The geopolitical situation of Europe
After the end of the cold war, the United States dominated world affairs for nearly twenty years.However, the situation of a unipolar world has changed since the financial crisis of 2008 to a now multipolar world that includes China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. These powers are influencing and manipulating the conflict zones we have today to their advantage. By analysing and dissecting the issues concerning the major conflict zones on our world map, as well as illustrating the parties involved, this article will explain what political and strategic interests are at play and how the development in major hotspots shape the big picture. This will identify the geopolitical forces that affect the European continent and what future concerns and worries await us.
Conflict zones in the world
There are now five conflict zones that affect the geopolitical situation of Europe:
- Gaza: the still on-going conflict between Israel and Hamas;
- Syria: the war between the al-Assad regime and different opposition groups;
- Iraq: the war between the regime in Baghdad and ISIS (the Islamic State);
- Afghanistan: the fight of the Taliban against Kabul and the foreign troops;
- East Ukraine: the Russian separatists versus the Ukraine government.
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