"From North Africa to the Gulf, the UAE has aggressively expanded its counter-revolutionary strategy in the wake of the Arab Spring"
by Andreas Krieg: https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/abu-dhabi-built-axis-secessionists-across-region-how 🧵

#geography #CivilWar #Africa #Emirates #oilAndGas #internationalTrade #interference #allies #Houthis #MiddleEast #RedSea #Dubai #AbuDhabi #UAE #Yemen #MuslimBrothers #terrorism #counterTerrorism #salafists #mercenaries #stateViolence #imperialism #fossilFuels #civilWar #PersianGulf #Gulf #geopolitics #hegemony #MAE #Sudan #Egypt #MENA #geoStrategy #sanctions #LNG #military #nuclear #power #longRead #lobbying #foreignPolicy #USA #Libya #influence #development #revolvingDoor #revolvingDoors #Clinton #Trump #Harvard #Wimbledon #ManchesterCity #foreignInfluence #arms #armsTrade #normalisation #SaudiArabia

TIL... 🙄. nationalmap.gov.au is/was an open source TerriaJS instance delivering all kinds of data via open standards in a single space.

The digital atlas of Australia is based on proprietary ESRI services. Colour me disappointed, not surprised

The strategic question being: why develop a new digital atlas if the old one was not used? 🤔

Personally I would have chosen to keep developing an open platform, especially in current geopolitical light.

#geostrategy #openplatforms #foss4g #australia

Ursula et l’Europe font le job. London calling ? Wait and see … Donald, Putin’s puppet story… #WeStandWithUkraine #geostrategy #worldwar3 #mastodon #fediverse

Long read: How a peripheral state can leverage its wealth, strategic geography and alliances to exert outsized influence on regional and global affairs

"How the UAE can simultaneously be both a subject of imperialism and an agent of imperialist practices within its spheres of influence while challenging traditional imperialist actors": https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-emerging-sub-imperial-role-of-the-united-arab-emirates-in-africa

@israel @geography 🧵

#geography #CivilWar #Africa #Emirates #oilAndGas #internationalTrade #interference #allies #Houthis #MiddleEast #RedSea #Dubai #AbuDhabi #UAE #Yemen #MuslimBrothers #terrorism #counterTerrorism #salafists #mercenaries #stateViolence #imperialism #fossilFuels #civilWar #PersianGulf #Gulf #geopolitics #hegemony #MAE #Sudan #Egypt #MENA #geoStrategy #sanctions #LNG #military #nuclear #power #longRead #lobbying #foreignPolicy #USA #Libya #influence #development #revolvingDoor #revolvingDoors #Clinton #Trump #Harvard #Wimbledon #ManchesterCity #foreignInfluence #arms #armsTrade #normalisation #SaudiArabia

The Sarah Paine Lectures: EP 1: The War For India.
In the first episode, Prof Paine of the Noval War College will talk about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, & Lyndon B Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. https://youtu.be/LbkO84MsmyM #Geostrategy #geostragie

OnlineFirst - "Introduction: Explanation, critique and critics of geoeconomics" by Felix Mallin, James D Sidaway, Han Cheng, and Chih Yuan Woon:

#geostrategy #hegemony #deglobalisation #geopolitics #China

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X241280007

A must-read on #geostrategy and arms control.

"Fears about #US reliability in the event of a second #Trump administration are exacerbating this situation, both in #Europe and Asia."

#Nuclear #Deterrence #EU

https://ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-third-nuclear-age

OnlineFirst - "Five theses on geoeconomics" by Felix Mallin and James D Sidaway:

#geostrategy #economicwarfare #internationalpoliticaleconomy #geopolitics #imperialism

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X241265598

THINKING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES…
What happens if Trump is resurrected in the November election?

That's what this short piece explores.

#Geostrategy #geopolitics #Trump #uspolitics #australianpolitics
#USelections #defence

https://medium.com/pacificedge/thinking-about-alternative-futures-8e0bd0fd5351?source=friends_link&sk=45d2b4e2cc8e1a22f3154874a7d4450a

For #Asia, #geoeconomics remains a dominant parameter of relations than #geostrategy. #The US and #India hope to see otherwise.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3227769/china-eyes-asean-trade-ties-members-fear-geopolitical-trap-us-also-seeks-regional-influence?module=feature_package_2_1&pgtype=homepage

The Arctic has become crucial for world powers like NATO and Russia to demonstrate their military strength #geostrategy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-03-13/nato-russia-are-flexing-their-military-power-in-the-arctic