separate storms are beginning to merge together into a single, much more powerful storm. And that is what makes this important.

Destabilization stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean hasn’t occurred since World War II. Except for India, which has problems but is not undergoing systemic stress, all of the land mass is unstable. That means that 5 billion out of 7 billion people in the world exist in a state of economic and strategic turmoil.

This is the heartland of humanity.

Heh if I told you the true story you would not believe it. That is the situation in the world today. USA caused the economic crisis world wide and then the very people who caused the crises will start blaming those who were effected by it. O and to sweeten it up more they get paid for writing about it...

[Azad]

Re: Regional geopolitics

All the mouthpiece of the RAND Corporation, Stratfor, American Enterprise Institute with fancy titles as in "global policy think tank", "strategic intelligence" are run by bunch of East European heryas. To make them legitimate they hire retired military generals and retired corporate money hungry ex CEOs. Than you get the propaganda machine to roll like this article.

[Vrej1915]

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[Vrej1915]

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Breaking: Israel kills Hezbollah commander in airstrike over Damascus
By Chris Tomson -
13/05/2016

Around midnight Damascus time, an Israeli jet hauled through the southern outskirts of Damascus and struck an Hezbollah unit near the Damascus International Airport. During the airstrike, Hezbollah commander Mustafah Badr Al-Deen (Mustafa Badreddine) was killed in a pinpoint target attack. His death has been confirmed by a military source in Damascus. A rare picture of him can be seen here: Furthermore, two paramilitary Iranian commanders were reportedly killed.

Mustafah Badr Al-Deen has maintained a largely underground presence but is considered one of the most high ranking military commanders in Hezbollah. In December 2015, a similar Israeli airstrike killed another senior Hezbollah commander in the countryside of Damascus; namely Samir Kuntar.

It is not known how the Israeli jet entered Syrian airspace this time nor why the Syrian anti-aircraft units of Damascus were unable to respond. It is also unknown how the Israeli intelligence obtained his exact position, although an informant is presumed to have revealed his coordinates.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...rike-damascus/ | Al-Masdar News

[Haykakan]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Leaked: Turkey used bribery to release weapon-loaded ship seized in Greece

By Zen Adra -

15/05/2016

Haddad 1 was seized by Greek caost guard in September 2015 A
Turkey-bound cargo ship loaded with heavy and light weapons was seized
by Greek coast guard, a source said.

The ship was originally procured by a France-based Saudi arms dealer,
and was loaded in UK and France.

According to the source, who spoke with the condition of anonymity,
the shipment was supposed to be delivered to Lebanese MP Khalid
al-Dhaher in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli, and eventually to
al-Nusra Front in Syria under the supervision of Turkish intelligence.

Abdullah al-Chahal, the spiritual leader of a notorious Salfi movement
in Lebanon, has reportedly brokered the whole operation.

Al-Dhaher, a Lebanese MP for the northern city of Tripoli, has been
overtly backing ultra-hardline militants fighting Syrian President
Bashar Assad.

The shipment was finally released after Turkey allegedly paid $750,000
to an influential Greek official.

The Greek authorities then declared that it has investigated the
shipment and found out loads of cartridges used for fishing. In
September 2015, The Greek coastguard seized the Bolivian-flagged
vessel Haddad 1 off the island of Crete. A search of its cargo
revealed almost 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 5,000 rifles hidden a
board.

Haddad 1 was heading to an Islamist-held port in Libya in a suspected
“Oil for Guns’ deal.

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[Zeytun]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Azerbaijan to perform military drills with Turkey, Georgia
Sun May 15, 2016 5:44PM

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/05/15/465771/Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia-military-exercises-NagornoKarabakh

The Republic of Azerbaijan has declared joint military drills with Turkey and Georgia, a move which is likely to increase tensions with neighboring Armenia prior to talks with Yerevan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

“To increase the combat capabilities and combat readiness of the Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia, we deemed it worthwhile to carry out joint military exercises,” Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov said on Sunday, without specifying when the exercises would be carried out.

At least 46 people have been killed since April 1, when fighting broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabakh.

On Friday, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said an Azeri soldier had been killed by Armenian fire on Thursday.
On the Armenian side, a serviceman died of wounds on Saturday after reportedly being targeted by an Azeri sniper near southwestern Armenian border.

On April 3, Baku announced a “unilateral” ceasefire as a gesture of goodwill, warning, however, that it would strike back if its forces came under attack. Bouts of fighting were reported soon afterward.

The landlocked Karabakh region, which is located in the Azerbaijan Republic but is populated by Armenians, has been under the control of local ethnic Armenian militia and Armenian troops since a three-year war, which claimed over 30,000 lives, ended between the two republics in 1994 through mediation by Russia.

The presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as diplomats from Russia, the US and France, are to meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Monday to discuss the situation in the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh.

[HyeSocialist]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Impalement is the only choice for the Graywolfs and their Egrenekon leaders.........B0zkurts must be removed from this world. They are evil these Ataturk's followers who see him as God, like Asena, the shewolf who gave birth to Turks, the leaders must be destroyed.
This is no joke......we should drag them with a rope and a truck to the Armenian memorial sight and sacrifice them like a lamp.
Turks ARE scared of Armenia, Armenians in Armenia, Artsakh with its quick ass Army, and the diaspora.

We need to figure out ways to increase our strength. Economically and militarily. This is the only choice. These Turks are on a course of devouring each other, we should full heartedly egg them on.