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Hello and welcome. My name is James Ker-Lindsay and here I take an informed look at international relations, conflict, security, and statehood.
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The comment section here seems like Russia's IRA at work... On a related note, I wouldn't be surprised if today's incident with Slovakia PM is a rumble of more widespread active measures in other states 'open' to Russia. There's certainly precedent for it.
Can you do a video on the Thai Kingdom of Ayuthaya. How the British went to two wars and took the territories belonging to Thailand. How when they decided to give independence to the Malay States they did not return the territories they force the Thais to give up.
Swiss is a true Democracy and its People would never!!! give up its Newtrality. You are talking nonsense!
Did you actually bother to watch the video?
Nein! Nato is evil .Austria and Switzerland should not do this Mistake Newtral Countrys are important worldwide.
Fico isn’t neutral and neither is Slovakia. He justifies Russian aggression and buys oil , fueling their war machine . Some Slovaks still claim they were neutral during World War Two
Why the EU funds a country that serve Russian geopolitical interests is beyond me. Russia has been destabilizing Europe for centuries. Time to throw the Trojan horses out !
Sadly, "Western solidarity" does not tolerate contrary opinions, not even a discordant word. Western arrogance leads us to the third world war.
So, the problem is “Western arrogance”, and not the fact that Russia launched a war of aggression backed by nuclear weapons against an independent sovereign state?
@@JamesKerLindsay there are more than 900 US - NATO military compounds around the world in 5 continents and 2 o 3 Russias ones, whose do is ready to attack whom? You tell me professor.
Sahara is Morrocan by history, in reality and it will be in the futur. 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦 Thanks for the video
Not anymore lol
Let them leave NATO. Don’t understand why even remain?
Well now I don't really know what to think after the latest news...
I was born in Estonia in 1934 and escaped to the west 1n 1938 and published a book "The Estonian Spy "on Amazon in June 2023.
40 per cent.Albania.60 per cento.Bulgaria
If Modi is an authoritarian, then Joe Biden is a dictator. He literally control other countries according to his will. Thats the epitome of dictatorship
Modi doesn't want India to be like UK, France with Islamic chaos that breaks, wrecks, and demolishes the fabric of society. It's just that UK, France is not as smart as Modi.
Im slovenian but im ashamed that our goverment did this to these people. Noone deserves to be "erased" and so what if they did not get citizenship in time. Thats just evil.
Thank you. Slovenia is a wonderful country in so many ways. But this was certainly one of its darker chapters. It has been amazing to read comments from some people condemning those who didn’t apply in time. They forget that it was a very different time, before the internet. It was also a period when the region was descending into war. There were all sorts of reasons why people might not have applied in time. I give the Brexit example. Even with years of warning about the need to apply for settled status in Britain, hundreds of thousands still failed to meet the deadline. That didn’t mean that they all refused to accept Brexit. It meant that a lot of people aren’t aware of things for a variety of reasons, including illness and mental health issues.
"Puts at risk".... we'll take the risk
Why? Seriously!? Why would you want to remove something that offers people protection against the overreach of government.
@@JamesKerLindsayhi James, thanks for the reply, imo because whilst we may not be happy with our government at all times, we the people are not savages. Democracy fundamentally relies on us being able to comprehend the responsibility it instrusts to us, given that we the people vote (well not so much uk party candidates), but get to vote on parties, their policies, it may be obvious to say that a similar yet different human rights charter will need to be created. The UK for a long time has arguably required a citizens human rights charter or a charter similar to the US constitution that protects the citizens rights (especially in an age of constant tech advancement and an ever changing polarising geo-pol setting). I personally believe once it is revoked, the need for a new one will naturally arise, though In this situation, it is up to the UK to decide the details. Keeping something that isn't fit or no longer suitable in place untill enough people recognises it has a overall harmful impact, is why many are losing faith in democracy, delay, debate, delay, for another decade, and one political party prays the other party bare the weight of the painful conversation to come... politics and more politics getting in the way of governance being able to act in time or with clear intention. I do love my history, so I'd like to say on "risk", A general who takes no risks, is a general with no plans, for there is risk in every plan. (and that's a quote from me) Imo risk also determines your desire to make good of something. If your willing to risk it, your also willing to make it work.
Absolutely insane to try to reunite Cyprus. The two communities don't trust each other. Just let them be independent and let the two sides vote whether to merge with Greece and Turkey.
I'm seeing a lot of negative and hate comments here and I feel bad for the creator of this video. Just know that less than 1% of these comments are real people and the rest are bots from what they call "BJP IT Cell" wwhose whole job is to spread hate towards whoever talks against modi.
Thank you so much. It really has been incredibly to see. They are truly offensive as well. I’ve deleted more comments on this video than perhaps all my others combined! The irony is that it is all cementing the outside view that India under Modi is taking a very worrying direction. These bots are actually making things worse for India’s standing, not better as they seem to think!
Bro, Indian population with Internet is huge and is active in such conversations , It would be shame to say them as bots What would you call me if I support Modi?
We don't like not trust the West.
I can’t say the West trusts India very much these days either.
As a Swiss citizen, I was always proud of my nations neutrality. I was bitterly disappointed when Switzerland threw their neutrality away over Ukraine.
Why? Serious question. Is it right to be neutral when one knows that another country has been attacked unjustly?
المجتمع الدولي لم يقم بواجبه في القضاء على مليشيات ايررران غير مدرك خطورتها في حال اقتربو من باب المندب ويبدو أن التحالف العربي لم يستطيع مواصله القتال بسبب تهديد اقتصاده لابد من وجود يمن جنوبي قوي
تحياتي لك لن يأتي استقرار الا بعوده اليمن الجنوبي
Prof. Ker-Lindsay usually offers great insights on geopolitics. However, by citing Hamas-provided statistics (which the UN recently and quietly stopped quoting because they are grossly inflated), he legitimizes their lies. Disappointingly naive.
What would you have me do? These are the figures used by the United Nations. Seeing as Israel won’t allow any independent verification, these are the numbers that the world has chosen to accept. You might like to paint me as naive. However, in the absence of any other credible data, I am content to use the numbers cited by the UN, and which don’t seem to be widely contested.
Serbs are not Slavs. Serbs are Illyrians as well as others on the Balkan Peninsula. Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are the Slavic nations.
This is a bit of a strange distinction to make. They see themselves as Slavs, they speak a Slavic language, they follow a religion shared by many Slavs. The exact definition of Slav according to genetics probably doesn’t make sense anymore for any Slavic peoples given level of interactions with other populations over centuries.
@@JamesKerLindsay Religion is a term used to describe religion and ethnicity is a term used to describe ethnicity. The name Serbs was taken from Lusatian Sorbs, who came from the North Caucasus and there they were identified by the name Serboi.
I believe Indias constitution is not at any risk , especially as long as the Indian constitution stands if Modi & his party are authoritarian then in state level he would havee. Had power but no. The simple fact is India is fine and well just it faces issues any large huuge diverse democrasies face you may not understand the same because what experience do you have in administering 1.35 billion people
India is by and large an inclusive Society. For centuries, the People of all creeds and affiliations lived in India with relative harmony. At present all singns are that the present PM is moving towards DICTATORIAL LEADERSHIP. It appears that Indian people at large are fed up with Modi and he would be thrown aside for his arrogance and opposition to DEMOCRATIC WAY of functioning and India would once again flourish without Modi 💐👌
The Katanga situation is exactly like the Biafran secession from Nigeria. I think the colonial powers are aware that they would loose their influences once a domino of secession and breakups spreads all over Africa and this means loosing free resources that drive their cooperations and multinational companies.
Thanks. I have actually made a video on Biafra. You are absolutely right. Katanga and Biafra in fact played an absolutely crucial role in defining how we understand self-determination and territorial integrity in modern international relations. I actually explain this in my most recent book: global.oup.com/ukhe/product/secession-and-state-creation-9780190494049?cc=us&lang=en
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Of course and can be rebuild. ..the problem ,are the lifes they gone . James , ..sir ! ALL ,the BEST on your new video
Thank you. I agree. Many lives destroyed. But hopefully a new start can be made.
like having a spoiled, jobless, adult living at home.
It's a shame that there are so many supporters of terrorism here.
Bullsh!t. Who would want to join such a worthless organisation. I do hope however that 'get off your knees lego head' runs his campaign on rejoining. It should see the labour party firmly embedded in third place.
I get some idiotic comments. But this is rather special even by those standards. You can call ten EU many things, but worthless it certainly isn’t. That’s why so many other countries want to join. The U.K. economy has taken a massive dive. Brits have lost many advantages to live, travel and retire around Europe. And British influence around the world has declined. If you want to delude yourself that Britain has somehow won something, that’s up to you. But at least make a realistic argument.
Добро утро на всички Швейцария е неутрална държава , неутрални банките на Швейцария националната валута ,не на долара и еврото във банковата система на националната банка и Швейцария ок 2024😊
This is the main reason of the war You mentioned that Hamas is an Iranian backed group, in fact that Hamas is not in a proxy war with Israel for Iran's favour. Hamas also has strong relations with a strong NATO member, which is Turkey and a vital US ally which is Qatar. You add fog on the conflict when you mention Iran in the subject whereas Gaza (a Palestinian territory) is under a complete siege by Israel. This itself is agains international law. Also the horrible human rights violations carried out by Israeli settlers and Israeli army against the indigenous Palestinians in Jerusalem, Al Aqsa Mosque and the West Bank cannot be forgotten, because they live under illegal occupation. This entire conflict was originally started by Britain with its colonial greed in the Middle East.
I am really worried that foreigners are looking at Dhruv Rathee's videos to know whats going on in India. They think he is some beacon of truth exposing the current Govt. Please understand he is funded and supported by the AAP and Congress party, all his narrative is biased and half truth. He only presents you one side of the story and selective news so that he can show Modi in a bad light. He is funded, supported and promoted by anti Modi, anti India entities.
Yeah,, Sad reality
Slovania tu nie sú na to, aby slúžili záujmom germánskych kmeňov. Ako suverénna krajina, nie sme povinní príjmať milióny utečencov a podobne. Kde sa v týchto vašich kolonizátorskych hlavách zrodila takáto predstava, že sme tu preto, aby sme robili to, čo chcete vy ?!
James, the opposition parties in India don't agree on anything except for the need to put a united fight against Modi so that they can survive. Why should we as Indians mortage our future at the hands of such people? You people in the west need to quit pushing this "perception" of dictatorship you have on us. We have had elections everywhe and there are plenty of states in India where Modi's party is not in power and the leaders of those states rant agiast Modi 24x7. Doesn't sound like much of a recipe for dictatorship to me.