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military might in Warsaw Poland has paraded its military hardware on the streets of Warsaw Poland's military is

flexing its Arsenal in the largest parade in decades it's a significant display of how billions have been spent

on new equipment since 2014 this Year's parade is the largest since the Cold War

we are modernizing our Armed Forces this year we'll allocate over 4% of GDP on

defense this time around Poland is taking no chances this isn't just flexing muscles

though the country wants to get the biggest army in the European Union bigger than the armies of Germany France

or Italy Poland has one of the most ambitious military strategies in the continent as it wants to double the size

of its armed forces in Just 2 years the nation's military personnel is planed to grow from 150,000 to 300,000 in 2025

just for comparison that's more than double the size of the UK's armed forces the government in Warsaw also plans an

unprecedented rise in military spending going from 2.4% of GDP towards 5% of GDP

eventually that's the highest military spending in the entire NATO alliance speaking relative to GDP the target

range for NATO countries is only 2% the 5% figure even beats Poland's NATO Ally

the United States right now Washington spends around 3.5% of GDP on its

military even though Poland's economy is a lot smaller than the US this rise in defensive spending still gives it

billions of dollars in additional funding the Polish government is using this money to purchase tons of military

equipment to get the largest land Army in Europe with deals like this Poland is trying to get one of the largest armies

in Europe in terms of military hardware and everyone who knows a bit of Polish history understands why Poland doesn't

want to get wrecked by other European countries ever again looking at the actions of the government in Warsaw it's

seems like it's preparing for the worst case scenario a war with Russia when Putin invaded Ukraine it became clear

that peace in Eastern Europe is far from guaranteed right now tensions are rising at the border between bellarus and

Poland with Polish and bellerian troops preparing for the worst when Putin sent Wagner troops to Belarus Poland decided

to move 10,000 troops to the Border due to mounting concerns after Pan's death

Wier isn't that big a concern anymore but the tensions at the Belarusian border haven't gone away recently Russia

has moved short-range nuclear weapons to Belarus further escalating the situation Putin's dictator buddy lucenko is glad

to help Russia in its conflict with the West which has become a real threat to Warsaw however Poland isn't sitting idly

in letting this happen with its military buildup Warsaw is trying to protect itself from its historical rival in the

Kremlin however this military buildup goes far beyond that right now Poland is

on the path to become one of the strongest na nations in Europe ranging from military might economic growth to a

strong network of alliances Poland has it all in this video we'll talk about Poland's attempt to combat Russia with

an unprecedented military buildup we'll also go over the major geopolitical implications of this development you see

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1939 Germany invades Poland within days German forces are advancing on warsa the

nightmare of a new order Hitler's Lu baffer bomb cities killing thousands of civilians German

planes destroy the Polish Air Force fear spreads in families within 2 weeks war

is surrounded the modern history of Poland is filled with Wars and catastrophes

this is all indirectly caused by Poland's geography frankly the country's geography is quite terrible when you

look at National Security aspects Poland has no natural defenses as it's located

right at the heart of the European plane the area is vulnerable to both the East and the West which can clearly be seen

in history repeatedly Poland has been the stepping stone for any power expanding across the European plane for

for the entire 19th century Poland didn't even exist the previous Polish state fell partly because of its hardly

defendable geography the territory became occupied by the prussians in the west the Russians in the East and the

hapsburg monarchy in the South when Europe later descended into World War I it was disastrous for the polls after

Germany and Russia declared war the front line fell right into their territory many poles had to fight in the

war as 450,000 poles died and 1 million were wounded in 19 196 around 2 million

people from Poland were fighting in the armies of Germany Austria or Russia after the war ended much of the country

was destroyed because of intense Warfare the occupied territories of Poland were left in ruin indirectly this was due to

Poland's unfortunate geography because of its Central and unprotected position on the map the Polish territories were

heavily targeted The only positive side of the war was that Poland regained its independence shortly after seemingly

this was good news for the country Poland didn't have to be involved in these terrible Wars anymore right well

no in 1939 disaster struck the country once again Nazi Germany and the Soviet

Union invaded Poland from two sides Poland lost the unfair fight against these military Giants with awful

consequences both the East and West had to suffer from totalitarian military occupations with Hitler and Stalin

ruling over the country we don't think you can get worse leaders than that on top of that Poland became a front line

just like in World War I the two dictators decided to fight each other and Poland was the unfortunate country

right in between World War II left an even bigger scar on the country than the previous one which it remembers to this

day an estimated 6 million poles died during the war which is 20% of the pre-war population half of the victims

were polish Jews who were prosecuted by the Nazis after this horrible episode of History it didn't get a whole lot better

for Poland the country became ruled by Communists in what is known as the Polish People's Republic for decades

Warsaw was a satellite for Moscow and the USSR you know with the gags and Stalin's leftwing totalitarianism it was

only in 1989 that Poland regained its independence when the Soviet Union fell the last 30 years have been a very rare

time in history where Poland has been relatively prosperous and secure it has joined the European Union and the NATO

alliance which has given the country a break from all the chaos nevertheless this polish history is crucial to

understand the government in Warsaw knows fully well that peace and prosperity is far from ordinary from a

historical perspective it makes perfect sense to try and bolster the Polish defenses if Poland wants to defend

itself as a vulnerable country on the European plane it needs a strong military the first steps in this

direction were already made in 2012 when the Polish government released a 10-year technical modernization plan this would

improve the Armed Forces of Poland as $15 billion worth of weapon purchases were planned but in 2022 this historical

notion of needing a strong milit AR has become as relevant as ever with the invasion of Ukraine it has become clear

that Europe isn't as safe as everyone thought it was Ukraine which is a neighbor of Poland has experienced the

threat from Moscow firsthand with Putin's attack many see the Revival of Russian

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knowledgeable about the world you live in with Putin's attack many see the Revival of Russian imperialism this

raised alarm bells in Warsaw because Russian imperialism has hurt Poland many times in history for Warsaw the threat

for Moscow is right next to its border Poland already shares a border with Belarus which is regarded as a puppet

stay for Putin southeast of Poland Russia is trying to creep up on the Ukrainian border although unsuccessfully

and we shouldn't forget that cin grad exclave which is a small chunk of Russia directly bordering Poland in the north

this area is highly militarized and is sometimes called Russia's fortress on the Baltic Sea from all of these sides

Poland is threatened by Russia but the nation itself isn't at risk right as Poland is part of NATO Russia wouldn't

dare to attack the country's territory because of Article 5 of NATO a Russian attack would get Moscow at war with the

entire Alliance including the United States an attack on one member state is treated as an attack on everyone well

this is completely true it doesn't take away all of the fear in Poland the country will be one of the first Targets

in case of a full-on war even when it's unlikely to happen the suuki gap between Poland and Lithuania is the only way for

NATO to access the Baltic states this Gap is one of the weakest points of the alliance if Putin decides to attack NATO

he will probably go for such a choke point first now it seems irrational for Russia to attack NATO but warsa can't

rely on this assumption after all you don't want to bet your National Security on what Putin decides to do when Russia

decides to attack Poland despite the Counterattack it will do a lot of damage before NATO can intervene the Western

most parts of Belarus are only a three-hour drive away from warsal in the scenario that Russian and Belarusian

troops attack the capital city is immediately at risk the northern cities close to the coling grad Enclave could

also be attacked in in an instant and once NATO forces enter Poland the initial front line will be in Polish

territory because of the many lessons from history Poland doesn't want this to happen ever again oh yeah we should also

mention what happened last time when Poland was attacked the United Kingdom and France promised to defend Poland

just before World War II started when Germany and Russia invaded however they were unable to help the country until it

was too late arguably NATO's support for Poland nowadays is a lot more powerful

and trustworthy when we look look at this map of NATO members in Europe it's obvious that the group is stronger than

just France and the UK If the group fights together with the United States Russia stands little to no chance but

still there's a sense of mistrust in Poland after the World War II trauma the country doesn't want to be over reliant

on others for National Defense so it wants to be able to defend itself when necessary because of this Warsaw has

made the decision to create a strong Army to resist a possible Russian attack even though it is an unlikely scenario a

strong Polish military would guarantee that Russian forces won't come too far after all it's better to stop them at

the borders than to wait for NATO support now all of this geopolitical turmoil wouldn't have started without

the war in Ukraine Poland is firmly in line with the Ukrainian cause and it has a lot of sympathy for its neighboring

country since the war started a year ago the Polish government and Civil Society have helped out millions of refugees but

Poland is also closely allied with Ukraine in a military sense a big reason for this is that Ukrainian LW would me

to security Hazard for Poland itself this strategic interest shows when it comes to the military support the

country has given it was the first country to delivered leopard tanks to Ukraine while other countries like

Germany were hesitant at first in general Poland is one of the NATO members least reluctant to support

Ukraine militarily in the first months of the war Poland was the second biggest donor of military aid to Ukraine only

surpassed by the United States this is quite the achievement of a country of only 38 million people and it still

gives some of the biggest support on a per capita basis as a share of GDP Poland's level of support is only beaten

by the Baltic states 68% of Poland's gross domestic product is going to Ukraine mostly in the form of military

aid but these numbers also say a lot about the support of other European countries there are many nations in

Europe that have bigger populations and economies than Poland but the amount of support they give isn't proportional

countries like France and Germany with economies multiple times bigger than Poland give much less to Ukraine ly

speaking the UK gives about 33% of GDP Germany 27% and France only

05% of course these countries have the freedom to decide what they want to give to the war effort but from Poland's

perspective this is very telling other European countries don't take Russia as seriously as it does this fits a long

trend of Western Europe not doing much for its National Defense they're not that scared of Russia because of NATO

Article 5 when it comes to a war the United States will do much of the work for them and frankly countries in

Western Europe face less risks apart from Russian nuclear bombs this has led to countries like Germany or the United

Kingdom Outsourcing a part of their National Security recently a US general has warned the British army that is no

longer a top level fighting force the UK which once had the best Navy in the world is currently unable to fight a war

by itself after an assessment it was revealed that the country would run out of ammunition within a few days of war

and if it were bombarded with the same kind of drones and missiles as Ukraine the UK wouldn't be able to properly

defend itself this is because much of the country's defense systems and armor have become outdated and obsolete on top

of that the number of British military personnel is in a freef fall the number of military personnel has been slashed

by more than 50% since 1990 the slumping Personnel is even worse in Germany and

France also has a drop of about 40% German's military aka the bundes is also

in a very bad shape and that's according to the chief of the German army on the day that Russia's invasion of

Ukraine began he said that the bueser the army that I'm allowed to lead is

more or less depleted in a high-intensity combat the brunus first stock would run out in a few hours or

days this decline in German military strength is very obvious especially with Hardware in 1989 the brunus fur used to

have 5,000 battle tanks and now only has 300 it used to have 620 fighter jets

this amount is now reduced to 230 the military used to have 2100 armed personnel carriers back then three

decades later it's down to 700 you get the point the German Army has become a lot weaker than it was just 30 years ago

for years now Germany hasn't met NATO's requirement to spend 2% of GDP on the military when you don't spend enough on

the military well it won't be as capable as you want it to be France suffers from the same problems although to a lesser

extent France's ammunition supplies are at their lowest point ever according to a recent report Court it wouldn't last

more than a few weeks of high-intensity combat because of a lack of ammunition this is still more than Britain or

Germany but it's not a figure to be proud of now back to Poland with the major European nations losing their

military prowess Europe's security is fragile other European powers have become weaker over the years which makes

NATO's defense mostly dependent on the United States of course the United States has the best military in the

world at least when we look at defense spending but putting all your eggs in one basket is never a good idea when

there's no NATO member in Europe who is able to fight a war that is a huge weakness and currently it doesn't look

like countries in Western Europe fit the bill for securing Europe's safety the west of Europe takes Russia less

seriously than the East which is obvious when you look at defense spending and support to Ukraine Poland is trying to

compensate for the security Hazard by building the largest army in Europe if this goal is achieved Poland would be

able to protect Europe without outside support Poland is one of the fastest rising business destinations in the

world Joe Biden touching down in Poland the three seas initiative is a

project that was created the initiative is so named because it links 12 European Union countries located between three

different Seas the Baltic Sea to the north the Black Sea to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea to the Southwest it is

a movement created in 2015 to carry out projects in three areas infrastructure energy and

telecommunication so Poland is taking on the burden of European security because other countries have weakened this seems

to be an entirely selfless move but this is not the case on the contrary Poland

will actually gain a lot from this strategy when Poland surpasses the UK Germany and France and Military might

the country will get an important geopolitical status this will give Poland a lot of benefits and it fits in

a wire Trend Believe It or Not Poland is on the way to become a major Global power this is true in a lot of aspects

including the economic side of international affairs Poland is projected to overtake the UK in GDP per

capita by 2030 which is pretty remarkable for decades Eastern European countries have been poorer than their

Western European counterparts after decades long Soviet rule the east of Europe was left impoverished and

dysfunctional but this situation seems to be changing as countries like Poland are growing their economy at incredible

rates the Polish economy has been growing consecutively for 28 years an achievement only surpassed by Australia

in modern history in fact Poland was the only country in the EU that didn't suffer from the 2008 economic crisis

between 1992 and 2019 economic growth in the country averaged 4.2% annually as

economists say compound interests can do Miracles it certainly did in Poland from 1990 onwards the country's GDP has

increased Sevenfold in terms of total GDP change over the last 30 years China

was the only country who has beaten Poland the country experienced an economic Miracle of some sorts and the

Polish economy was entirely trans transformed its economy changed from one of the worst performing in Europe into

one of the world's bigger and more prosperous ones already Poland has the 22nd biggest economy in the world and

the country is continuing to climb up the ranks there are many reasons for this success one of them being Poland's

EU membership in 2004 the government in Warsaw decided to join the European Union which had a huge economic upside

since then businesses in Poland could trade freely within the European Union currently the EU has a combined mind

nominal GDP of $17 trillion so that's a big deal private business is booming in

Poland partly because it has access to this huge EU Market on top of that Poland receives a lot of investments

from other countries in the European Union the policy of the organization is that the Richer members give money to

the poorer ones to invest in their growth on this chart you can see that Germany is the biggest contributor and

that Poland is the biggest beneficiary since 2004 Poland has received 232

billion from the EU budget the country is using these funds to build infrastructure like roads or Railways

amongst other things but apart from the outside support domestic factors have also played a role in Poland's success

Poland has a highly skilled Workforce which has resulted in success in sectors such as it about 8% of Poland's GDP

comes from the it sector and the country currently houses 60,000 technology companies Global Giants such as Google

Facebook Amazon and Intel have all established bases in Poland this fits in a wider trend of global businesses

moving to the nation because of the talent available there but apart from its EU membership and talent pool the

biggest reason for Poland's success is this arguably the last 30 years were the

most peaceful in the last 400 years of Polish history Poland is catching up to the rest of Europe because it finally

has the peace and Independence that others have had for longer if this time of Peace continues Poland can build

itself up to be one of the major players in Europe to illustrate this let's go back 400 years in time in the Middle

Ages Poland was home to a powerful and successful State called the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth at its peak in

the late 16th and early 17th century the Federation Spann much of Eastern Europe at times the state was even the largest

in Europe for a brief period the Federation actually conquered Moscow which hasn't been done too often in

history eventually the Commonwealth disintegrated but the idea of this powerful state in Eastern Europe never

disappeared after World War I the idea of an intermarium was born in Poland

translated as between the Seas it would be a federation spanning from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic

Sea this state would be able to counterbalance Germany in the west and Russia in the East and it would give

Eastern Europe a time of peace and prosperity this idea never came to be because of devis between Eastern

European States Poland fought a war with both Lithuania and Ukraine which made the lines in the region Impossible on

top of that the Soviets began to push back on this idea learning from past experience Moscow didn't want a Revival

of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth the Polish Civil War from 1919 to 1921

made this very clear the Polish side won the war but they made some big concessions in the peace treaty Poland

would give up on the inter Mariam concept and recognize Ukraine and bellarus as Soviet proxy States and we

all know what happened next because there was no strong Federation in Eastern Europe Poland and its

neighboring nations were crushed during World War II but the idea of an inter Marium wasn't gone at all in fact it

still exists today Poland is trying to reunite Eastern Europe to finally make the inter Mariam idea into reality this

could provide a new security block which could guarantee the peace and prosperity of the region the Polish president

andreiz Duda is leading the process as he co-founded the 3c's initiative in 2016 the initiative is centered between

the Baltic Adriatic and Black Sea currently taking inspiration from the inter Marium idea the project is

supposed to increase cooperation between 12 EU member states Estonia latva Lithuania Poland the Czech

Republic Slovakia Austria Hungary Slovenia Croatia Romania and Bulgaria

the non-eu member Ukraine is a partner participant in the program as the de facto 13th member the main focus of the

project is infrastructure and energy but it also has some big geopolitical motives you see Poland is trying to

establish a leading role in the area with the three C's initiative Poland is challenging the traditional EU leaders

by creating its own group within the organization countries like Germany or France don't like this as it would

challenge their Authority within the EU but for Poland becoming a regional leader has a lot of benefits Poland

would lead the wave of economic development in the East and gain a lot of status internationally now Poland's

ambitious military plans fit right into its Regional agenda building the largest military in Europe seems like a little

over the top for a country of only 38 million people but it makes perfect sense when you're trying to become a regional leader with the largest army in

Europe Poland isn't only able to protect itself but also its allies so when

Poland gets a huge military it incentivizes other countries in Eastern Europe to become close allies this would

make Poland's dream of an intermarium very possible as it could become a country with a lot of status so Poland's

military plans aren't only to protect itself against a possible attack they're also for Poland to become a regional

leader with all the benefits attached to it for example the relationship between Poland and the United States has vastly

improved in the last year this is because Washington now recognizes the Strategic importance of the country

previously the Polish government was under scrutiny because of controversial judicial changes but because of the war

in Ukraine this has all been brushed over because of its military buildup and its leadership role in the region Poland

has now become an indispensable NATO member for the United States Poland is crucial for defending NATO's Eastern

flank on top of that Washington kind of likes the idea of a strong Polish military the US doesn't want to be the

only one defending Europe from Russia with something like a cold war going between the US and China the United

States needs to focus elsewhere the Polish military buildup allows this to happen because it can fill the power

vacuum it's clear that a strategic alliance between Poland and the United States has been formed with Joe Biden

visiting the country twice within 12 months the United States has recently established a permanent base in Poland

which shows that the country is becoming a hub for NATO's defenses on top of that the US has pledged to make Poland one of

the most capable armies in Europe it will provide arms deals for the most advanced weapon systems in the world

including the Patriot missile system or hr's rocket launchers a US strategy

document has highlighted this agenda saying that America will support Poland to become a top tier NATO Ally and the

principal Regional leader with help from Washington Poland can become a military Powerhouse it can provide local military

security to Eastern Europe gaining influence in the region and

internationally Poland has multiple reasons for the recent military buildup but what will this increase military

strength actually look like first of all Poland's military spending will rise to a figure of about $30 billion annually

currently the country is spending 4% of GDP on the military According to some reports this could rise to 5% over the

coming years this won't get Poland in the top 10 of military Spenders globally but the spending will beat countries

like Israel or Canada however we have to keep in mind that Poland is still one of the fastest growing economies in Europe

economists expect the Polish GDP to Sur P $1 trillion in 2028 this means that

the nation's defense spending could rise to $50 billion by the end of the decade when it sticks to the 5% goal in theory

the country could catch up with Germany or France in the near future now all of this money will be spent for one purpose

protecting Eastern Europe against Russia luckily for Poland it already has the Playbook on how to do this from the war

in Ukraine the West has learned a lot about how Modern Warfare with Russia looks one of the biggest lessons from

the conflict is is that numbers matter the more ammunition tanks and soldiers you have the bigger your chances of

success this is because conflicts like the war in Ukraine are fought for months or even years on end it's not only about

getting the most high-tech equipment and weaponry although that can give you a nice Advantage instead it's about

getting enough hardware and Personnel to last for a while that's why Poland is focusing very much on the numbers it

wants a huge amount of military personnel and large inventories of artillery and tanks in 2022 alone the

Polish military got 14,000 new recruits this is part of the new military recruitment campaign called become a

soldier of Poland even though the country doesn't have a very big population the government wants to recruit 150,000 people this is going to

double the size of the military over the coming years and it will make Poland a capable Force for prolonged conflicts

the other number that the Polish military focuses on is the amount of Firepower one of the reasons that

Ukraine has resisted the Russian attack for so long is the huge amount of Fire fir power it now has the country has

received a lot of artillery armored vehicles and tanks from NATO which allows Ukraine to defend against Russian

troops based on Visual Evidence Russia has lost more than 2,000 tanks 2,000

infantry vehicles and 2,500 trucks and jeeps the fact that Ukraine could

inflict these massive losses is a big reason for Russia failing to advance looking at Ukraine's Arsenal there are

many resources it is used to make this happen one of these resources is the high Mars long-range artillery system it

has helped Ukraine destroy a lot of Russian positions in armor Poland took note of this over the years it wants to

buy nearly 500 High Mar artillery systems from the United States that's an insane amount of artillery as the United

States doesn't even have that many 500 is about the global supply of high Mars before the war the systems are very

powerful as they have a range of about 300 km one in the middle of Poland can

reach most of the 700 km wide country so imagine 500 of those on top of that Warsaw is going to buy

300 k239 chunu systems they are the South Korean equivalent of the high Mar

system providing the army with even more long-range artillery fire power when it comes to self-propelled artillery the

plans are just as ambitious the polish-made crab Howitzer has already proven itself in Ukraine and Warsaw is

ramping up its production of the artillery piece with current orders the number of crabs in the military will

rise to 170 pieces but according to previous security docum doents this number could rise to 500 once the

production capability is there the crab's Howitzer has been highly effective in the war in Ukraine which

zinski has personally discussed with his polish colleague Duda to further solidify the Arsenal of howitzers

Poland's Army will also acquire tons of South Korean K9 a1s the plan is to buy about 700 of them which will also

consist of the polonized version named K9 PL in 2026 the manufacturing of K9 PL

howitzers will start in Poland as part of of a technology transfer with Korea when all of these plans get realized

Warsaw will get one of the most formidable arsenals of artillery in the world this is no coincidence in a

potential war with Russia artillery will be one of the most decisive factors going into the war in Ukraine Russia

thought that its immense arsenal of artillery would guarantee it a swift Victory According to some estimates the

Russian army started with 5,000 howitzers and rocket launchers in the first months of the conflict Russian

troops fired 60,000 artillery shells a day due to a variety of reasons however

this offensive didn't work out Russia's tactics were outdated it quickly faced shell shortages and its soldiers weren't

trained properly but the biggest reason why the Russian Artillery offensive didn't work was this Ukraine had an

effective counter artillery defensive in the conflict artillery on artillery combat has been one of the decisive

factors when Russia invaded Ukraine's artillery was one of the biggest reasons why Kev wasn't captured Ukraine began

the war with an estimated 1,800 artillery pieces which put it at a disadvantage against Russia on paper but

because of a more effective campaign Ukraine was able to destroy much of the Russian Artillery using its own smaller

Arsenal it has a superior fire control system which makes Ukrainian attacks more efficient this success in artillery

on artillery combat is one of the driving forces behind Ukrainian advances nevertheless maintaining Firepower is

one of the biggest bottlenecks for the Ukrainian Army Ukraine uses more artillery shells in a few days than the

United States produces in a month this is a huge problem because both defenses and offenses rely on massive amounts of

Firepower experts now say that the war in Ukraine has become an artillery War because of the sheer volume of its use

once again artillery has proven itself as the king of battle because of this example from Ukraine it makes sense that

Poland purchased hundreds of artillery systems but of course these heavy weapons aren't the only component of the

military buildup usually artillery is meant to support the Infantry during Warfare so the actual Iron Fist of the

Polish military will consist of something else tanks and combat Vehicles currently Poland ranks fourth in NATO

regarding the number of Tanks possessing around 600 of them according to statista more than 200 of them are the highly

prized leper tanks before the war in Ukraine the Polish tank Arsenal was even larger with 1,000 of them in total the

number is now much smaller as Poland has given hundreds of Tanks to Ukraine however the the number of tanks in

Poland isn't going to shrink the country is buying more than 350 ABS tanks becoming the first US Ally in Europe to

get this american made tank Poland has also ordered 1,000 Korean K2 tanks of

which 820 will be produced domestically as part of a technology transfer these polonized versions are called the K2 PL

and they will be adapted to fit the flat Terrain in Poland additionally the country will buy 1,400 Bor Rusk infantry

fighting vehicles from its domestic defense industry this is one of the largest deals in the history of Polish

defense Manufacturing in a smaller deal Poland will also purchase 200 or more

domestically produced rosak combat Vehicles the Ukrainian military is also very interested in this vehicle buying a

100 of them this fits in a larger Push by Kev to acquire an armored Fleet as it's acquiring many tanks and infantry

fighting Vehicles Ukraine wants to regain the territories it lost to Russia and it will need armored vehicles in

order to do so many military commentators thought that the era of the tank was over because a huge number of

Russian tanks fell prey to anti-tank missiles and artillery however if you want to Counterattack on flat Terrain

Armored vehicles are still necessary the tactics of using tanks have certainly changed because there are now effective

ways to combat them but abolishing the tank is completely out of the question at least in Ukraine's point of view

recently the country started asking for tanks from its allies with the offensive struggling to take off Ukraine only

wants more of them Poland with flat terrain similar to Ukraine is following its neighbors thinking armored vehicles

are essential for the Polish military because it can't break Enemy Lines without them so Poland wants a huge

number of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to get the strongest infantry among European NATO members although the

military strategy in war Saul is very much focused around the Army other defense components also play a role to

defend its airspace Poland has bought 32 F 35a fighter jets from the United States they are going to to replace the

older mig29 aircraft in Poland that have less capabilities than the fifth generation f-35a Poland already has 48

F-16 fighter jets which are multi-purpose aircraft with a great track record additionally Poland is

buying 48 Korean fa50 fighter jets these like combat aircraft can provide lowcost

support for air-to-air and airto surface fighting Poland will produce its own version of the jet called the fa50 pl

which will have improved capabilities to further strengthen his Air Force Poland is person just nearly 100 Apache attack

helicopters and more than 50 multi-purpose helicopters from Augusta Westland all of these aircrafts are

crucial for Poland to defend and support ground forces in a possible conflict in the Ukrainian War one of the major

issues facing the Defenders is the lack of air superiority ground troops continually face threats from fighter

jets and helicopters and Ukraine's own outdated Soviet aircraft aren't enough to defend against them Kev has recently

received F-16 fighter jets from NATO which could help to tack this issue Poland certainly took notes on the

Ukrainian air superiority Problem by getting some of the best fighter jets and helicopters in the world Warsaw

hopes to maintain air superiority at all times and this isn't the only thing Poland took notes on from the Ukraine

war it has also become clear that the military needs drones in Modern Warfare

Poland isn't behind in this regard as it was the first NATO country to buy Bay ratar drones from Turkey it ordered 24

of them for surveillance reconnaissance and striking capabilities addition additionally Poland considers buying mq9

Reaper drones they can provide crucial intelligence and perform lethal strikes the military is also buying various

smaller drones like the fly eye orlick or Gladius uavs they seem harmless but

in the war in Ukraine they have proven to be deadly these small drones are perfect for locating enemy positions

which can result in a targeted and successful attack last but not least Poland is also acquiring Advanced Air

Defense systems the biggest deal is a purchase of us Patriot missile defense systems worth up to $15 billion it

includes 48 Pack 3 Patriot launchers and 644 Pack 3 msse missiles which can

Target aircraft and all kinds of missiles this version is the best one currently on the market with a minimal

range of 35 km and an altitude of up to 40 km the huge 48 piece purchase will be

able to cover much of the Polish airspace against any incoming threat and it's obvious why Warsaw bought this

system the US Patriot systems have an amazing track record in Ukraine there are many instances where Russian

aircraft and missiles have been successfully shot down using Patriot missiles with his recent purchase

Russian fighter jets and helicopters are going to have a hard time crossing the Polish border and these systems could

also protect Polish cities against any incoming missile threats to complement the medium-range air defense systems the

country has also bought several hundred common anti-air modular missiles this is the largest short- range air defense

purchase among European NATO m members ever continuing its buying spree Poland also purchased hundreds of homemade

porin man pads with several thousand missiles these Man portable air defense systems have been praised by Ukraine as

they shot down several fighter jets and helicopters in the war using all kinds of air defenses Poland hopes to maintain

air superiority at all times in the military buildup there are also smaller Acquisitions for the Navy Poland has

begun the construction of its first fry gate and it eventually wants three of them the main purpose of this is to

defend the Polish Coast against any incoming attacks but a possible conflict with Russia would mostly be fought on

land just like in Ukraine that's why the bigger Acquisitions are done for the Army the Air Force comes in second and

the Navy third now it's clear that all of these huge purchases will cost the country billions of dollars however the

government in Warsaw doesn't want all of his money flowing out of the country a much smarter move is building your own

domestic defense industry as that gives economic and political benefit as well it would create jobs grow the economy

and make Poland much more important within NATO that's why the Polish military modernization plan also

includes domestic weapon manufacturers Poland is already the 10th largest arms exporter in the world but it still

Imports more military goods than it exports in comparison the German and French defense Industries are still way

bigger if Poland wants to have the largest army in Europe it will need to improve its own defense industry to make

it sustainable in a surprising move Poland is looking at South Korea to achieve this goal last year president

Duda signed a 13.7 billion arms deal with South Korea this was the largest

deal in the history of the South Korean defense industry many of the weapons Poland is using for its military buildup

come from South Korean companies including tanks fighter jets and fighting Vehicles recently talks were

held to further expand the cooperation between the two countries but the big question is why Poland's neighbor

Germany has a way bigger defense industry than South Korea however there's a big difference between the

deals with Korea and the arms deals with other countries the relationship between Warsaw and the CU is mutually beneficial

in a lot of ways first of all South Korea will transfer its technology and allow Poland to manufacture the weapons

by itself this will help to grow Poland's domestic defense companies which offers many economic and political

benefits but what's in it for South Korea to transfer this technology it doesn't really make economic sense to

give your military technology away because it helps your competition however this move by South Korea helps

it gain market share in the European market you might not expect it at first but South Korea is trying to become one

of the biggest arms dealers in the world the country is already highly militarized due to its North Korean

rival and it has developed a sizable domestic defense industry because of this now the country wants to profit

from this industry by selling its products abroad transferring technology to Poland is a way for South Korea to

enter the growing European Defense Market as some sort of of sales pitch once South Korean companies have proven

themselves in Poland other countries in the region could also be interested in doing business with them on top of that

Poland could become the manufacturing base for South Korean companies in Europe the export director of the

state-owned Polish Armament group wants to work together with South Korea in the future according to the director we can

both create the Synergy and use our experiences to conquer the European markets South Korea wants to compete

with the American French and German defense Industries something that's hard to do on its own but as South Korea

Partners up with Poland it has the opportunity to gain a significant market share a recent tweet by the Polish

defense minister confirms this strategic partnership we want to develop technology better we look at this

cooperation in the long term the technology transfer isn't just a short-term sales pitch but it is the

beginning of a long-term partnership with this long-term support from South Korea Poland is trying to get the

largest army in Europe it hopes that through these immense Army upgrades it will be able to defend itself against

Russian imperialism even though a war seems unlikely the threat from the East is still worrying the Polish government

due to past experience learning from the war in Ukraine Poland now knows how to fight a Russian invasion by buying

billions of dollars worth of military equipment warsa tries to guarantee National Security but we can't rule out

alterior motives a strong Army will also give Poland the geopolitical status to become a regional leader from becoming

the strongest us Ally in Europe to revitalizing the inter Mariam idea Poland is starting to reap the benefits

with the 3c's initiative the country is vying for power within the eastern part of the European Union this is backed up

by strong economic growth in Poland giving it a strong basis to stand on and when warsa manages to unite the region

the upside could be huge Eastern Europe could get the security it has long been lacking and the economic success of

Poland could be repeated in the entire region the last 30 years which have been exceptional historically speaking could

continue long into the future the sad truth is Italy is

dying Italy's national birth rate has fallen to its lowest level on record

Sicily demographers warn that the shrinking population could drag the country into an unprecedented economic

crisis and its economy is collapsing with itation that is their debt to GDP level currently sitting at around 150%

the second highest in the EUR zone now the European commission has warned Italy it will launch disciplinary steps over

the country's growing debt yes I said that third time in a decade Italy's economy has slipped into recession over

24% of Italy's population is over 65 and this number is only Rising we're not the

first one to mention this Italy's very own health minister is also worrying about this she's quoted saying that

Italy is a dying country so what's the problem what's killing Italy it has to do with two words fertility rates this

refers to the number of babies each woman has on average the fertility rate in Italy is one of the lowest in the

world with a number of 1.24 births per woman to maintain a stable population

you need a fertility rate of about 2.1 because of this fact Italy's number of 1.24 is making its population very

unstable so unstable in fact that a population collapse is not only coming it's inevitable for years now Italy has

had fewer births than deaths slowly chipping away at its total population number in 2022 the country recorded a

record low number of births it had less than 400,000 newborns with a total

population of about 59 million people imagine that for years now the country's

population has been falling by around 200,000 every year this huge population decline began back in 2015 and the trend

is only worsening keep in mind that a population decline is inevitable when birth rates stay low every new

generation could just become smaller and smaller to the point of no return Elon Musk is worried about this possibility

saying that Italy will have no people if these Trends continue this is no exaggeration as it is happening in some

places already around 6,000 rural villages in the country have been abandoned and 15,000 could soon follow

the rapidly aging population is the main cause of this as once thriving Villages have become empty ghost towns and this

isn't the only effect of the Aging population or even the biggest one demographics are one of the most

important statistics for a country because they play a role in almost every system in society the economy politics

and the welfare system are all closely intertwined with demographics that's why a demographic collapse is a terrible

thing because it causes all kinds of systems to crumble these problems won't just remain in nursing homes but they

will plague the entire Society if these unstable birth rates continue it is in for a time of Nationwide unrest and

economic downturn let's go over how this situation formed in the first place we'll also look at all the problems that

will emerge in Italy due to the ongoing demographic crisis but before we continue with the video here's a quick

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right now the country's demographic collapse is going on in full swing because of extremely low fertility rates

but just 50 years ago the situation in Italy was a whole lot different in the 1970s the fertility rate was about 2.5

meaning that the population was steadily growing but still a rate of 2.5 isn't that much according to historical

Italian standards 100 years earlier Italy had a fertility rate of about five

double the number of 1970 however this doesn't mean that the average family had five children one of the causes for this

High statistic was the sad reality of infant mortality in Italy of the 1800 around 40% of newborns didn't make it

past the age of five but in spite of this the population was still growing throughout the 19th century the entire

phenomena of an aging population just didn't exist at the time the question is is why what has changed over the last

100 years that made fertility RS plummet first of all the incentives for having children changed Italy was a mostly

Agricultural Society in the 19th century although the country was slowly industrializing this meant that for most

Italians having kids was a no-brainer if you didn't have kids as a farmer there was nobody to take care of you once you

got older the centralized State as we know it now didn't exist back then so there were no pensions and no social

security having children was NE Neary for your future self on top of that there was actually a financial incentive

to get kids during that time there was no law Banning child labor and it was common practice all over Europe children

worked in the fields or in the workshops of their families providing a source of Labor and income for their parents

children were actually a net positive for their parents wallets during the early days of the Industrial Revolution

parents even set their children to work in factories this terrible practice gave poor families a desperately needed

source of income apart from these social and economic incen Ives there was also cultural and religious factors making

the birth rat so high 100 years ago having a large family was very much respected in Italian culture raising and

being part of a large family give people a certain social status the family culture is one of the reasons why the

Italian mafia is so Infamous with families fighting entire Wars this just

shows you how serious family is in Italian culture another influence was the Catholic Church which had a lot of

power within the society back then it says that large families are blessed in from God and that it's virtuous to raise

children this moved people in their beliefs resulting in higher birth rates but all of these reasons to have kids

came crumbling down during the 20th century social economic cultural or religious Everything Has Changed this

can be seen in the numbers over the course of a 100 years pertiller rates were slashed by about 70% now how did

this happen first of all having children isn't a no-brainer like it was previously in history right now Italy

has a free or lowcost Health Care System a state pension system and various other social security benefits basically the

need to have children to take care of you is gone Italy's government takes care of people financially and

physically which reduces the need for children in the first place in some ways these government policies have caused

the decline in birth rates however the government isn't the only one to blame for the problem in the modern world

there's also no Financial incentive anymore for having kids child labor has been abolished which everybody can agree

on is a good thing but on top of this the financial burden of having children has also dramatically increased from age

0 to 18 the average cost for the parents is now about €175,000 in Italy this

varies between higher income and lower income families with the latter spending less generally but still that's about

€1,000 a year on average for just one child the average Italian makes about €30,000 a year so good luck raising

multiple kids having just one baby costs more than 30% of the average income so raising more is a luxury that most

Italians can't afford Pope Francis has blamed this issue on Savage free markting conditions he said that

starting a family is a Titanic effort something that only the rich can afford looking at the numbers he's got a point

if it's unaffordable for the average couple to have two children there's arguably something wrong with the economy so the bad side of the Italian

economic system also plays a role in the issue another cause of the birth rate collapse is the giant cultural shift

that has been taking place since the 1960s or so we're not going to get political here

but the culture shift definitely has an impact on birth rates worth mentioning starting a family was part of a traditional World viiew which was

widespread a few hundred years ago but with the rise of countercultures these traditional ideals have become less and

less important in society the rise of feminism is directly linked to lower fertility rates which is proven in a

majority of studies because of these movements the traditional idea of having large families has been abandoned this

happened all over the Western world including in Italy in some way lower fertility rates have become the new

cultural norm and this isn't only a cultural shift but also a religious one as it did in many European countries

religion has become less and less important in Italy traditionally the country had a vast majority of Roman

Catholics and looking at the data about 80% of Italians still call themselves Catholic in 2021 but when it comes to

actual Church attendance well the numbers are much lower in 2020 about 12

million Italians went to church every week which is around 20% of the population the vast majority of this

group are elderly and the percentages among newer Generations are much lower it's safe to say that the newer

Generations are less religious than 100 years ago now a religious population has a higher fertility rate on average

according to Scientific data as Italy is becoming more of a secular country fertility rates have been dropping as a

result in short it's clear that the demographic collapse doesn't have just one cause but many government policy

economic incentives and a cultural shift are just some of the major ones but apart from having many causes a birth

rate decline will also have many effects and that is their debt to GDP level currently sitting at around 150% the

second highest in the EUR zone now the European commission has warned Italy it will launch disciplinary steps over the

country's growing debt third time in a decade Italy's economy has slipped into recession so we now understand the

reasons behind the plummeting birth rates but it's even more interesting to look at what will happen in the future

and it doesn't look good in many regards especially economically because of the demographic crisis Italy is heading for

an economic collapse this might seem an overstatement but sadly it's not the country already has one of the weakest

economies in Europe when we look at the data Italy is one of the few developed countries that barely grew its GDP over

the last 20 years when we look at GDP at purchasing power parity which basically adjust the number for inflation the

country's economy hasn't grown at all compared to France or the United Kingdom it's clear that Italy is an

underperformer while other countries have grown their economy Italy has gone into recessions three times over the

last decade right now there are fears that it will enter a fourth it's no exaggeration to say that the country is

having a hard time economically already sadly enough the demographic crisis will make this even worse you see birth rates

are a key part of economic prosperity and low rates can cause economic downturn just to be concise here High

birth rates aren't traditionally associated with economic success Economic Development usually goes hand

inhand with lower birth rates as countries with higher rates are mostly underdeveloped but we have to make the

difference between low birth rates and extremely low birth rates when they are so low that they cause a population to

collapse an economic downfall is inevitable you don't have to be an economist to understand this the fewer

people there are the fewer customers and workers for Italy's economy if there are fewer people to buy and produce goods

and services you have an economic contraction so this population decline will have a negative impact on Italy's

GDP growth in the long run this sets Italy up to be an underperformer far into the future in

the short term we'll also see another problem emerge extreme labor shortages if you do the math a fertility rate of

1.2 means that every generation shrinks by about 40% so the younger Generations in Italy are shrinking at scary rates

this is having a huge effect on the labor force because there are the people who are supposed to work jobs according

to a prominent Italian businessmen the upcoming labor shortage is a ticking Time Bomb soon businesses will start to

leave the country because there just aren't enough people there when companies start leaving the country an

economic downturn is inevitable and the problems go far beyond that because of a lack of people the Italian government is

struggling to get projects off the ground a recent example of this are the infrastructure projects that were paused

this year to get its economy back on its feet Italy has recently received

1991.5 billion euros from the EU however the infrastructure projects that were

supposed to be funded with this money couldn't be started because of Labor short is Italy isn't even able to invest

in its own economy and no wonder with current trends 110,000 to 120,000 fewer

students enter Italian classrooms each year so the amount of people in Italy's schools will decline by 1 million within

a decade this will cause problems both for companies and the government because there just aren't enough people to fill

the jobs to make it even worse Italy is also facing a huge brain drain around

50,000 young people leave the country every year to find better jobs elsewhere in France Germany or Switzerland

salaries are way higher meaning that young Italians would rather work abroad many of the people who end up leaving

are degree holders which is a relatively small group in the country only 28% of Italians between 25 and 34 hold degrees

far below the European average of 41% this means that the country has a very small pool of Highly Educated people

many of whom end up leaving this lack of talent could help with Italy's economic demise because the country's economic

growth relies on it when Italy doesn't have enough scientists engineers or software developers it won't be able to

compete in the modern economy there's already talk of a skills shortage in the country with companies struggling to

find Qualified employees this is just another reason for businesses to leave and for Italy's economy to

underperform so the overall economics of the country don't look all too exciting on a government financial level it's

just the same Italy's national debt burden is the fourth biggest in the world with its government building more

than 156% of the country's GDP in debts the government has consistently run into

budget deficits because it can't Finance all of its expenses with one of the biggest debt burdens in the world

investors fear that Italy is becoming a risky place to put money into Italy wouldn't be the first country to run

into problems with its debt as has already happened during the Euro Zone crisis starting in 2009 multiple EU

countries were unable to repay their debts these countries were Greece Cyprus Portugal Spain and Ireland because EU

countries share the same currency this crisis affected the entire Union as the Euro depreciated in value it also

sparked controversy within the union because the Richer countries like Germany didn't want to bail out other member states they said that the

unsustainable debt levels weren't their problem countries like Greece were to blame for not being Frugal enough

According to some EU members because of these internal issues the Euro Zone crisis has threatened the very existence

of the EU when we look at it from a historical perspective the debt situation in Italy is a ticking time

bomb and the demographic crisis might be the spark to ignite it you see the Italian government needs to do two

things financially first of all it needs to spend money on public services infrastructure defense and whatnot

things like these are essential to keep a country up and running but in order to spend this money the government needs to

collect money through taxes and this is where government in Italy is running into issues because of its rapidly aging

population a majority of the taxes come from economically productive people which means people working jobs or

running businesses but this e economically productive population is shrinking every year because of low

fertility rates we've already discussed how every newer generation is shrinking by 40% inevitably this means that tax

revenue will go down when tax rates don't go up to make matters even worse government expenses will only rise in

the upcoming decades the average life expectancy in Italy has risen significantly over the last decades

meaning that the older Generations live longer for the Italian government this could be a huge problem elderly people

don't bring as much tax revenue but they cost a lot in the form of healthcare and pensions so this part of the population

is a net negative for the national finances and slowly but surely the elderly part of the population is

becoming bigger and bigger according to this chart the elderly share of the population is rising with 3% a year

pretty consistently because of these demographic Trends Italy is going to have lower tax revenue and higher

government expenses for a country already heavily indebted this is not sustainable the Italian government will

be running at an even bigger budget deficit which can't continue without causing problems it has two choices

Italy can either dramatically cut government expenses or dramatically increase tax rates oh yeah the third

option is to keep printing money like it's doing now but we all know how that one ends with financial disaster of

course so the government is a difficult Place financially to say the least right at the center of all their financial

problems is the country's pension system because of the way that it's organized this pension system is in a dire

situation like many other European nations Italy has a centralized pay you go pension system in pay you go systems

the currently employed population pays for the retirement of the retired population basically this means that the

younger generation is supporting the older generation's retirement but you can see where this goes sideways in the

near future this type of system should collapse because of Aging populations for one the sheer amount of Pensions

Italy has to pay is getting out of hand the country spends about 70% of its GDP on on pensions right now yes that's 177%

of the entire economy this figure will only get worse in the future because the demographic

collapse first of all the percentage of retirees in Italy's population is growing rapidly this means that Italy

will need to pay more and more people in the future relatively speaking but on the other hand the younger generation is

rapidly shrinking and this younger generation is the one who's supposed to pay for the retirement of the elderly in

short the Italian retirement system is headed for collap to truly reveal how bad it is let's look

at the old age dependency ratio this statistic is the number of retirees for every person in the working population

right now Italy has about 38 elderly people for every 100 people in working age but according to oecd projections

this will increase to more than 70 by 2050 this means that everyone within working age has to support about 70% of

someone's pension roughly speaking that equals to about €9,000 every year or 30%

of the average Italian's income so Italians within working will have to pay about 30% of their income to fund

someone else's retirement this of course is not very feasible as it would be a huge burden on the younger generation

politicians in Rome are scrambling for solutions to deal with this issue with attempts to try and reform the

retirement program over the long term Italy may be able to abandon the pay youo pension system when every

generation pays for its own retirement it would be much more stable but such a transition would take multiple decades

because the current older generation is still dependent on the younger one the government in Italy can't leave retirees

on their own because they are still entitled to receive pensions from the government that's why the pension reform

is going to be slow and painful but the question is if Italy has multiple decades left before its pension system

collapses the government in Rome is already facing huge budget deficits and its national debt is also getting out of

hand if the country has to spend billions of Euros extra on pensions that could be the last

straw early results from Italy's election show a clear victory for an alliance of right-wing party some 31,000

or so migrants have arrived here in Italy on the sea route in the last

couple of months of this year now compared that to 2021 and 2022 it's four

times the number so it's clear that Italy faces a lot of headwinds because of its demographic collapse this will of

course have a big impact on politics in the country as it will have to deal with economic and governmental problems but

one thing is clear because Italy is a democracy there will be one winner in the upcoming political debate the

elderly part of the population the parties supporting old people will have the biggest political say in Italy

because they have the most votes undoubtedly this will create a lot of societal tension old people want to keep

the retirement age low receive their pensions and retain free health care the problem is that Italy can hardly afford

these things in the future when the old generation wants to keep all the benefits it comes at a great cost for

the younger generation first of all the government needs to increase tax rates to fund the welfare programs for the

elderly increasing tax rates comes with huge economic cost as businesses and

people will leave the country so high tax rates would hurt the economy and therefore the younger generation it will

lead to an economic Decline and worse living standards for the newer Generations if the government increases

its taxes it's basically sacrificing its economy for the welfare of the elderly the only other way to keep the welfare

programs running is government debt but there are limits to how much money Italy can lend because of the risks associated

with it in the European Union countries are officially only allowed to have 60% of their GDP in debt this is to prevent

something like the Eurozone crisis from ever happening again however many countries don't listen to this rule with

Italy currently having 144% of its GDP in debt this puts Italy in a tricky

position other EU countries especially Germany don't want Italy to increase its

obligations when Italy borrows billions of Euros more it will create tension with other EU countries and even if the

country manages to borrow more money debt still carries a cost everyone knows that borrowed money is never free money

High government debt leads to a high interest payments in inflation in 2022 Italy had to pay 4.4% of its GDP on the

interest payouts for its debt or close to $90 billion increasing debt even more

will make these interest payouts even bigger to the point where it's unsustainable on top of that government

debt also has a tendency to cause inflation if the Italian government pumps billions of euros into its economy

the total supply of money increases according to basic economic theory an increase in Supply makes the value go

down this is also known as inflation when the Italian government funds its welfare with debt it would lead to

economic unrest the younger generation will suffer from this the most because they need to pay the interest on the

national debt on top of that inflation will cause the generation's living standards to go down the retire have

less of a problem with this because their pengin are inflation adjusted to some extent in short the younger

generation is in a bit of a pickle it will carry the cost of the demographic collapse but the generation has very

little political say to prevent it from getting completely out of hand the government in Rome will have to make a

difficult decision it has to increase the retirement age which is currently at 67 a higher retirement age decreases the

expenses for government welfare and increases tax revenue from workers the problem is nobody likes a higher retire

re age if Italy increases it to say 70 years old Mass protests and riots will

follow just look at what happened in France just after macron raised the retirement age there but maybe it's

better to have short-term anger than long-term political unrest if the retirement age isn't raised high taxes

government debt and inflation could cause Mass protests and riots just as well this is a very difficult political

problem which definitely causes some headaches in Rome another political problem is an internal one you see

Italy's decline isn't spreading evenly Across the Nation the southern parts of the nation have it way worse than the

Northern parts in virtually all aspects it is said that Italy has the most geographically divided country in the

European Union the northern region of Lombardi has more than doubled the GDP per capita as the southern regions of

calibria or Sicily cities in the north have actually experienced growth over the last decades but the economy in the

South has been stagnant we can see this in the figures of regional growth the southern region of calibria has only

grown its GDP by 1% from 10 to 2019 but the northern region of trentino Alto

adish has grown by 21% over the same time period this north south difference

is true for many region with some exceptions right now the north of Italy is relatively Rich for EU standards but

the South relatively poor there are also some Regional differences when it comes to fertility rates trantino South Tyrell

has a fertility rate of almost 1.6 whereas Sardinia has one just under 1.0

rates are fairly low throughout the country but some areas have more acute problems than others a fertility rate of

one makes every generation 50% smaller which is an insane experiment to run now

the variation in fertility rates isn't completely a north to south divide Sicily for example has a fertility rate

of about 1.4 the second biggest in Italy but the differences in fertility rates aren't the main issue here an even

bigger factor is the mass migration of people in southern Italy almost 50% of the people leaving Italy come from the

south which means that the Region's brain drain is dispropor proportionately large another form of migration is the

internal migration from Southern to Northern Italy this internal migration isn't a new phenomena as millions of

Italians have moved up north since World War II and no wonder the salaries in the northern industrial cities are just way

higher the huge difference in GDP per capita are the main reason for this over the years this has led to the

populations of Southern cities like Naples or polaro dropping by the thousands the problem is this the

biggest group of people who are leaving are in the age of of 15 to 34 this means that the Aging problem in southern

cities is way worse than the prosperous Northern cities if Italy is facing shortages in its Workforce the southern

cities are the first ones to get in trouble for the Italian government this obviously brings some challenges if the

differences between the North and South continue to grow it'll be hard to keep the country unified with a huge divide

in GDP per capita and economic success Northern Italy and southern Italy are just Worlds Apart the demographic

collapse will make this even worse as southern Italy will feel the blow even more acutely another Hot Topic in

Italy's politics is immigration which is also related to low fertility rates right now about 9% of Italy's population

are foreigners representing around 5.2 million people this number has grown significantly over the last 20 years

because it was only 1.3 million in 2002 most of Italy's immigrants come from poorer European countries with 47.6% of

immigrants coming from Europe interestingly enough about 2 million of the immigrants in the country were born

in Romania being the biggest group of foreigners in Italy but Northern Africa Asia and Latin America are also places

where immigrants come from 22.3% of immigrants were born in Africa mainly in Northern African nations like Morocco

Egypt or Tunisia immigration from Asian countries represents 22.6% of total

immigration the fastest growing foreign population in Italy are actually the Chinese with a population of 330,000

people in Italy the other less substantial group of immigrants are Latin Americans with about 7.5% of total

immigration coming from the region it's safe to say that Italy attracts people from all over the world of course Italy

is a beautiful country where many people would love to live but the biggest reason for the immigration is actually

the demographic collapse because Italy just has too few people to work jobs people from the outside come to fill in

the Gap in a way immigration is compensating for the extremely low birth rates but it doesn't come at a low cost

because there is a lot of opposition in Italy against migration the country now has a right-wing government led by prime minister Maloney

which is opposed to mass migration recently Maloney has said that migration isn't the way to solve the demographic

crisis if the bird rats continue to be as low as they are now immigrants would make up an increasingly bigger part of

the population the right-wing government is afraid that this would change Italy's cultural identity and cause internal

unrest as many countries in Europe are shifting right there's a good chance Mass immigration will come to an end

although some on the left see immigration as a solution for the population collapse it won't happen because of the political reality to sum

it all up it's clear that Italy is in major trouble because of financial cultural and social changes fertility

rates have collapsed in the country this is going to cause extreme Workforce shortages and an overall economic

decline the country is already an underperformer in Europe something that could be worsened by the demographic

collapse Italy is starting to run into huge fiscal issues with the government already loaded with trillions in debt

the welfare state was its pension system is completely unaffordable because the population is rapidly aging because of

these problems Italy is also headed to a difficult time politically the younger Generations will have a hard time

supporting the elderly which causes friction in society with the huge south to North Regional divide Italy will

become more divided than ever and the left and the right will be fighting on whether immigration is a good or bad thing because of the upcoming

demographic economic and political crisis it's safe to say Italy is dying

this is modern-day turkey the nation that was once called the sick man of

Europe has grown to become more powerful than anyone would have ever thought that

turkey remains a close NATO Ally and our military tomm military relationship

remains strong the previous administration made some very big mistakes with regard to Turkey and it

was too bad our interest here is clear which is in cementing turkey as much as

we can and the Turkish people with us in the transatlantic and NATO family I

actually have a very nice job in Turkey he's saying please mention turkey okay we have Assurance measures uh in Turkey

meaning that we have military presence ax increased Naval presence we will have air policing and so on to make sure that

we are able to uh defend all allies against any aggression of course also including uh turkey the US economy

dropped by 2.8% in 2020 while the United Kingdom's economy pleted by 11 % and the

European Union by 5.68% but the Turkish economy kept growing a 1.9% increase from

2019 geopolitically turkey's position is very interesting it is perhaps one of

the most controversial members of the NATO alliance for a long time it has blocked Sweden's NATO membership because

of alleged support for a Kurdish separatist group turkey has been fighting the separatists through

constant military attacks on Northern Syria this is a difficult situation

because the United States actually supports some Kurdish factions meanwhile

turkey has problems with Greece over Marine territory raising the risks of a conflict between these two NATO members

in external Affairs the government in Ankara doesn't always choose NATO's side

president erdogan has called Israel a terror State even though Europe and the US supports the Israelis and

interestingly turkey is one of the few NATO countries countries which hasn't placed sanctions on Russia in short

turkey doesn't always do what the other NATO members want it to do but the country brings one thing to the table

which makes it a crucial member of the alliance the country has been gaining geopolitical military and economic

strength through a network of strategic alliances turkey is competing with Iran

and the Arab states for regional leadership the country also has an emerging economy which is relatively

successful in its region despite its current struggles turkey ranks 11th

globally when it comes to GDP at purchase power parody beating all other countries in its proximity except Russia

population-wise turkey has 85 million people which is only behind Iran Russia and Egypt in the region its population

is slowly growing and is expected to hit 100 million in 2040 what also helps is

Turkey's military strength it is the second biggest in nato in terms of active personnel with over 350,000

people in the military service the country's defense industry is largely self-sufficient and turkey has become a

net arms exporter finally there's also a huge political push in Turkey to become

a regional leader this is because of the Nationalist government in the country led by president erdogan in this video

we'll go over the rise of turkey and how it could become one of the world's Regional powers

it's a great honor to be with president erdan the president and I have been

we've been very good friends we've been friends for a long time almost from day one I'm a big fan of the president

you're doing a fantastic job for the people of turkey I I have to say that President Eran was very good Turkey's

economy continues to Boom gross domestic product grew more than expected in the third quarter it expanded by almost 42%

country with the sharpest increase in military spending was turkey in the air online and at Sea we will work harder to

produce more domestically to meet the needs of our security forces we will not stop until our country is at the global

position it deserves to be in every field at the beginning of this Century

turkey focused on being friendly instead of being tough this approach was called the zero problems policy meaning that

turkey didn't want to get involved in Wars by doing this the country hoped to gain popularity and Goodwill in the

region as one of the few countries in the world which has both a Muslim majority and a democracy turkey has a

unique selling point it could become an example for others in the region but

this all changed near the end of 2010 when the Arab Spring protests erupted

these were anti-government protests all over the Middle East resulting in the overthrow of some governments erogan

then prime minister strategically toured across the region in 2011 he supported the protesters saying that

the people's Will is at the core of turkey's politics in the region but soon

the Arab Spring protests evolved into Wars all over the Middle East in this period of unrest turkey's zero problems

policy wasn't really viable anymore in times of conflict it's hard to be friends with everyone that's why the

country has switched to military strength to achieve its Regional Ambitions although turkey has always

been a military power to be reckoned with this has only become more true over the last few years apart from more than

the 350,000 people in the active Personnel it also ranks second in NATO

with a number of Tanks currently it has more than 2,000 of them and in the area of combat drones turkey is arguably

among the three best militaries globally on top of that around 80% of turkey's

military purchases are coming from domestic manufacturers in various areas such as

drones or missiles turkey is already fully self-sufficient this means that foreign

sanctions cannot hurt the country's military capabilities a problem that turkey has dealt with before during the

Cyprus War NATO members placed an arms embargo on their Ally but when turkey's

defense industry becomes completely independent this trick won't work anymore apart from giving anara more

autonomy a domestic defense industry also has other benefits turkey can sell

weapons to other nations and create strategic Partnerships that way that's why president Eran wants to have1

billion of arms exports in the near future last year Turkey already exported a record number of $5.5 billion in arms

the Turkish Barak TSH drone has already played a big role in this it has been sold to more than 20 countries the

United Arab Emirates made a $2 billion deal to purchase 120 Turkish drones

combined with equipment and training similarly Saudi Arabia has also signed a huge drone contract it was described as

the biggest defense and Aviation export contract in the history of the Republic of Turkey the value of the deal hasn't

been put out into the public but it's likely much more than the $2 billion of drones sold to the UAE and this

incredibly successful bakash drone project is just one of the 850 projects

of the Turkish Defense industry in total the sector has 3,000 companies with

880,000 employees apart from drones they're also making progress with armored vehicles

artillery rockets and air defense systems last year turkey rolled out a new domestically produced main battle

tank called the alai it is also developing a new state-of-the-art attack helicopter the same defense manufacturer

is creating a fifth generation fighter jet called the TF con to replace the Turkish Air Force

f-16s although the project is facing some challenges it it has already performed its first test flight we can

see similar progress in turkey's Navy it has recently inaugurated its largest ever warship the TCG anadolu The Vessel

was entirely manufactured in Turkey although it wasn't designed there on top of that anara wants to build an aircraft

carrier and four new frigs the country's defense manufacturers are also looking at the future of warfare as they're

undertaking ambitious projects for unmanned combat vehicles and unmanned surface vessels in short the domestic

defense industry of turkey is making rapid strides forward erdoan is very proud of this as it was one of the main

talking points in his recent election campaign apart from industrial capabilities though there's another

aspect of turkey's military power the country has been growing its forward military presence in Cyprus cutter and

Somalia it has permanent military bases there are also military bases in Iraq

and Syria besides that turkey has also o signed defense agreements with 10 countries like Tunisia Montenegro and

Kazakhstan this makes turkey's military involved in all of its nearby regions

the Balkans the caucuses and the Middle East combined with strong military power

at home turkey hopes to become one of the regional leaders in Security in this way however its military is facing one

huge weakness and that's the defense budget if Turkey wants to have a mighty

military with influence all over the region it needs to spend way more than it currently does the Turkish government

planned to spend 150% more on its defense in 2024 the military budget is

going to be around $40 billion way more than the $16 billion budget in

2023 this would make turkey one of the regional Security leaders but it's still nothing compared to the international

Giants a budget of $40 billion doesn't even put turkey in the top 10 global

not to mention that the US spends more than 20 times that amount but turkey can't really afford to spend more than

this because of the economic problems in general the economy is one of the biggest limiting factors for turkey's

power for years now the country has been in an economic crisis one of the symptoms of this economic downturn is

the Turkish currency which is in a freef fall and 2019 $1 was equal to about six

Turkish L now the exchange rate has jumped to about 33 L per dollar the

effect on turkey's consumer prices has also been dramatic with the inflation rate hitting 85 a 12% at its peak in

2022 this was after years of inflation at rates between 10 and 25% right now inflation is still over

60% as a result 2third of the people in Turkey are struggling to pay for food

and rent to make matters even worse the country has been running at huge current account deficits

the current account measures how much money is going in and going out of a country in the form of trade and

investment as an emerging economy you'd expect that turkey has a lot of exports and foreign investments but this is not

the case last year the deficit stood at $45.2 billion basically turkey is failing as

an emerging economy it's not competitive enough for international trade as it's importing more than it's exporting and

the country is also not attractive enough for Investments turkey has only been receiving about 1 to 2% of its GDP

in foreign direct Investments which isn't enough to really spur economic growth so turkey is dealing with a lot

of economic problems in the short term but when we look at the country's

fundamentals well the picture is much brighter the country has a strategic location a young and growing population

and a strong industrial base a few decades from now the Turkish economy could look a whole lot different after

tense talks with the EU RAB T erdogan refused to comment but the EU stress

that turkey first had to uphold its end of a 2016 deal to host about 3.6 million

refugees from Syria in return for EU

Aid if Turkey wants to become a regional power it obviously VI ly has to be strategic about its relationship with

other countries let's first look at turkey's position with the West the diplomacy with Europe and the United

States is full of contradictions on one hand it's the only country in the Middle

East with NATO membership which makes it crucial for defending NATO's interests overall turkey has one of the most

strategic locations in the alliance it sits right at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and between the black

and the Mediterranean Seas this gives the country a lot of bargaining power within NATO still turkey is struggling

to truly fit in with the West in 1987 turkey tried to join the European union

to become economically allied with its European peers after Decades of talks

however the assession process was halted based on ideological grounds according

to Brussels turkey's system isn't Democratic enough and it has a lack of Human Rights and the problems aren't

only ideological but also geopolitical turkey has hostile relations with EU

members Cyprus and Greece due to a let's call it complicated history for nearly

400 years Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire this occupation was peaceful for most of the time but it

ended violently during a war of independence after 8 years of fighting the modern state of Greece was founded

because of the massacres on both sides the relations between Greece and Turkey started on a terrible note after World

War I where Greece and Turkey fought on opposite sides the violence erupted once again Greek forces invaded the Turkish

Mainland but they were soon defeated 100 years later this decisive victory over

Greece is still celebrated in Turkey but for Greece this was a tragic period many

ethnic Greeks living in the coastal regions of Turkey were murdered according to one study 300,000 ethnic

Greeks were killed during and after the conflict in more recent times the conflict between the two groups erupted

once again in Cyprus for decades there were both Turkish and Greek communities on the island creating enormous tension

Greek nationalists wanted to join Greece which the Turkish communities viewed as a threat eventually turkey invaded the

island in 1974 other countries didn't agree with this move and the United States imposed

an arms embargo on Turkey shortly after right now the island is split between the ethnic Greeks in the South and the

ethnic Turks in the north however turkey is the only country who recognizes

Northern Cyprus as a state the rest of the world only recognizes the Republic of Cyprus which is an EU member State

and an ally of the West what complicates this even further is the ongoing aan

dispute between turkey and Greece the two Nations disagree on their territorial Waters National airspace and

exclusive economic zones on this map you can see the overlapping claims between

Greece turkey Cypress and the unrecognized Republic of Northern Cyprus

this is an important issue because some of these territories hold natural gas reserves disputes like this have caused

turkey's relationship with the West to be in bad shape the same is true for turkey stance on the war on Ukraine

which has also led to disagreements within NATO this might not seem obvious at first president erdoan has said that

Russia's invasion of the country is unacceptable just like every other NATO member has over the last year turkey has

also been a key military supplier for Ukraine the bakash drones in particular

have played a crucial role in defending Ukraine against Russia but turkey isn't

just supporting Ukraine it's also helping Russia not in a military sense but economically after the war Russia

has become turkey's largest import partner in 2023 the trade volume between

Russia and Turkey exceeded $65 billion there is a simple reason for

this turkey was one of the few NATO countries that didn't Place heavy sanctions on

Russia despite International pressure to do so this has allowed several Turkish

companies to resell sanctioned goods from Europe and the US to Russia this is

also made the country a top destination for Russian oligarchs evading International sanctions on top of that

turkey is a transit route for Russian grain smuggling much of the grain that Russia has stolen from Ukraine is

transported through Turkish ports but the biggest effect on not sanctioning Russia has to do with energy Imports

because Moscow has lost many of its export Partners turkey is now getting Russian oil gas and coal at a discount

Putin has even proposed to make turkey a regional gas Hub seeing it as the most reliable export route to the rest of

Europe so you could say that Ankara isn't that tough on Putin despite its

support for Ukraine the only thing that we can see about turkey's foreign policy Y is that it's only following its own

self-interest we can also see this in the war in Syria where turkey is in an awkward situation with the United States

President erdogan chose to support groups opposing the Syrian government most notably the free Syrian Army the US

also opposes the Syrian government but it's not that simple this chart shows just how complicated the entire War has

become the US supports the Syrian Democratic forces and Alliance of Kurdish and Arab Fighters against the

Islamic State turkey doesn't like these Syrian Democratic forces because of a possible link between its Kurdish

faction and the pkk terrorist group that's why president erdogan has accused the US of supporting terrorists and

causing a sea of blood in Syria for turkey the pkk is a serious threat the

Kurds are an ethnic minority in Turkey Syria Iraq and Iran and some of them want to start an independent state in

the area the pkk has has used violence and terrorist attacks to try to achieve this recently there was a bombing in

Turkey's capital Ankara and this wasn't the first one the conflict between the pkk and the Turkish government has been

going on for decades killing thousands on both sides because of this clash with

the pkk the Turkish military has attacked the Syrian Democratic forces in

the north turkey has invaded Syria four times the last operation being in 2020

president erdogan wanted to create a buffer zone 30 km deep into Syrian territory this would protect turkey

against the Kurdish militias and it would be a place to house Syrian refugees but it remains a difficult

situation as the United States continues to support these Syrian Democratic forces on top of that there have been

accusations of turkey committing human rights abuses in Syria other NATO countries aren't happy with turkey's

involvement in Syria but the same can be said the other way around the Turkish government has accused multiple

countries of supporting the Kurdish separatist movement this includes Sweden and Finland who wanted to join the NATO

alliance but were blocked by turkey for months they allegedly held pkk supporters within their borders and

turkey wanted them to be extradited the two countries have also imposed a partial arms embargo on Turkey in 2019

because of its involvement in Syria ancara wanted Sweden and Finland to lift this embargo which they've done

recently Turkish president rip typ an arrived in Riad for talks on how to end

the

crisis Russian and Turkish military corporation has been increasing recently

especially in light of Anchor's purchase of the S400 missile system from Moscow apart from its relations with the

West turkey also has a complicated position in the middle releas but before we dive into this please hit the like

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discuss turkey's relations with one of the major powers in the region Iran Iran

is the enemy of Israel Saudi Arabia and the United States this is because of Iran's nuclear program and its Regional

proxy groups for years now the West has placed heavy sanctions on Iran because of this however turkey strongly opposes

these sanctions in 2018 erdogan blamed the United States and Israel for causing

anti-government protests in tan afterwards he said the sanctions were an opportunity to enhance bilateral ties

with Iran especially in an economic sense turkey has only strengthened its relations with Iran over the past years

in a meeting with Iranian officials erdogan said bilateral trade has reached $7.5 billion as of now I believe that we

will achieve $30 billion currently turkey is considering to open new border crossings to its

eastern neighbor and the ties with Iran aren't just for bilateral trade but also

for geopolitical purposes this was made clear during the 2017 cutter diplomatic

crisis because of a power struggle between several Gulf States a Saudi Arabian Le coalition enforced a total

blockade on cutter turkey and Iran both opposed the Saudi Coalition in support

of the smaller Nation they do this because they want to curb the Saudi influence in the region Iran has been

fueling proxy conflicts with the Saudis for years now this rivalry has become a

cold war in the Middle East turkey kind of likes what Iran's doing as long as

it's targeted at Saudi Arabia but there are limits in turkey's cooperation with Iran the majority of turkey citizens

have unfavorable views towards the country the fact that Iran is trying to develop nukes doesn't benefit anyone in

the Middle East most people in Turkey see this as a threat to Regional security and when we look at turkey's

Regional Ambitions their interests don't fully align with those of Iran both Iran and turkey want to become leaders in the

Middle East which has led to a strategic competition the ongoing conflict in Syria is a prime example of this Iran is

Allied with the Syrian regime and various proxy groups in the country because of its interest there it has

condemned the Turkish Invasion and occupation of Northern Syria the same holds true in Northern Iraq where turkey

has military bases to fight the Kurdish separatists because Iran has ties with the government and some militias in Iraq

it doesn't like this Turkish influence on one occasion an Iran backed group has even threatened to attack Turkish forces

and the lent isn't the only place where there are tensions in the Caucasus turkey and Iran also have conflicting

interests turkey is a close Ally of azerbajan providing economic and Military Support to the country it has

good cultural and historic ties with azerbajan as both countries are Turk and Muslim with the ngono kabach conflict

flaring up again this became as relevant as ever when azerbajan invaded the area

erwan came out in full support of his ally saying that it needed to defend its territory

Integrity this is also because turkey's relation with Armenia is well terrible

to say the least after World War I the Ottomans committed a genocide against the Armenian population with an

estimated 1 million Armenians murdered to this day Turkey doesn't recognize

that this has happened which strains ties with Armenia instead of saying sorry anura has doubled down on its

support for azerbajan turkey had provided $77 million and arms to its

Ally in the month before fighting broke out this includes drones rocket launchers ammunition and much more the

two countries have also signed a mutual defense agreement according to erdoan Turkey and azerbijan are like one nation

with two states but meanwhile Iran's relations with azerbajan are terrible

this is because of Western involvement in the country American companies have interests in the azeri oil business and

Israel is one of the main supporters of azan's military between 2017 and 2020

Israel accounted for more than 60% of its weapons Imports because its enemies support azerbajan Iran has chosen to

support Armenia with armenia's biggest Ally Russia distracted in Ukraine Iran

is filling the vacuum and there are even reports of Iran stoking the tensions between Armenia and azerbajan using it

as a proxy against its pro-western neighbor according to the Iranian aeran

is a proxy of Israel and the United States so this conflict in the Caucasus region is yet another field where Iran

and turkey are on opposing sides even though the Turkish government wants to expand cooperation with Iran there's

also serious strategic competition between the two countries turkey has the same kind of relationship with Saudi

Arabia and its allies on the oneand they stand in the way of turkey's Regional Ambitions the Crown Prince Muhammad bin

Salam has said that turkey is part of the triangle of evil together with Iran and the islamist groups he accused the

country of trying to reinstate the Ottoman Empire which he sees as a threat Saudi Arabia sees itself as the leader

of the Islamic world the country houses two holy cities in Islam namely Mecca

and Medina and it also has a large geopolitical say as it's involved in many Regional conflicts like the ones in

Libya Sudan or Yemen on top of that it has the biggest economy in the region

just behind turkey according to the IMF estimates Saudi Arabia has a smaller military than turkey but not when it

comes to spending in 2022 the country spent $75 billion on its military which

is the fifth largest budget globally turkey's planned $40 billion budget is

still far below this level despite the geopolitical Rivalry though turkey has

expanded its economic relationship with Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf States recently president erdogan visited Saudi

Arabia cutter and the United Arab Emirates to make trade and investment deals this includes a 40 billion dollar

trade deal with the UAE and plans for a similar deal with the Saudis the Gulf States are particularly interested in

turkey's growing defense industry in return they will invest tens of billions of dollars into the Turkish economy

they've also provided currency swap agreements to Turkey which helped to stabilize its currency but even though

there's economic cooperation there's also a lot of competition behind the scenes the Civil War in Libya was an

example of this before the ceasefire in 2020 Saudi Arabia has provided support for the Libyan National Army joined by

the United Arab Emirates turkey actively supported the Libyan government of national Accord a group opposed to the

National Army turkey and the Gulf States were fighting each other by proxy which obviously created a lot of tension

however this wasn't the biggest proxy conflict between turkey and Saudi Arabia the cutter crisis that we mentioned

earlier was far worse turkey is a very close Ally of cutter which is one of the

few Gulf countries opposed to Saudi Arabia's leadership role although the tensions have cooled down since 2017

qter is still not in Saudi Arabia's sphere of influence turkey has taken advantage of this by stationing

thousands of troops in the country and establishing a permanent military base there this protection from Turkey allows

cutter to continue being independent from its neighbor in turn turkey has received financial support from the

fossil fuel rich country and with the military base in Cutter turkey also has a strong position in the Gulf region

it's a rerun of the election in June when the ruling AK party lost its absolute majority and then failed to

form a coalition government president Reep tayib erdogan cast his ballot on Sunday hoping to return to single party

AKP rule after months of political uncertainty the leader of the left-wing Pro Kurdish people's democratic party

Salah hatan deartis cast his vote in Istanbul while prime minister ahed davalo cast his ballot in

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K so turkey isn't afraid to stand up against the two major powers of the region namely Iran and Saudi Arabia

through military political and economic influence turkey wants to become its own Regional leader but to understand why

the country is doing this we also have to look at its history you see turkey has long been a global Center of power

during the 15th and 16th century the Turkish state was one of the most powerful in the world under the Ottoman

Empire Turkish tribes began to expand their territories in the 1300s and

continued to do so for several hundreds of years because of incredible military strength this expansion was one of the

most successful in the entire history at its peak the Ottoman Empire controlled

most of the Middle East Southeastern Europe and North Africa it reached all

the way from Modern Austria to Yemen and from Ukraine to Egypt in total it

covered 19.9 million square km for comparison that's about 3 million square

km bigger than modern day r Russia with their vast territories the Ottomans

controlled some of the most lucrative trade routes in the world almost all of the trade between Asia and Europe flowed

through their lands giving the Empire tremendous Prosperity this lasted all

the way to the end of World War I which isn't all that long ago historically speaking near its final days however the

Ottoman Empire suffered a slow and painful demise its leaders became

corrupt its economy declined and its military began to lose Wars against other great Powers after World War I the

once thriving Empire was partitioned into the countries that we know of today creating the modern-day Middle East this

marked the end of turkey's Regional Ambitions for a while at least the

leader of the newly found Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kamal atat Turk was focused on keeping the country

internally stable he wanted to be independent economically politically and militarily and opted for international

isolation but a few Generations later this policy was replaced by something completely new Neo ottomanism just after

the Cold War ended the leaders in Turkey saw an opportunity to become a regional leader once again the country had

already abandoned its ideas of neutrality after it joined NATO in 1952 choosing sides in the US Soviet Union

rivalry after the Soviet Union collapsed turkey's foreign policy began to be even more proactive under president turut

odal neo-ottomanism became a central theme in turkey's politics basically the

president wanted to make his country a regional leader once again this followed the collapse of the Soviet Union which

opened up the playing field he said that three important areas have opened in front of turkey the Balkans the caucuses

and the Middle East nowadays these neo-ottoman ideas have gotten even stronger as the Balkans the caucuses and

the Middle East descended into Warfare and Chaos the public wants a strong

Turkish State this led to the rise of the Nationalist Justice and development party or AKP with neo-ottoman policies

the AKP wants to St in Regional Affairs backed by a strong military and although

the party doesn't like the term Neo ottoman it's definitely a return to the

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