The Syrian Civil War is an armed conflict that only seems to become bloodier and bloodier. It is a war that only seems to grow more and more complex as conflicting world and regional powers use Syria to hash out their conflicting interests. The Syrian Civil War is a civil war and a proxy war. Unlike the bipolar conflict of the US Civil War, the Syrian Civil War is a multipolar conflict, which makes it much more complicated and much like the Iraq War. Similar to the Iraq War, the Syrian Civil War is also a war against terrorists. Unlike the Iraq War, two world powers, along with a whole host of regional powers with ulterior motives, have intervened in the conflict. With the conflict threatening to spill out of the Syrian territory and around the world, the International Community is struggling to find a solution. It must, however, understand that the Syrian Civil War is a total war.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin used the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, which is analogous to the US President’s State of the Union Address, to champion the prosperity of the Russian People. He used his speech, of course, to promote the economic successes of Russia under his leadership and called for a rather progressive policy agenda to promote the prosperity of Russia, which he framed as beneficiary to all Russians and not just the elite. He then tied Russian prosperity to Russian military strength by highlighting some of Russia’s most advanced weapons before shifting back to economic issues with an emphasis on reforms.
Political and business players across the globe have reacted to news of steel and aluminum tariffs from the Trump Administration in a very negative and panicked way. Boisterous critics are warning of an impeding trade war. It is a fear that seems to be coming to fruition as even European leaders threaten to impose retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s initiatives. Given the costs that a drastic series of trade policy shifts could inflict onto the global economy, people are right to be nervous. Framing the policy shift as a retaliatory measure made in response to unfair trade practices and trivializing a trade war by tweeting things like "trade wars are good," President Trump has certainly done his part to evaluate tensions, but the prospects of a trade war are actually the result of a bad worldview, not just Trump’s brash ways.
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