Category: Geopolitics
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The relationship we should have between the US and Europe
This is an excerpt from Episode 17 of the Corner Podcast. To watch the whole thing, click here: A letter to the nations of Europe Two of the most interlinked continents in the world are Europe and America, and it is easy to see why. They are extremely financially linked, they are culturally similar, seeing…
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Cities across Borders
On the southern coast of California, we come across the major American city of San Diego. San Diego has a population of 1.4 million, larger than other major cities such as San Francisco or Dallas. It is known for its expansive parks, beaches, and tourist attractions, such as Legoland, the San Diego Zoo, and SeaWorld.…
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America bombs Iran
This is an excerpt from Episode 17 of the Corner Podcast. To watch the whole thing, click here: TTowards the end of 2002, America had begun building up its forces in the Persian Gulf. The reasoning behind this was to combat the dictatorial regime in Iraq, as they were said to have had weapons of…
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What makes a nation
What makes a nation? Is it geography, like in Switzerland, which despite it being ethnically diverse between Italians, French and Germans, is united due to its culture based on its geography being surrounded by the Alps, and it’s shared value to defend it. Or is it a similar culture, language and ethnicity, like in nations…
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The Other North Korea’s
North Korea: The most repressive, isolated dictatorship in the world, with it’s massive military drills, and even more massive dictator, with his infamous cult of personality, to the point of the North Korean population worshiping the Kim’s like gods. On top of that, they censor all media, “elections”, and threaten the world almost daily with…
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The Closest Humanity got to Nuclear War-Part 1
So, you clicked on this thinking that this was about the Cuban Missile crisis, and, if so, good try, but no. This essay will be the first of a two part essay series that is about the Cold War crisis of the early 1980’s, where the Americans initiated military buildup, the Soviets placed missiles in…
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How a Nobel Peace Prize winner started 2 wars
A brief history of modern Ethiopia The image you see before you is Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018, winning the Nobel Peace prize in December 2019, after resolving the nations conflict with neighboring Eritrea. This moment was seen throughout the world as a sign that some of the conflicts in Africa…
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What the European Powers wanted during the Scramble of Africa
In 1884, as several nations were beginning to colonize Africa, the European powers, at the invitation of Otto Van Bismark, sat down in the Berlin conference to divide up the continent. Some nations got what they wanted, and some got nothing. However, this would begin a massive colonization speedrun known as the Scramble for Africa.…
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Peace Plan to Russian Ukrainian war
The Russian Ukrainian War has been going on for over 3 years, and is one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War 2, with nearly 1 million killed, captured, or wounded, in World War 1 style trench warfare. Recently, the Trump administration has begun seeking negotiations to end the conflict, so I decided to try…
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Worlds Biggest Warmonger-The Case against NATO
The Case Against NATO In 1945, as the Nazi regime collapsed, and the end of World War 2, the two victors on the continent of Europe were the Americans, and the Soviet Union. As the borders were being redrawn, the Soviets managed to set up puppet communist governments in Eastern Europe, from East Germany to…
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The Importance of the Nile River
Driving Question: How is the Nile River important to nations on its banks or in the Nile River basin? The Nile river, being the longest river in the world, has been used by several nations on its banks, and in the Nile River Basin. It has also been a crucial part of the economies and…
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Deterrence against Russian aggression-The Case for NATO
For centuries, the single power in control of all of Eastern Europe was the regime in Moscow(Or St Petersburg). After the Deluge and the subsequent fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Russians took more of Eastern Europe, to the point of monopolizing it. This system continued for centuries, and the Non-Russian ethnic groups under Russian…
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The Corner Podcast-Episode 9
What will happen now that Trump is the president? Sorry for being really late Timestamps: Intro-0:00 How Trump won the presidency-0:30 How Mainstream Media got destroyed by the election-4:22 We can never trust the polls again-6:10 Election Night-7:41 Trump as President-10:11 Tariffs-11:12 Will the US gain Canada, Greenland and Panama?-12:17 US AID-13:34 DOGE, Elon and…
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How Archduke Franz Ferdinand created Anime
It’s funny how often the Butterfly effect appears throughout World History.
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Stop Dunking on us, Europeans!-An Essay
In 1917, during World War 1, the Entente was struggling to fight against the might of the Central Powers. On the Western Front, casualties were higher than ever, and it was impossible to push the enemy back. In Italy, hundreds of thousands of troops were captured, and Venice was under threat. In Russia, the government…
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The Corner Podcast-Episode 8
How close is the world to a Third World War? Sorry for being late this week, the next episode will hopefully come in two weeks as planned. Timestamps: 0:00-Intro The Doomsday Clock-0:47 Should we trust the doomsday clock?-1:52 Past World War 3 Close Calls-2:35 How the New Cold War Began-4:46 The New Cold War-8:49 Regional…
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Participants of Syrian Civil War Infographic
I know it’s really late, but here it is:
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The Corner Podcast-Episode 7
Yeah, Ukraine is going to lose the war. But how? Timestamps: 0:00- Intro 0:41- Why did this war start? 5:00- The War in Ukraine so far 6:41- How Ukraine did not instantly lose 7:55- Why some people blame the US for starting the Ukraine war 9:30- The Stalemate 11:19- The renewed Russian offensive 13:05- Updates…
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The Corner Podcast-Episode 6
Why is the Syrian Civil War flaring up again, and what will happen now that Damascus has fallen? Timestamps: 0:00-Intro 1:19-Factions of the Syrian Civil War 6:28-History of the Syrian Civil War 9:00-The new offensive 11:09-Why begin the offensive now? 13:41-Foreign powers in Syria 17:22-Why does the United States support the Free Syrian Army? 19:00-What…
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New Map of Indian Partition
When India was gaining independence in 1947, it was partitioned into India and Pakistan. This went horribly wrong, as the resulting conflicts and mass migrations left 1 million people dead. So, I decided to see if, once again, I could make a better version… First, in India. Although India is a very diverse nation with…
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The Corner Podcast-Episode 4
In this episode, we will discuss the beginning of the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, and Britain’s handover of the Chagos Archipelago. Also, we still need a slogan.
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The World War 3 Map
Unless for the past several years you have been living under a rock, or you just never keep track of global geopolitics, then you probably know about the very tense position that the world is in today. So, to give you a better understanding, I made a possible map of the world if World War…