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Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The U.S. International Relations Council outlined 30 key points in its annual report “Foreplay priorities”, which in their assessment could be turned into major wars in 2018 and the Balkans referred to as the low priority “threats at”. Although in the latest group, less threatening, the Balkans appeared for [...]
Although in the latest group, less threatening, the Balkans first appeared in the report this year.
It is said that the group of low risk threats” includes risks caused by potential political unrest and extremist violence in the region, whose instability, as it were, “has shocked the whole world several times”.
The data on the report was obtained on the basis of research conducted by the American Council for International Relations's Centre for Prevention Action, and was done by foreign policy experts, reports “Vestinat”, Transmission Periscopi.
In the report, possible risks are divided into three categories.
In the high priority category, there are eight conflicts and potential crises, mainly American military conflict with North Korea and neighbours, as the threat of nuclear conflict is increasing.
This group also includes possible armed conflicts between the United States and Iran, cyber attacks on infrastructure and networks in the United States, and deliberate or unintentional conflict between Russia and NATO.
Also in the group of high-risk threats are armed conflicts in the South China Sea, terrorist attacks in the United States or some of its allies, since Islamists do not stop threats, escalation of conflict in Syria and new conflicts in Afghanistan.
In the second category, there are risks whose consequences would be less than first-level conflicts.
This group reportedly contains a possible conflict between Japan and China over the island of Senakaku (Diaoyu), political instability in Venezuela, worsening the humanitarian disaster in Yemen, the conflicts in Myanmar, increasing violence in connection with organised crime in Mexico, conflicts in Ukraine between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian, intensifying violence between Kurds and government forces in Iraq and Turkey.
This group also includes the conflict between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and growing tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians.
In the third category of possible risks, it deals with African countries where major threats are from terrorist attacks by Boco Haram and other Islamists and political unrest. /Periscopi/
