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Fate of countries without any army when attacked
What happens to countries which don't have any standing army, when attacked by any other country, terrorists, etc.?
Even though only politically less significant or relatively more peaceful ...
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Are there any wars in the world not involving terrorism? [closed]
Most wars you hear of today are somehow linked to terrorism and state sponsored terrorism for the sake of some political agenda. Are there still any wars remaining between sovereign states?. If not, ...
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How to interpret 'economic zones'? [closed]
This was an exam question conducted in Feb 2019:
write an Essay on
"New war fronts lie in economic zones."
Since the question seemed to be open ended, to me at least, I would like to know what ...
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For what reasons does India not provide proof that it attacked terrorists on Pakistani soil?
Today, India carried out an airstrike against an alleged terrorist camp based in Pakistan. After the strike, India claimed they killed about 350 terrorists.
India has not provided any proof of this.
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Which pairs of countries are currently in a state of war?
I know South Korea and North Korea are still in a state of war. Similarly for Israel and Lebanon. And it seems Russia and Japan are also, technically, in a state of war. The last, if true, is ...
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Syria: Why Is There A Civil War There? [closed]
Wikipedia characterizes the current war in Syria as a civil war:
The Syrian Civil War (Arabic: ��لحرب الأهلية السورية, Al-ḥarb
al-ʼahliyyah as-sūriyyah) is an ongoing multi-sided armed conflict ...
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What proportion of recognised countries have their foundation through violence?
On what grounds are countries considered sovereign? had part of its question as
By what means is a country considered legitimate or sovereign, even if [its] foundation were through violence or ...
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How much alcohol has changed hands as part of the "Whisky War"?
Canada and Denmark have a territorial dispute over Hans Island between Ellesmere Island and Greenland in the arctic. Starting in 1984, each country has sent expeditions which have placed their own ...
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Why does the US not just accept North Korea's nuclear ambitions and attempt to mend relationships?
Many experts propose that it is not practically possible (without engaging in war and endangering the lives of many civilians, in both US and ally territory) to prevent North Korea from building ...
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Why don't Russia and Ukraine enter an official state of war?
Since 2014, it's clear that Russian troops have invaded Ukrainian territory. Crimea was fully annexed and the Donbass is in a state of perpetual conflict. However, officially speaking, Russia and ...
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Why do some countries intervene in other countries' issues, especially in the form of wars? [closed]
Recently, there's been a lot of media coverage of some countries intervening in other countries' issues, including intervening in Wars (Syrian Civil War). For example, the US has had many conflicts ...
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What were the effects of non-nationally divided states in Africa?
Many people today attribute the cause of the numerous conflicts especially in central Africa to be the division of the land to non-national states. And indeed, today the armed conflicts mostly consist ...
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"Offensive defense spending" versus "defensive defense spending"
It seems to me that some defense spending has the objective of reducing or eliminating civilian and/or military casualties resulting from attacks on home soil. For instance: investment in domestic ...
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Can a country take over another?
Could a country legally take control over another country? If one country is falling economically and politically, what will happen if one nation takes control and merges the two nations together? Are ...
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Why did Russia start its aggression against Ukraine after the Ukrainian unrest from 2013-2014?
There're still different opinions on the level of Russian participation in both the Crimean 2014 crisis and the East Ukraine's military pro-Russian unrest (2014 - now). But, if we admit (as I do) that ...
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