Status Updates From Geografins makt: Tio kartor...

arctic—>artikos—>near the bear bc ursa major
ice melting and now fight for resources and exploitation of the arctic
russia is the most armed and prepared in terms of this harsh environment exploration m..32 ice breakers
lots of confused sovereignty issues and disputes all relatively minor rn but will probably grow

very little interesting insight into LatAm here

the west came plundered destroyed and rendered nearly unrecognizable a region that was at the forefront of technology art medicine and govt in the past…

with middle east esp levant, most people didn’t think in terms of nation states w fixed borders until european colonization came
Sykes-Picot shorthand for betrayal by europeans on tribal leaders in levant. crude line thrown across region
sunni and shia disputes amplified by all of this
so much picking apart of the region and amplifying ethnic+religious conflicts
places used by outside powers to further their aims

chinese investment in africa is slightly less problematic than IMF and WB, no forcing of economic “reform” and plundering the nation. but still extracting immense natural resources (esp oil)

why is empire virtuous?

sahel region huge
most groups of ppl isolated. no unifying la gage. rivers don’t connect
africans are prisoners of the geography that europeans made. most nation states artificial structures that are main cause to civil wars, creating nations w major existing ethnic and regional conflicts
Libya for ex was 3 distinct regions
DRC major european fuckery that ruins people lives it should’ve never been put together