January 5, 2025, 3:03 pm
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2024 was an extremely eventful year and not every crisis or war can get the individual follow up videos it might deserve. So to kick off 2025, we are going to zoom out and look at some of the wars and crisis we covered from late 2023 to assess what actors and countries came out as strategic winners (or losers) over the course of 2024.
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Reading and Sourcing :
CSIS on Hezbollah missiles 2018
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/180705_Williams_HezbollahMissiles_v3.pdf
CSIS on Russian veto
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-veto-dismembering-un-sanctions-regime-north-korea
Hezbollah reporting
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-chief-pledges-coordinate-with-army-implement-truce-2024-11-29/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-faces-long-recovery-officials-fear-thousands-fighters-lost-israel-2024-11-27/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-chief-pledges-coordinate-with-army-implement-truce-2024-11-29/
Assad on leaving Syria
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd0zz5edqo
Cuba power grid
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-suffers-third-major-setback-restoring-power-island-millions-still-dark-2024-10-20/
IMF data Venezuela
https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/VEN#countrydata
Venezuela election
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/10/gonzalez-proof-win-venezuela-election-vote-tally-maduro
Essequibo vote
https://apnews.com/article/guyana-venezuela-essequibo-dispute-maduro-law-a72e94ed5417f99d090e1062c68017d7
Cuban economy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubas-plan-improve-devastated-economy-advancing-too-slowly-government-says-2024-09-30/
Red Sea Operations
https://news.usni.org/2024/11/12/houthis-attack-two-u-s-destroyers-leaving-the-red-sea-pentagon-says
https://www.forcesnews.com/usa/us-navy-mistakenly-shoots-down-super-hornet-its-own-aircraft-carrier-over-red-sea
Sample included DPRK reporting
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/22/poisoned-candy-north-korean-state-media-shuns-food-aid-despite-hunger-crisis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr4pr0gyyzo
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-unnerved-north-korea-russia-alliance-us-official-kurt-campbell-2024-11
https://www.twz.com/air/russia-giving-north-korea-mig-29s-and-su-27s-isnt-that-straightforward
Guyana oil output
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62103
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-plans-drill-up-30-wells-its-seventh-oil-project-guyana-2024-07-15/
BRICS growth rates
A crack in the BRICS: Iran’s economic challenges take center stage at Russia’s summit
Jordan
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/why-jordans-role-buffer-state-being-tested
Erdogan on Syria
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-says-there-is-new-reality-syria-2024-12-07/
Freight cost
Red Sea crisis having greater impact on boxship employment than covid
Guyana & SOUTCOM
https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/3986439/president-of-guyana-visits-southcom/
Guyana to buy French OPV
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/guyana-to-buy-french-opv/
Reporting on reduced French presence in Africa
https://apnews.com/article/france-chad-military-senegal-sahel-russia-85f2cf5066033db4b0bd044a7ed80438
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/france-hands-over-first-base-in-chad-amid-withdrawal-from-former-colony
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/last-french-troops-leave-niger-military-cooperation-officially-ends-2023-12-22/
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250102-france-faces-gradual-decline-of-influence-in-africa
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon in any way and/or for any purpose
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:00:45 — What Am I Talking About?
00:02:56 — the Brief
00:03:51 — the Axis of Resistance
00:04:41 — Hezbollah
00:09:37 — Syria
00:11:46 — the Houthis
00:15:45 — Iran
00:26:02 — the Counterparties
00:29:52 — the Americas
00:37:03 — Cuba
00:39:39 — DPRK
00:52:59 — Europe
00:53:49 — the Baltics
00:56:59 — France
00:59:31 — Conclusion
01:03:11 — Channel Update
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