West facing greatest peril since Second World War, says ex-general

“China, Russia. Iran and North Korea are working effectively together. What has happened is that they have perceived us, the US, to be weak and that we have lost the political will to confront them,” he said.

He warned that the danger will have to be rapidly addressed when Trump takes power in January. It will mean a comprehensive change to rebuild the military, fix the ossified business practices and replenish the defence industrial base, he added.

Nowhere is the axis of China, Russia and North Korea more clearly defined than in the war in Ukraine, where thousands of troops from Pyongyang are now fighting alongside Russian soldiers against Ukrainian forces who seized territory in western Russia’s Kursk region in August. Iran has supplied drones.

https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/west-facing-most-danger-since-second-world-war-says-ex-general-drvfjzrf3

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⚠️ Update: Metrics show further declines in internet connectivity corresponding to power cuts in Mykolaiv and Kherson after Russia's attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure earlier today; President Putin has since threatened to target Kyiv using its new Oreshnik ballistic missile

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🇸🇾 Reigniting the Syrian Civil War | Northwestern Aleppo Offensive

On November 27th, 2024, the Northwestern Aleppo Offensive commenced, also known as “Deterrence of Aggression” by the Syrian Opposition. This came at an opportune time when the Syrian government's allies have been bogged down and embroiled in foreign conflicts, leaving Assad relatively isolated. The Iranian-aligned Resistance Axis is also spread thin across the Middle East, and Russia is fully invested in Eastern Europe, along with wars throughout Africa. This is unlike 2015-2017 when Syria's allies were married to a Syria-first policy, completely devoted to preserving a hard-pressed government and containing the spread of ISIS. Now, Assad's strength will be fully tested against any combatant capitalizing on these circumstances.

Enter Turkey: A beast that sleeps with one eye open, yet it dreams of conquest. With the predatory behavior of a wolf, Turkey has honed their instinct to strike targets whenever they smell blood. Making incremental bite-sized territorial inroads while pursuing prey intermittently until the situation normalizes, then rinse and repeat. Turks have mastered the ability to switch targets. They avoid overly investing in a push if there's too much resistance, prompting them to dig in and bide their time until the next battlefield presents an opportunity. For the moment, Syria is ripe for the hunt. Just as Hamas watched and waited for Russia or China to make moves on the international stage, now Turkey takes advantage of a region distracted by wars between Israel and Iran. The U.S. is also disinterested in babysitting the Kurds, especially since global peer threats are marching on the warpath in a world where the Post-WWII order is thawing out. Ultimately, international boundaries are increasingly being trespassed upon.

The Israel-Palestine conflict is emotionally sensitive but remains pretty stable geopolitically in terms of far reaching consequences as long as US support for Israel is a certainty.

The Syrian conflict that we have now post-Aleppo is just a powder keg exploding and could have global consequences for actors such as Russia, Iran and Turkey, and even possibly the US depending on how it evolves.

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