Comments by "bob barclay" (@bobbarclay316) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics" channel.

  1. One aspect of these conflicts I almost never hear mentioned is ethnic hatred, the real root of the conflict. In this particular case we see two ethnic groups that have lived within 100km of each other for a millennium, unable to merge their culture enough to at least co-exist.
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  2.  @ararat4943  What many people ignore is that the reason these political solutions that divide people are put in place to keep different ethnic groups from killing each other and dragging the greater powers (Its always Russians, Germans and west Europeans, and the Turks,) tilting towards one or another ethnic group. These different ethnicities speak different languages, eat different foods, attend different churches, and hero worship ancient aggressors and kings. None of them are interested in giving up historical feuds in favor of peaceful co-existence. Azerbaijan is a great example. Its conflict with Armenia is over a tiny region where one is surrounded by the other, and they're both arguing over boundaries decided for them by one of the great powers (Turkey I believe), and they've never accommodated themselves, nor are able to negotiate a better solution. So, they fight. These fights are always vicious, aimed at civilians, and include random ethnic based atrocities.
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  3.  @LuisMesa1  The people's you mentioned, plus Georgians and Russians have engaged in armed conflict in this century. At least one of those was directly based in ethnicity..
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