When we look back at 2014 we’re going to remember a lot of great moments, birthdays, concerts, holidays, family occasions, etc. But what was the year all about, as in what actually happened in the real world, here’s a review with some pictures to show how the political landscape changed in 2014 and how the world is still embroiled in never ending war. Political tensions between East and West are at their highest since the end of the cold war. The Russian ruble went into free fall after trade sanctions imposed by the west impacted its economy and banking sector. Russia in turn strengthened its ties with China and Iran. The rise in Islamic terror groups across the Middle East and Africa threatened global peace in 2014. When we see these events in the news we see them as separate incidents, what we don't see is the chain of events which make up the global landscape. We are told about a car bomb but forget that the explosion is part of a war, we don't look at the faces of the people who suffer most. We don't see how a political divide in the Ukraine impacts on a civil war in Syria. This post is a bird's eye view of the world which will demonstrate political ties and motivations and hopefully allow you to understand the significance of events as they happen in 2015.
January 9th
A suicide bomber killed 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounded 36 in Baghdad in an attack on men volunteering to join the government's struggle to crush al-Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province. Members of the terrorist group
al-Qaeda in Iraq, which recently changed its name to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is believed to be responsible for the attack.
January 9th
A suicide bomber killed 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounded 36 in Baghdad in an attack on men volunteering to join the government's struggle to crush al-Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province. Members of the terrorist group
al-Qaeda in Iraq, which recently changed its name to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is believed to be responsible for the attack.
January 10th
On January 10th U.S. forces in Afghanistan accidentally shot dead a four year old boy, straining ties with the Karzai Administration.
"As the weather was dusty, the marine forces based there thought he was an enemy and opened fire. As result of mistaken fire, he was killed," Omar Zwak, spokesman for the governor of the southern province of Helmand
January 14th
Moscow authorities expel writer David Satter from the country in the first expulsion of a US journalist since the cold war. This event is the first sign that relations between Moscow and Washington are beginning to deteriorate.
On January 10th U.S. forces in Afghanistan accidentally shot dead a four year old boy, straining ties with the Karzai Administration.
"As the weather was dusty, the marine forces based there thought he was an enemy and opened fire. As result of mistaken fire, he was killed," Omar Zwak, spokesman for the governor of the southern province of Helmand
January 14th
Moscow authorities expel writer David Satter from the country in the first expulsion of a US journalist since the cold war. This event is the first sign that relations between Moscow and Washington are beginning to deteriorate.
January 20th
Iran suspended its most sensitive nuclear development work and world powers immediately responded by lifting some of the sanctions that have crippled the oil-based economy.
Jan 28th
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of government documents to journalists last year, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in an undisclosed location in Russia having been granted a three-year residency permit allowing him to travel freely within the country.
Iran suspended its most sensitive nuclear development work and world powers immediately responded by lifting some of the sanctions that have crippled the oil-based economy.
Jan 28th
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of government documents to journalists last year, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in an undisclosed location in Russia having been granted a three-year residency permit allowing him to travel freely within the country.
RSS Feed
