As we near the end of this decade, I’d like to roll back the clock and revisit some of the scarier incidents we saw unfold over these past 10 years; specifically those that put global peace & stability at major risk.
The following list is in no particular order of importance...
The following list is in no particular order of importance...
1 —> [23:11:10]
Event: Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
Significance: Most violent violation of the armistice in post-war history. Both parties involved had moved dangerously high up the escalation ladder in a very short window of time.
Personal Note: Fire and Furbies.
Event: Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
Significance: Most violent violation of the armistice in post-war history. Both parties involved had moved dangerously high up the escalation ladder in a very short window of time.
Personal Note: Fire and Furbies.
2 —> [24:11:15]
Event: 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Significance: First NATO targeting of a Russian craft since the Korean War. Period in relations that immediately followed was tensest in recent memory.
Personal Note: Russia never talked to Turkey again, right?
Event: 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Significance: First NATO targeting of a Russian craft since the Korean War. Period in relations that immediately followed was tensest in recent memory.
Personal Note: Russia never talked to Turkey again, right?
3 —> [Ongoing]
Event: Russian Annexation and Occupation of Crimea
Significance: Broke all established understandings of a post-Soviet Eastern Europe; ushering in an ongoing freeze in Russian relations with the West.
Personal Note: Start of my Twitter hobby. Thanks Putin.
Event: Russian Annexation and Occupation of Crimea
Significance: Broke all established understandings of a post-Soviet Eastern Europe; ushering in an ongoing freeze in Russian relations with the West.
Personal Note: Start of my Twitter hobby. Thanks Putin.
4 —> [18:06:17] - [28:08:17]
Event: Doklam Standoff
Significance: Underlined the importance of resolving frontier disputes; especially for China, who alone controls thousands of miles of contested border with India.
Personal Note: Still don’t know where Doklam is on a map. 🤔
Event: Doklam Standoff
Significance: Underlined the importance of resolving frontier disputes; especially for China, who alone controls thousands of miles of contested border with India.
Personal Note: Still don’t know where Doklam is on a map. 🤔
5 —> [20:08:15]
Event: Loudspeaker Crisis
Significance: US alert status within the peninsula elevated to highest level since 2010. Crisis narrowly avoided further escalation thanks to established deconfliction channels.
Personal Note: K-Pop really should be banned.
Event: Loudspeaker Crisis
Significance: US alert status within the peninsula elevated to highest level since 2010. Crisis narrowly avoided further escalation thanks to established deconfliction channels.
Personal Note: K-Pop really should be banned.
Bonus Event —> ???
Remember the time we killed like 100 Russian contractors in eastern Syria and literally no one ever talked about it again?
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On that uplifting note, sleep tight friends. Here is to hoping we navigate the next 10 years in one piece.
To you, the 20s! 🥂
Remember the time we killed like 100 Russian contractors in eastern Syria and literally no one ever talked about it again?
...
On that uplifting note, sleep tight friends. Here is to hoping we navigate the next 10 years in one piece.
To you, the 20s! 🥂
