Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Balkan Mapper" channel.

  1. It's still a bit of when it comes to governments.
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  2. Finland in the "I don't care" category?
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  3. Um, Mongolia favoring Russia? My impression was that they're turning towards the west recently to get alternaties to Russia and China. Obviously it's a delecate balancing act given their location... I'd probably put them in the "I don't care" category myself. They obviously care a lot, but they're trying to balance the west, China and Russia all without pissing anyone off. Especially their neighbors...
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  4. Brazil, India and South Africa are not allies of China or Russia, on the whole trying to balance between the two and NATO/other western countries. Brazil is going for a Swedish fighter jets for instance rather than a Russian or American one. At least those nations are trying to be democratic. Despite the... Questionable... Actions of the leaders there... India got Hindu ultranationalists in charge these days. Hostile towards China due to the border disputes and Chinese support for Pakistan as well as China taking hostile geopolitical steps against India in the surrounding areas. Their relationship with Russia is more lukewarm. There has been... Issues with the aircraft carrier India bought from Russia... South Africa has a corrupt leadership these days that's failing to reduce the inequalities in the country and lining their own pockets. Sadly, given that they're all from the same political party as Mandela... Honestly his memory is a big part of why they've been allowed to get away with it for so long. Now that he's gone there will hopefully be some changes with time. Their leaders are also somewhat racist... Although given that several of them spent time in jail on Robben island... Norway played a big role in supporting them in the fight against apartheid, but the goal wasn't this corruption... :-/ The goal was a thriving democracy. Brazil also got issues with corrupt politicians unfortunately... :-/ And their leader probably has caused many Brazilian deaths with Trump style stupidity... On the whole though I have a lot of hope for those three nations. All of those countries only needs a single term with actually good leaders for a change to seriously grow as nations. With both India and Brazil having the potential to become superpowers some day. And south Africa while probably never a superpower could become the leading power of the region. A region with the biggest growth in the world. Alone they're not going to be a superpower. But together with other African nations they could rival the EU I'm sure. Honestly if the countries in question became truly democratic I don't think most Europeans would mind losing some power to them.
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  5. I'm guessing that this was made in Kosovo?
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  6. Hum... I'd say that Norway and Sweden have roughly equal relationship with the Russians. Norway is the only nation bordering Russia that has never been at war with them. We've managed to come to compromises with them onnsea borders. And on the whole while we're not fans of them we probably have better relationship with them then most NATO members. Sweden has had their fair share of issues with Russia, including a whole host of issues with Russian subs and Russian invasion exercises etc... On the whole Russia is flexing their muscles in the North due to global warming and the geopolitics of the Arctic ocean. And non of the nordic countries feel safe from Russia right now, with the possible exception of Iceland... But we still have a relatively good relationship with them... Although the replacement of Putin can't come soon enough... 1:50 Sorry, what? You're placing Norway and Germany as more hostile towards Russia then France and Sweden? Oo France, Sweden and Finland are all more sceptical towards Russia then this map suggest from my understanding. May I ask what your source data is for this map? Germany relies on Russian natural gas and are willing to trade with the country making pipelines that's sidelining transit countries between Germany and Russia, something that these are... Concerned about... Finland has a history of being occupied by Russia, but has also earned the Russians respect and have a relatively good relationship these days, all things considered. Something that Helsinki has made a ton of effort to ensure. Finland is essentially a buffer state these days between. NATO and Russia, and they know it. As such they're constantly balancing the two sides. Sweden plays a similar role. Both are too exposed to potential Russian aggression to risk joining NATO or antagonize Russia. Norway has a similar role, but with smaller border and a large coastline and lots of mountains that NATO troops can land in and assist in defending the country has chosen to join NATO, but that doesn't mean that it's free to antagonize Russia. The region hasn't had active conflicts with Russia since the winter war and continuation war, and unlike other areas has aimed at having relatively good relationships with Russia whenever possible.
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  7. Confusing map without any dates... :-/
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