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11.7% Of The World's At War: Global Geopolitical Risk Mapped
You can be forgiven for thinking that the world is a pretty terrible place right now, exclaims JPMorgan's Michael Cembalest. With 11.7% of the world's population currently at war (and a considerably larger percentage seemingly on the verge), it seemed an appropriate time to summarize the main geopolitical risk points in the world.
Deutsche Bank warns Geopolitical Risks Remain High
As Cembalest notes, the list is long... and growing
The downing of a Malaysian jetliner in eastern Ukraine and escalating sanctions against Russia, the Israeli invasion of Gaza, renewed fighting in Libya, civil wars in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, Islamist insurgencies in Nigeria and Mali, ongoing post-election chaos in Kenya, violent conflicts in Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen, assorted mayhem in central Africa, and the situation in North Korea, described in a 2014 United Nations Human Rights report as having no parallel in the contemporary world. Only in Colombia does it look like a multi-decade conflict is finally staggering to its end.
For investors, strange as it might seem, such conflicts are not affecting the world’s largest equity markets very much (for now). Perhaps this reflects the small footprint of war zone countries within the global capital markets and global economy, other than through oil production.
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While markets maybe ignorant of the risk flares, economies are not as today's durable goods orders in the US show, even the cleanest dirty shirt is starting to get soiled.
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BY Thomas Tracy
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, July 19, 2014, 7:51 PM
Eric Garner isn’t alone.
More than 1,000 city residents have accused the NYPD of putting them in chokeholds in the past five years, the Civilian Complaint Review Board said Saturday.
The startling numbers were revealed as new CCRB Chair Richard Emery said the board plans to conduct a “comprehensive study” of chokehold complaints and find out why cops are apparently still using the forbidden practice.
Eric Garner died after the NYPD put him in an apparent chokehold during a confrontation in Staten Island.
The chokehold study will be an “agency priority,” according to CCRB Executive Director Tracy Catapano-Fox.
As of July 1, the CCRB had received 58 chokehold complaints against the NYPD this year, but had only substantiated one of them.
Out of the 1,022 chokehold allegations reported between 2009 and 2013, only 462 of the complaints were investigated. Out of that number, just nine were substantiated, according to the CCRB.
There wasn’t enough evidence to prove a chokehold was used in 206 of the cases investigated, officials said.
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(Reuters) The CCRB previously investigated 462 of the choke hold complaints it received but only nine of them were substantiated. Ray Kelly, Bill Bratton's predecessor as police commissioner, punished an officer in only one of those cases, docking his vacation days. In another 206 cases, the board was unable to rule either way.
This is really just a map of the victims of war. If we include the aggressors then the USA would also be blue.
Leave it to a banker to conveniently forget half the participants in a war.
I am Chumbawamba.
let's all work together to get this number up from a puny 11% to something we can be proud of.
like maybe 99%
hugs,
jkerry
If you think in terms of Venn diagrams, there's currently no overlap between the current victims and the People of Wal-Mart. There's got to be some way to make those circles overlap.
Tylers- it's 11:15, the Dow is off 150 pts. Would you PLEASE post up an article about it so I know it's time to buy the fucking dip right at the bottom?
Start buying the dip, everyone needs a Cleveland Steamer.
;p
Next,
US,Russia,SA
Oil production: 30%
World at War????
Scotland is on the map.
Israel is not on the map.
WTF????
Detroit, Ireland, Central American in general, Mexico, Nepal. I guess I have a different definiation of "at war".
As a staunch liberal, I think we should all be very grateful that we have a Nobel PEACE Prize winning man in the White House. The man just loves peace so much he's always golfing to avoid conflict...among other things.
Take it from someone in Scotland - we're not at war - it's so hot right now we can barely be arsed going to the pub! And plenty of us are fed up being dragged into wars by Westminster & the US. Unfortunately the 5% lead by the Unionists will probably mean that we continue to get dragged in for generations to come. What a shame.
So... at what percentage does WWIII "officially" kick-off?
Judging by this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participants_in_World_War_II we've got a ways to go. . .
I had to look that one up...pleasantly surprised.
We didnt start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning.
I was reminded of this episode of the 80's version of the Twilight Zone..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Small_Talent_for_War
And he also conveniently forgot Gaza. Er, on the map.
I am Chumbawamba.
With the advent of Cleveland "winning" the Repukelican Nationa CONvention one will soon be able to highlight Ohio in blue. Hell, the entire US could be a war zone if one includes the police state and its war on the serficens.
Don't forget that Arizona and Texas are about to militarize the border with Mexico, and they have Washington DC acting agressively from the north. Surely Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana ETC will choose the right side.
We are all at war, always have been. Peace is an illusion created to allow your wealth and freedoms to be stolen while you sleep.
Exactly what I was thinking. The US is not at war?
I am Hopeless for Change ;-)
DeBlasio's doing a great job ... violent crime + 18% ytd
Finally.. A bullish indicator... Is there a hockeystick projection on this one to?
I am certain that with dedicated effort (and esp. under Barack Obama's benevolent guidance) this can successfully be increased to 100%...
In the US..we have the war on drugs, obesity and prostitution.
Don't forget the war on reality.
The US government has been involved in starting or supporting 201 armed conflicts of 248 throughout the world since the "war to end all wars" - WWII - and are responsible for killing over 30 million through sanctions, drone bombings, air strikes, or good old-fashion boots on the ground. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/05/earth-248-armed-conflicts-ww2-us-started-201-81-killing-30-million-far-arrests-now.html
Additionally, the US government has military personel in over 130 nations with 900 overseas bases (which means control over the country's central banks, imports/exports, and monetary/fiscal policy). http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/
At the end of the day, this world has been embroiled in armed conflicts or occupation, whether direct US occupation or proxy occupation by US "allies", for my entire life. Same as it ever was?
That was WWI Doctor, not WWII.
Easy to forget, whats 40 million dead between friends ,after all ?
Appreciate the correction. The war pigs continue on in earnest is the point, of course.
What you say may be true, but would it have been any better if Germany had become a super power? What about the USSR? Would the World be better off under communism? Maybe if Japan had beaten the US they would have ruled the World with kit gloves.
While the US ain't perfect, she is the possible hope for human kind. At least she was before being totally hijacked by the banker class. Now she is doomed to follow in the footsteps of the UK in the best possible outcome, and Germany in the worst possible outcome.
One problem of war today is that to win, you must be proclaimed a war criminal. Like with everything else, the winner is the loser and the loser is the winner. We have been sending troops to fight questionable wars and then telling them to respect human life and not hurt anyone.
There should only be one rule when going into a shooting war...fight to win. Sure, show compassion when possible, but kick the fuckers asses.Otherwise stay home and shut up. Winning is not a matter of killing everyone, but destroying their will to fight, and most importantly destroying the public's support of the fighting. A war can't be sustained without public support. Remember Nam?
How many "innocents" were killed in WWII. Blanket bombing and nukes. If we had not, how long would it have lasted and at what cost in lives?
One reason we have so many wars going now is that they are simply continuations of old wars that were never really decided, only a truce or cease fire. A war with no winners seems to be perpetual.
Somebody kick somebody's ass and lets get this over with.
War on 3 continents = world war III
You forgot terrrrorists
And women. Don't forget women. There was one stoned to death in the street in front of my office this morning for trying to buy birth control pills.
With pills I hope, for irony's sake.
Everybody must get stoned.
There should be a small blue patch painted in the area of Washington D.C. as we should be at war with the megalomaniacs that 'represent' us.
So I guess according to that map South Korea is the one just north of North Korea.
Comment of the day. *polite golf clap*
What happens when it gets to 100%? Morgan Freeman's answer: "I have no idea."
100% is where we get to learn if Krugman's right.
the market hits a new all time high?
World War III: With a vengeance
"The Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have substantially enhanced the world’s “tranquility”
~Josh Earnest
AKA...Bagdad Bob.
I suppose you could look at it from a certain perspective and argue that dead is very tranquil.
And a reliable vote.
Are you referring to the Afghan heroin trade?
You're going to need to broaden your definition of "war" to be accurate about the depth of the problem.
But, but Obama just told me the world is the most tranquil under his expert tutelage.
US isn't considered "at war"? What are we doing in Afghanistan then?
Cultivating drugs.
Isn't there also a war for that...
I thought that was supposed to be tranquility rather than war?
Acting in a militarily-kinetic manner, of course.
Look familiar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1984_fictious_world_map_v2_quad.svg
It's an unprecedented time of peace and tranquility. Just ask Owebami.
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/176673/emotional-nakba
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/180333/what-david-petraeus-can-teach-us-...
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/180007/concrete-facts-...
i always had a feeling that overlords look at this world thru grafs and data being comfortable somewhere . we get the front row
China Japan and Vietnam are at war? That's a pretty stupid definition. And if China is at war, how can Russia not be at war when they have sent troops into Ukraine, and are supporting rebels in the east?
Remove China, Japan, Vietnam, S. Korea, UK, all of whom are not "at war". Add isreal/palistine.
What you're left with is the Middle East and Africa...
Same as is ever was.
Why do you obsess about details?
It is about how we feel about feeling about feeling the news.
The actual facts, physics, depositions from witnesses.... none of that matters. It is about identification. Who is with whom and how they FEEL about it.
Do you feel me?
What the hell have they put in the water supply that makes this crap pass as analysis?
Technically, South Korea is still at war with North Korea. Armistice, not peace treaty, blah, blah, blah, etc.
But I get what you mean.
Stop that!
You must un-think.
Repeat after me... Russia is always good. Russia is always honest. Russia always wins. Russia is never the aggressor, even when they are the first ones to send armed troops into a foreign country. Putin is a Chess Master. His moves are always right. All the problems of the world are caused by Fascist members of the US and EU. When you toilet backs up, it is because there was a tiny CIA agent there. Don't question events, Russia's explanation is right and honest. Everyone else is run by oligarchs. Putin expelled the Oligarchs from Russia, and made friends with the captains of industry - who were his school friends in the 1970s, lower-level managment in the 1980s, and owned the means of production in the 1990s. They shit prosperity, and fart perfume. They are the anti-oligarch Oligarchs.
Sorry but while I don't think that Putin is any better than any other world leader maybe worse the point is that you cannot believe anything that the gov or msm tell you at face value.
Made me chuckle. Thanks. :)
according to Ars Technica, Russia is offering a USD $111,000 reward for technology that can identify tor users
So this mus mean the other 88.3% is peaceful??? How delightful then....it can only mean one thing....
BULLISH.....buy MOAR stawks!!!....BTFATH!!!
According to LBTG 11.7% of peeps are homo! Coincidence?
Can't we just make a single column called "other"?
Or TBD
Must be the same people who are fighting. Being in the closet must breed rage.
Actually, if the Scotch are going to be fighting with loaded kegs of guinness, then I'd like to volunteer for service.
This map has as much geopolitical credibility as reading tea leaves out of my colon.
Thailand is North of North Korea???? REALLLY????
China is at war with Japan??? What will we call it if they actually start shooting? A SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA War???
The UK is at war over Scottish independence? What are they using as weapons? Guinness foam-bursts to the eyes??
Turkey is at war because they have CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS????????????????
Shit, if corruption ALLEGATIONS are warfare, then the whole globe has been at war since Cain first slapped Abel as a child!
Someone needs to dig deeper into the propagandist gene pool.
This is a map worthy of the Obama State Department.
However, I expect it originated further east.
Cut from the same mold.
obozo must trigger that damn war before santa claus so i can dodge my annual rendez vous with my stepmother.
no shit, i must take plane, flights are not as safe they used to be in the past.
You forgot the TexMex offensive.
Why isn't the USA in blue?
I have to disagree with the notion that Thailand is "at war" due to to the political tensions. I was in Chiang Mai a month ago and there was absolutely no tension on the streets. Friends of mine who have been to Bangkok pre- and post-coup have told me that Bangkok is much safer now than before the coup. I've even read that the military government is cracking down on what it terms "the taxi mafia" operating out of Bangkok's airport. Having taken taxis in Bangkok, that would be an amazing feat indeed. However, at war? Not so much.
It might be better to include Myanmar on that map. They are having quite a bit of ethnic tensions at this time.
I look at this map and see only one war.
THE WAR ON STUPIDITY!
That is a bit pessimistic. The glass is half full, not half empty. 88.3% is not at war. You see, good news! We can all continue watching the next worldcup of whatever sport and dancing with the stars. Nothing to see here.
But I thought obama said just LAST WEEK that the world was better off since his innauguration!
Guess he hasnt been watching that TV.
Historically, that is a small %.
Is Afghanistan blue because it is at war the the taliban?
Or is is blue because it is tranquil with the Heroin trade?
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!
The real number is comservatively three times greater. he needs to see the list of countries tracked here http://snapwire.com
where is the destructions of sub saharan africa, afghanistan, pakistan, and the status quo maintaining, inflation debasing economic crisis the world over.
The real number is comservatively three times greater. he needs to see the list of countries tracked here http://snapwire.com
where is the destructions of sub saharan africa, afghanistan, pakistan, and the status quo maintaining, inflation debasing economic crisis the world over.
Asking the important questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Gs1CUBt_0
Hate to point out the obvious here, but where's Israel on this map?
Is it considered hate speech to state that Israel is at war when they're dropping bombs on people?
The potential for the human race is questionable. We don't just keep shooting ourself in the foot we shoot at everything and everyone. The catalyst for war has not been diminished as many people have hoped it would once the world matured.
National pride, political agendas, religious and ethnic hatreds are some of the biggest roadblocks to world peace. The true reality is that across the world few mothers want to see their children killed and most farmers want to be left along to raise their crops and earn a living. More on the subject of war as a solution to conflict in the article below.
http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2014/05/war-and-what-is-it-good-for.html
A visual timeline of protests around the globe. It's getting crazy since 2007
http://johnbeieler.org/protest_mapping/