Questions tagged [armed-conflict]
Questions about a conflict or conflicts either inside a country (commonly known as civil war) or between 2 or more countries (more commonly known as war)
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Are soldiers at war generally permitted to vote in national elections?
This might initially sound like an absurd question due to nations like Ukraine's law automatically extending presidential and prime ministerial terms until any war has concluded, if martial law is ...
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Communist opposition to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan [closed]
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to support the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government. This obviously led to much opposition from Western aligned countries but I want to know if ...
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Do countries at war always treat each other's diplomats as personae non gratae?
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched surprise attacks against the U.S. naval bases at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and the Philippines, and on that same day Japan's diplomats in Washington were declared ...
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What is the logic (if any) behind Nigel Farage's claim that the west provoked Putin to invade Ukraine?
In this interview Nigel Farage states "I think the West historically , up until a few year ago, provoked Putin stupidly. I felt the ever, ever eastward expansion of NATO and the EU was giving ...
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A member of NATO falls into civil war, who do the rest of the members back?
It's often been portrayed in popular culture that the US falls into a civil war, in which it's treated as a purely internal matter and no other ally may intervene. In reality this would unlikely be ...
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Has there ever been arms supply with restrictions attached prior to the current war in Ukraine?
The tactical strings attached to Western armament help to Ukraine, i.e., the Ukraine not being "allowed" to hit targets on Russian soil using Western-supplied long-range weapons, has been ...
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How much support does a ground offensive in Lebanon have among the Israeli public?
Israeli forces and Hezbollah have been trading blows across the border for months now. The Israeli government appears to be under some political pressure to gain the upper hand and ensure the return ...
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Is it common to win a war with a strictly defensive posture? [closed]
Ukraine has strong restrictions on the use of the military equipment provided by "the West", notably the fact that they must be only used as a defensive measure.
Russia's targets are varied ...
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Based on the current/planned cost of the war, is Israel able to sustain the war in Gaza without extra aid from United States?
I wonder based on the current economic situation of Israel, if it could sustain the war against Hamas by itself without external aid.
It is reported that the United States committed over $3.3 billion ...
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Did Israeli officials confirm any sort of attack directly on Iranian territory?
BBC has this:
But in Israel there was criticism over the limited scope of the attack.
The far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, posted on social media one word: "Lame."
The ...
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When was the last time a country intentionally attacked another's foreign consulate or embassy that wasn't on their soil?
In light of Israel's recent attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria (April 1, 2024), I'm wondering if this is the first case of a country engaging in hostilities by
Intentionally attacking another's ...
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What prevents Russia from mimicking the Iranian attack against Israel? [closed]
A question that has been bugging me for a while is: why hasn't Russia tested NATO unity by carrying a relatively harmless or deniable attack against a NATO member? Though until recently I imagined ...
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Could Iran have obtained any valuable intelligence from its April 13 attack? [closed]
It seems that the Iranian April 13 attack against Israel had mostly political objectives: testing what western powers would and would not do to support Israel and their interests in the Middle East, ...
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Did any country in the G20 not condemn the Iranian drone & missile attack on Israel?
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In a joint statement released after the virtual meeting, the G7 members condemned “in the strongest terms” Iran’s “direct and unprecedented attack” against Israel and expressed their “full ...
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Why did the USA provide a $1 billion Patriot battery but not a $34 million F-16 to Ukraine?
Why did the USA quickly provide a $1 billion Patriot battery to Ukraine but not a $34 million F-16?
My guess is that, since China most likely possesses “Kinzhal-like” missiles as well, it was ...
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