#geopolitcs

[lobsterface-glazer]

Why does the political state of the world suck right now?? Is everyone in charge stupid? Are they being purposefully obtuse? Are they gregarious deliriously house MD? Do they eat housebites?

[the-funtime-autocrat]

It would be in the American interest to distance itself from the Middle East. America’s striking isolation on the issue of Gaza in the UN General Assembly is arguably irrelevant in the greater scheme of things, but it is illustrative of the wider drift. A great power measures its might by the ability to make other states act in accordance with its desires. The United States is rapidly losing the ability to do so. 

- Srdja Trifkovic, "Living in Interesting Times" (December 2023).

[eelmskid]

Xi Jingping closes his eyes, he know he cannot stop the giant hurling ball with the Chinese flag on it which is also on fire and will also destroy all of China forever in 3 days. Just like Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask

[elladastinkardiamou]

Greek and Turkish ships are playing chicken at sea. There’s already been one crash.

Here’s why international law doesn’t offer clear-cut solutions

Last weekend, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded that Greece engage in talks over escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, warning that “They’re either going to understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or in the field with painful experiences.” The Greek government, meanwhile, announced further steps this week to bolster the country’s defenses.

New tensions between the two longtime rivals flared up in mid-August, when Turkey deployed the research vessel Oruç Reis, flanked by two warships, to explore for oil and gas in contested waters between the islands of Crete and Cyprus. Greece accused Turkey of violating its sovereign rights — and dispatched warships of its own, precipitating a collision between a Greek frigate and a Turkish warship.

How Greece and Turkey interpret international maritime law is key to understanding what’s going on in this contested part of the Mediterranean, a conflict that risks drawing in other countries, including Germany, France and the UAE. Here’s what our research tells us.

Parties are doubling down on dueling interpretations of the law of the sea

The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) asserts that countries may claim a territorial sea extending up to 12 nautical miles (nm) from their coasts, including sovereignty over the offshore oil under those waters. UNCLOS also grants nations the right to claim “sovereign rights and jurisdiction” over the waters, seabed and subsoil of an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending up to 200 nm, as well as a continental shelf extending up to 350 nm in certain circumstances.

This might sound straightforward, but in semi-enclosed seas like the Aegean and Mediterranean, geographical limitations and overlapping claims make it near-impossible for any country to stake out its full jurisdiction. For this reason, Greece and Turkey customarily have limited their claims within the cramped Aegean Sea to 6 nm. Although Greece retains the right to extend its claim to 12 nm, Turkey has long warned that such a move would be tantamount to an act of war.

[skyeventide]

you ever think about how Algeria and Morocco were respectively under the colonial rule of France and Spain until 1962 and 1976.

[elladastinkardiamou]

EU backs Greece in territorial waters extension, rebukes Turkey

The European Union backs Greece in territorial waters spat with Turkey and asks Ankara to respect international agreements like the “Law of the Sea.

The EU remains committed to good neighbourly relations and respect of international agreements, EU spokesperson Maja Kocijancic told euractive, following tensions between Athens and Ankara on the expansion of territorial waters in the Aegean.

Reportedly, “respect of international agreements” refers to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, under which such expansion is possible, while the reference to “good neighbourly relations” is a rebuke to Turkish positions considering any extension a casus belli, euractiv notes.

Turkey is not a member of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The fresh spat in Greece-Turkey relations was caused by a statement made by Greece’s former foreign affairs chief Nikos Kotzias, who said Athens stood ready to extend its territorial waters in the Aegean from 6 to 12 nautical miles.

[jainneil]

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[jobaaj]

THIS JUST IN: Canada has withdrawn its diplomats! Less than a month after Canada wanted peace talks with India, Canada has been forced to evacuate 41 of its diplomats along with 42 dependants from the country!! This is the biggest rift in Indo-Canadian ties ever since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau falsely accused India of carrying out the “state-sponsored killing” of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canada had to withdraw its diplomats after India planned to voluntarily revoke the immunity of all Canadian diplomats in India!

Read full: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/casakshamagarwal_canada-india-politics-activity-7121049909553737728-fL4X?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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