"Our annual survey aims to highlight the most likely sources of instability and conflict around the world so that the government can prioritize its efforts appropriately."Ī Ukrainian serviceman fired a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun during military exercises near the village of Divychky in Kiev region, Ukraine, Oct. Stares, the Council’s Center for Preventive Action director, said in a statement. "With a new presidential administration assuming office, it is important to help policymakers anticipate and avert potential crises that could arise and threaten U.S.
That isn’t to say such confrontations aren’t preventable, however. soil, as well as the intensifying violence between Turkey and Kurdish forces as other potential major conflicts that could cause lasting impacts throughout next year. The Council on Foreign Relations' report also indicates a mass casualty terrorist attack on U.S. Trump received a congratulatory call from Putin upon his surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election, however, reportedly discussing both leaders’ wishes to work together in eliminating the Islamic State and resolving the five-year-long Syrian conflict. The United States was not involved in the ceasefire negotiations. Putin also revealed peace talks would begin imminently between the battling groups, though both agreements were "fragile" and relied heavily on forces on the ground adhering to the latest call for an end to the violence.
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On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire deal had been reached in Syria among President Bashar Assad’s regime and opposing forces on the ground, which forms the Free Syrian Army. Whether world leaders will band together to prevent ongoing crises from reaching war-threatening levels remains to be seen, however. Turkish military standing in front of the Republic Monument at the Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, July 16, 2016. allies across the globe are forced to take sides and provide resources. A military confrontation between Russia and the international peace-keeping body could possibly throw the entire world into a state of war, triggering World War III as Russian and U.S. In its ninth annual "Preventive Priorities Survey," the nonpartisan organization ranked a potential confrontation between the Russian Kremlin and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as the ongoing crisis and unpredictability in North Korea, as two of the top potential conflicts to arise in 2017. To say the world’s leading forces are closer to war than ever in the past decade wouldn’t be a far reach, according to a recent report published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
ReutersĢ016 was a year of great uncertainty, to say the least: the Syrian conflict saw the historic city of Aleppo slip further into peril, the Brexit vote initiated the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union and Donald Trump was elected the next president of the United States, leading many to wonder what comes next for international alliances, diplomacy and peace.
Four Mirage 2000C and one Alpha jet fly over Paris, France, on their way to participate in the Bastille Day military parade, July 14 2016.
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