Inkspot Term 2 2017

What’s (really)

Happening In The World? By Sam Stevenson

1. Afghanistan - Russia supporting Taliban to destabilise Western involvement in Middle East 2. Qatar - Embargoed by Arab states for supporting Al-Qaeda Affiliates 3. Syria - Over 500 thousand people living in besieged (surrounded) cities without food 4. Iraq - ISIS’s territory on the decline 5. Central Africa - 20 million people facing severe famine and civil war 6. Turkey - President manipulating the constitution to move towards a militarised and autocratic state 7. Russia - Making every effort to destabilise the West with election interference and NATO pressure 8. South China Sea - “We’re going to war in the South China Sea…no doubt” (Steve Bannon, senior Trump advisor) 9. USA - A country that will struggle to co-operate with Australia over the next four years, all the while continuing to destroy intelligent political discussion 10. North Korea - Reigniting the greatest proliferation of nuclear weapons since the end of the Cold War and forcing the West to find an ultimatum in response 11. Britain - Fumbling with any understanding of the root causes of terrorism 12. France - Defeats populism and the Trump trend; President Macron’s election