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@GeovaneVideo
Providing engaging, well-informed, and accessible coverage of geopolitics, world history, and diplomacy. Weekly podcast .
YouTube ➡️geovane.videoJoined September 2020

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Two weeks later and the love was indeed confirmed. Looking forward to getting our next video out soon!
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Damn, I guess saw this and decided to show us some love. Don't worry baby, we're going no where!
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Replying to @MikeHilliardAus @ColdWarChannel and 8 others
Our philosophy is we'll post wherever but we won't change our content to do so. But...we'll also only post where it's worth our time. We just signed up for @rumblevideo because it has enough users now to make sense: rumble.com/v2obg2a-what-h @chrispavlovski #geopolitics
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📺 At its peak, #ISIS held ~33% of #Syria & ~40% of #Iraq. But by the end of 2017 the group had lost ~95% of that territory including its largest holdings: Mosul 🇮🇶 & Raqqa 🇸🇾. And in 2019, ISIS’ leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed. How did such a powerful group fall? 👇
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Recently, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia for the first time in over a decade. Moreover, Saudi Arabia invited Assad to the Arab League summit it'll host next month where Syria's membership is expected to be on the table.
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There are the few major ways the Russia-Ukraine #war could develop, with #China's increasing role in the conflict only muddying the waters of what the outcome will be. We will certainly be watching this story unfold. But in the meantime: Do you agree? Disagree? Let us know! (5/5)
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The third option is a Russian victory: This result would lead to criticism of the U.S. from the #EU who finds itself divided by a new “Iron Curtain” with Belarus, Ukraine and Russia on one side, and the EU and #NATO on the other, as well as potential copy cat conquistadors (4/5)
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The second option is a stalemate scenario: This outcome would marginally favor the Russians, the conflict would become a frozen conflict, and support from and in the West could wane. We only have to look to #Afghanistan to see how war weariness can influence Western nations (3/5)
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The first option is a West/Ukraine victory: The Ukrainian military pushes the Russians back into #Russia, Western credibility is fortified, and a defeat in Ukraine that can’t be sold as a win would have immediate and important political consequences, namely for #Putin (2/5)
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The Philippines is not likely to want to choose sides. But it may soon be asked to do so: and who it chooses will be of great importance to regional, and indeed world, geopolitics. (5/5)
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China’s role may be that of a security spoiler, seeking to deprive the U.S. of an important hub in the Indo-Pacific. It's already the Philippines’ top trading partner (16% of exports & 39% of imports). Chinese tourists also contribute greatly to tourism in the Philippines (4/5)
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The U.S. is the Philippines’ most important security partner and likely sees it as a jewel in its crown of Chinese containment. As the 5th most mineralized country, the U.S. may also look to the Philippines as a source of raw materials should the U.S. decouple from China (3/5)
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The 2nd most populous country in #SoutheastAsia, the Philippines is caught up in competition between the U.S. and China. Its location plays a key role in regional security e.g. disputes in the South China Sea and the economics of changing trade routes & supply chains (2/5)
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