A Geopolitical Tour of the World
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A Geopolitical Tour of the World
Some of the topics I discuss I already have entire videos on:
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“I can’t wait for him to get to my country!”
“Nothing going on in Australia, let’s skip it”
I felt this
Is anything happening there though?
Hey , I just wonder , How 2 countries whose pioneer residents were the outlaws and criminals of Britain are among the most peaceful nations of the world😂.....#australia_newzealand
Prasad Pawar our Prime Minister gets told off by average blokes for standing on the grass
Australia and NZ are pretty chill. Dude I’m pretty sure the Aus constitution still states that NZ is a part of Australia?
The rest of the World: exists.
UK: It's free real estate.
Not mention Portugal 🇵🇹 owns islands in coast of africa including the largest Madeira
Mainland Europe, South America, and Central America: what are you talking about, mate?
@@daviroza4700 but it's nothing compared to France.
@@daviroza4700 madeira is inabited before portugal
and now its vasal state
Love how Britain had something to do with like half of these conflicts.
America is a terrorist state that supports the occupier and the division of Arab and Islamic lands
Or europe had everything to do for everything happening in this world lmao
@@divyamsharma1453 nah murica did most of the things from 1955 onwards
@@divyamsharma1453 No. Only really up to the 17th and 18th century did Europe really have global influence.
@@innitbruv-lascocomics9910 global influence didn’t really exist prior to the age of exploration tho.
This was such a great video- I learned so much! Please do it annually!
you've learnt only lies...for example about the Malvinas war
So basically, “Today, we’ll be discussing why everyone hates everyone.”
"And how the British invented time"
Except central and northern Europe it seems, nothing worth talking about going on over there.
"lets skip over the pacifics beefs cause theyre chill"
and these shit are almost created by Europeans
I am guessing everyone is tired of everyone's shit. Yet everyone keeps it subtle like a person that shakes your hand while smiling crossing fingers behind them. Friend or Foe nobody really knows.
Other countries: *exist
British: So you have chosen to be colonized
British empire invites you to
Join. Or. Join.
Ethiopia , Thailand , Afghanistan , the middle east and Vietnam : fight me
English*
This comment is underrated
Interestingly almost no colonized countries existed in pre-colonial times. Most countries histories begin with the establishment of a colony. Heck, some countries didn't even have a population in pre-colonial times!
I don't know why but the way you present and conduct the video is smooth and nice. Great content
Composed by Alex Lamy, Rotem Hecht, Roland Bowring, Martin Gelbach, Adam Kevin Brown, Milan Adamik, Benjamin Hayden, Mathieu Hallouin, Jonathan Mayer, Alexandros, Alexander Norman, John Delvento & Carl Moniz
Great video. You managed to compile so much information in 18 minutes and was also entertaining.
Yes it was a good summery
- Why is there a conflict in this place?
- Well, the British were there!
- Ah, that explains it!
Legit ruined everything 😂
lol
The truth has been spoken.
You mean European ppl 😡😡
literally a fact
"Ah yes, the Balkans, the area where everybody hates eachother" That killed me 😂😂😂
But everybody gets friendly when you bring Rakia
Yep the Balkans and the middle east are just beautiful right
@Ksjs Jdjdb No, I mean Rakia. Rakia is an alcohol that is predominantly present in the Balkan.
But everyone hates Turkey
R.I.P
Excellent video - thank you and I look forward to viewing more from your channel 🙂
Excellent! Thank you! So informative
One Civ 5 game and we could solve all these conflicts.
War should be replaced with rock paper scissors between the two leaders.
i would be a xenophobic empire....
And create many new, more bizarre ones
Gandhi would nuke everyone.
Why not civ vi?
People keep mentioning things that he has missed but can we just appreciate how informative and helpful this video is.
I pretty much knew all of that before
well, some things were glossed over and tried to be very politically correct. Many of these disputes go way deeper than what he described and assuming he is British he kinda glossed over the Faulkland war really quickly. Not to take away from the information given or the quality of the video but still don't take these claims over the anemocities as done deals
Dimitri Efthymiou I am fine with what he’s saying cause unfortunately these things will have to be one of those “choose a side” things.
I think he put it at best as he could.
it's not exactly informative, all i got was there's conflict in that area. to be fair there was little time, it would have been better if he did each continent so there's more info.
Informative??
I absolutely loved this,you cracked me up!
Great video, thanks for all your hard work so we can enjoy receiving some information
“Moving on to the Middle East ah f***”
Yeah that about sums it up
Am here for your comment 😂
Ahh f*** the west
@@rohankishibe8259 ahh f*** that one dog who keeps on barking at like 2 at night
@@cedricktoussaint9558 yeah f*** that dog, keeps barking when someone trying to tell the truth
"Ah f***" seems like an accurate description of the politics in the Middle East.
Legend is that before the U.K. invented time football games were played to death and you worked an undetermined amount of moons
lmaooo ruclips.net/video/3cEzMS39iD8/видео.html
I mean considering football had to be banned for being too violent, you're not too far off with it being to the death.
@ThatCrazy Drunk Yep, that was complete bullshit
Thank you for a very interesting video. I LOVE your accent and the peaceful tone you deliver your information in!
I love you man I was looking for this video oooo
0:27
Everybody be talking about Isaac Newton inventing gravity but nobody talks about the British inventing time
@JJ 96 why
JJ 96 Jesus Christ dude that’s a huge overreaction. Just because he made a slight formulation error doesn’t mean that delegitimises the entire video...
@JJ 96 It's a joke, you clown.
@@josephlynch7655 How is it possible you're the only one getting that lmao
@@WonderWhy Can you explain
I don't get it
Just take a shot every time the UK comes up
>israel-palestine
>fermosa-Taiwan
>hong kong
>jammu and kashmir
>falknal islands
>gibralter
>northern ireland
>cyprus
anyone doing world politics videos should honestly start paying Britain royalties cause their content wouldnt exist without them
If we do this again in 100 years I wonder if the US will catch up
It is quite confusing, British Isles, Uk, and England. British and Ireland = two nations of British Isles. British 4 nations in one nation. Uk a nation within a nation. England a nation within a nation within a nation. City of London a city within a city. almost like those Russian dolls a doll within a doll within a doll. It is easier for me to say British and England. England seems to be vital to British identity the language is English, so that is easier.
Nosirt then the UK was like “alright i’m outta here figure it out amongst yourselves”
I was just thinking that. Whenever there is a border dispute there is a big chance Britain was involved. But Britain be like "You think I fucking care? Ask the UN to solve it"
I learned so much. Thank you.
A voice from Hong Kong: you have explained so clearly and informative!
The Americans: We invented space travel!
The British: We invented time.
The Truth: Actually neither. Nazis invented space travel and sundials were in use before clocks.
Chuma James Nxele nazis never made it to space lol. although their rocket technology was critical to american and soviet advancements in space
*Time Zones!*
@Position King you mean firework thing that strapped to a arrows?
Basically the Hwacha
Russia invented space travel, never forget my man Yuri
"because that's where Britain invented time"
Ah, yes, when time was invented in the 19th century
Portuguese? Or Spanish?
Gibraltar 🤺
@@Jackrobert28 João is 100% Portuguese (or at least Lusophone)
Brazilian
João Vitor Matos ola boa noite! Fala galera!! Eu sou das Filipinas!
@@Jackrobert28 NORTH KOREAN GIBRALTAR!!!
Thank you,for such useful content
this is the best youtube video i've watched in a while! when i was in high school i wasn't super interested in geography, a bit less in history. now that i'm a young adult i think there's so much that i want and need to know about the world and this video was a good starting point.
Almost all of these can be traced back to England lmao.
Alexey Baal well Scotland might get independence but Northern Ireland actually wants to be part of the uk and Wales would never leave
K J well that’s just not true
To be fair, this guy is from the UK. So he's going to see the world through the eyes of someone from the UK, with the world knowledge of someone from the UK.
we miss WonderWhy
He literally said in the video dont say England to refer to the UK
if two fishes are fighting it means probably a Britisher has just crossed the river ... Thanks for the 1.6 k likes guys I didn't knew it was spot on 😅 (edited)
We invented time tho
Kingketo W.R
It’s fine. Just don’t do it again.
Oh, and that’s in regards to stirring up trouble, not inventing time.
What is a Britisher? 😂
@Darkseid they just did lmao
History shall never forgive Red Cliff
Excellent presentation.Thank you for your efforts 🤝
amazing, grateful for the information
"ah, yes, the Balkans"
Oh, you know things are bout to get spicy when you hear that, no matter what time period is currently discussed.
Lets do 8000 BC
I'm from there and love every country on our peninsula! We all have something unique and special to offer.
I'd love to know more about the Balkan and Slavic regions it's all so facinating!
It's time once again for me to argue on behalf of Greece in a conflict I don't even care about.
Yes.
"Sometimes the lines on the map don't fully do justice to the situation on the ground."
They almost never do lol
Ik its rlllllllly annoying
Very informative video 🙏
I love all of this info. Give me more!!!!
Europe: "okay good coverage"
Asia: "not bad"
Africa: "mehh"
South america, and north america: " am i a joke to you"
@Zachary Kowalewsky Mexico claims land in Belize
Island being disputed between El Salvador and Honduras, Belize and Guatemala
Australia:
Zachary Kowalewsky Bruh there is: The Drug problems in much of Latin America, The Amazon Rainforest constantly being destroyed, Quebec, The protests that happened in Chile, Venezuela’s issues, etc. This is like a reverse of the stereotypes of Americans like do you think that Europe is the only place where shit happens?
@@papaicebreakerii8180 that's not geopolitics
In conclusion, the Brits caused all the chaos in the world
Not all
Bruh momentsof2019
r/Whoosh
@@flashstar1234 people who whoosh are worse than people who get who get whooshed
the US and france has done it's bit too
@@tcw_6609 r/whoosh
Love this video!
if this is supposed to be summarized in one sentence, “god dammit europeans”
You should do separate tours for each region:
1. Europe
2. Middle East
3. Asia
4. South Asia
5. Australasia
6. South America
7. Central America and Caribbean
8. North America
9. Africa
Would be fascinating
I live in south asia
@Heitor Leite which country
Europe is the most interesting
This is the first time I've seen someone say "australasia" usually it's called oceania
@@hoddtoward5220 maybe because I live in South Africa. We might use different terms down here
"Literally no one knows what will happen in 2047 when this agreement expires."
2020: 😏🤫
Agreement: *end date magically changes to October 2020*
2020: "Oh what a pleasant surprise 😏"
Technically, it started cause a hong konger had to go to Taiwan and murder his Hong kongese gf there.
And then politics started getting into the mix. It was supposed to stay between HK and Taiwan, but the HK leader JUST HAD to include mainland in the discussion.
I doubt it will take that long before the one country two systems policy is fully disregarded by China.
Breaking news; China is not waiting for 2047. That's yesterday news. 🇨🇳
Honk Kong will be a part of china then
More videos like this please 🥺
awesome video, thank you
“Where the British invented time in 1884”
People before 1884: *ice*
I noticed that..
I think he mean time zones
People before 1884: See you later I guess
People not getting the joke be like
"Well there's Antarctica which is mostly ice and snow but hey it's land so countries will try to stick their flag."
Dead.
Thanks very much! I like it incredibly.
If fish are fighting among themselves in a river, then an Englishman passed by.
-Native American saying
The British also invented fish mind control
@@nobleactual7616 that would explain the navy
So true. I am going to use this more often!
@@hja5326 Makes sense to me
@@hja5326 Divide and conquer
"Crown Dependencies" is pronounced tax havens
So that is why UK always vetoed bans of companies with HQ in tax heaven.while in EU
@@alexandrub8786 And vetoed open banking regulations applying to offshore trusts.
But they were never part of the UE when Britain was part of it.
Isle of Man hahaha
@@DanielDaaar 85,000 drunks clinging to a rock..... apparrantly
great content. yes, it's impossible to tackle everything without losing the focus of your viewers.
Très intéressant 🙏
I think you missed the point with Oceania with situations like
New Caledonia wanting Independence from France
West Papua wanting to succeed from Indonesia
Bougainville Referendum in Papua New Guinea
Chuuk wanting independence from Micronesia.
And also the East African Federation.
Aceh too from Indonesia
@Alex they are set to have a other referendum
True enough. Fiji always a bit tense.
Regarding New Caledonia, I think I would state the facts (as I'm aware of anyway) :
-There is indeed a sizable independence movement
-It was agreed 30 years ago between France and this movement that there would be a string of 3 referendum, and if a single one was for independence, then independence it would be.
-The first referendum was organized as recently as 2018, with the "no" winning 56.67%
-Some more referendum will be organized, maybe as early as this year.
-The big issue is how to decide who gets to vote, with certain rules being more in favor of one of the sides
-The voting divide follows quite closely a racial divide, with a huge majority of the "recent", European (the "caldoches"), population in favor of the status quo, and a majority of the (bigger) native community, the kanaks, favor independence. Add to that 1/4 of the population that are not part of any of those 2 groups (think people from Polynesia, Asia...), and that are crucial for those referendum results.
I just wanted to add those elements, as I feel it's interesting and can't just be boiled down to "New Caledonia wants its independence"
My opinion should be irrelevant, but I'm still going to disclose it: it's fair that the Caledonians get to chose whether or not they want to be part of France.
"Now moving onto the middle ea- oh f[bleep]"
I had to put my hand over my mouth so I didn't wake up my flatmate with laughter. That caught me so badly off guard.
@Anika Anjum I think we're all fully aware of the catastrophe and disgrace that is the West's impact on the middle east, especially WW.
@Anika Anjum I don't know what I was referring to either. It was 3am
happy to be a middle eastern 👍👍
this region is absolute chaos and also, us arabs used to have our own world, when the west came and ruined it all
This is such a good video
very great lecture .
15:06 "...which is mostly empty except Hawai'i..."
Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, etc... :"Am I a joke to you?"
Those iskands are too small nothing to see there
*Guam a developed US teritorry
You spelt Hawaii wrong, Hawai'i is used to refer to the island not the whole state
@@dogedog8686 Oh, thank you for the correction. The more you know
They aren’t in the middle they west pacific
A few more for those who are interested:
-the divide in Belgium between Flanders and Wallonia.
-some weird disputed areas between Egypt and Sudan, one of which neither country claims, making it one of the last places on earth to not have a sovereign ruler.
-border disputes around Guyana in like, literally all directions.
-Bougainville island, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea which seeks independence.
-Galicia and Basque Country, other regions of Spain who seek independence, but to a lower degree than Catalonia
Bougainville will gain independence in 2027.
@@jdbtabouret.218
You know this how? Wasn't there a referendum a couple years ago where they decided to stay?
@@Snoflakes_1 The opposite happened. People voted to leave in 2019 and it should become a sovereign nation in 2027
@@Murad_el-Kaffas interesting... Source?
@@Snoflakes_1 uh? Do a quick search and you'll be done
amazing video :)
Thanks, for a general view in globe. Keep your path, I'm appreciated that.
Thought you would include the Hala’ib Triangle and Bir Tawil, but understandable that there are a ton of disputes to put in this video. Perhaps a part 2?
This video was inarguably Eurocentric and Amero-Centric. Although I won't deny that it's a well done video, like rest of his videos
@@retf8977 The video was meant to show the most important geopolitics around the globe. Neither the Hala'ir triangle nor Bir Tawil is important whatsoever to people not in Egypt or Sudan. If it was Euro Centric he would have mentioned the Basques, or Aegan island disputes, or the Ukrainian civil war, or Chechen-Ingushenian-Dagestan independence movements. And I have no clue how you got Americo centric. He literally never mentioned anything about the US except Hawaii and Puerto Rico
@@retf8977 this video is not Eurocentric nor centred on america
@@retf8977 are u Indian?
Moving on to the middle ea- **sees Israel** oh f***
Weird pronunciation of “east”.
after seeing all of these conflicts all over the world, is it really something special?
@@sweetqamar1600 delete this comment or a war is gonna break out in the comments trust me
@@sweetqamar1600 Israel forever 🇮🇱
@@verpix4956 And it begins.
wow! thanks for this
very interesting 👏 congratulations!
"This is where the British invented time in 1884".
I know what you were trying to say but this sentence sounded so wrong hahaha
No one knows why they called that year 1884, as time hadn't existed until then
No the British properly invented time 🇬🇧
britain in 1883:
- ey m8 wattim issit?
- da FOK ayyu toking about m8
Yeah it sounds wrong but technically kinda right but time keeping existed way before 1884.
Could probably be more specific and say the British invented Centralised time 🤷♂️
It was a joke, guys.
Also Transnistria, independence referendums in New Caledonia, and the possible split of PNG
Dan whats png?
Bro he didn't even talk about JPEG and GIF
nicolas roberto laurindo lol
Yeah was thinking bout the
Papua conflict
K10Productions PNG - Papua New Guinea they own the east half of island New Guinea. Indonesia ones the west half.
I was expecting him to pick a side but he said most of these things very unbiasedly. Really great educational video!
nice vid, ofc it is impossible to explain everything in a video, but the Greco-Turkish disputes over the Aegean sea are worth mentioning given that war seems kinda possible from time to time
Oo, oo, he's gonna get to New Zealand, he's gonna get to-
"Let's just skip Oceania , their pretty chill down there."
Mission accomplished (ish)
I know you’ve basically started a war but in all seriousness this was professionally done. It really shows that geopolitics is complicated
idk why but I see you in the comments section of almost all geography videos I watch. Just an observation
@@samuelt3338 I do so idk why...
YOU again?
@@samuelt3338 not just geography videos but generally everything
We can't forget his name.
From an Argentinian, Adding up to your "for some reason", the main ones are that the islands where originally spanish in colonial times and during south america independance ALL spanish territory in the different parts of the continent was to be anexed to the different countrys formed, including the islands. Also, geographycally, the islands are set over the continental platform, wich due to international agreements, is argentine sea, making the island be situated over argentine territory.
The war on it self was not only because argentine decading economy but also Tatchers decading political image.
I know you are british but at least lets tell the whole story. Cheers!!!!
Los británicos la controlan desde 1833 y perdisteis la guerra, supéralo...
Yes, this was VERY biased
I agree with you here, I thought what he said was quite biased, and I’m British! I hope our countries will be on better terms one day, as Argentina is a beautiful country 🇦🇷🇬🇧
Get over it Argie
very well made video.
Wonder why talks about geopolitics
The comments: *not only was peace never an option but let's start ww3!*
Why can't I be an option
@@jcxkzhgco3050 because peace is gay and that is illegal in many countries.
@@jcxkzhgco3050 China: My needs are beyond your understanding.
Alexandru B dammit USA just denied me entry
I have an idea about how WW3 allegiances would look like... Bad guys (for us): China, Pakistan *Bangladesh, Palestine, Iraq, Syria, *Saudi Arabia, *North Korea. The US would be allied with Israel, India, *Russia, England, France, Canada, *Australia, a lot of europe. I’d expect Scandinavia and Egypt to be neutral, along with other guys unless whatever happens.
The world would be a much better place if every country agreed I was their leader
True true
my daddy
Kimmy you're a fireeeeeework
No u
Haha
Absolutely great video , I've learnt so much! Thanks !! P.s is curiosity stream available in the UK?
this was oversimplified to a great level
*Normal Person* :You can’t trigger everyone in the world. *WonderWhy* : **Cracks his knuckles
Earth: Please don’t enter until 2020 has finished
I get it but...
Please don't enter until political borders are fully defined and agreed upon
@@micaelgarcia1576 you may have to wait for an infinitely long time since countries themselves aren't permanent.
@@micaelgarcia1576 ruclips.net/video/42S_JvBlfPs/видео.html
Loved the irony and humour you had throughout the video! And the things you said were very interesting and informative :).
Nevertheless, personally I didn't like how a lot of things were just overlooked and many countries with big interesting geopolitical insights were completely skipped... Rather than doing a 18' "world" geopolitical tour, I would have done multiple videos for each area/region/continent and got a bit deeper into each situation! From a curious, external perspective that would have been way nicer, just a little thought I had
Never been to your channel before, but once I heard your accent, I was happy to stay :)
There have been some drama in Oceania (In countries like Fiji and Papua New Guinea), you should not have skip that part of the world.
It's looking like we might even see a new country soon (Bougainville).
@Ilyass Abbad it's their name deal with it
And west papua
and New Caledonia wanting independence from France and Chuuk wanting to leave the Federated States of Micronesia.
*has
for a second, I thought I was watching Caspian Report.
"Caribbean, there are 13 independent nations most of which no one really heard of"
I agree
This is a comfort video of mine
I always love seeing your videos brother. Thank you for you hard work and making me ever so slightly more informed. I hope you're doing well!
As a Taiwanese, I have to acclaim you that you made a simple but specific history about the relationship with ROC and PRC. Great job.
Could you at least if you're """taiwanese"" then have enough braincells to call your island republic of Taiwan lol china's what right above you ? Remember ?
Taiwan is a province of China
That’s not the real China
@Max Smith Republic of China maybe a country, but not recognized by your country or pretty much everyone's country. Taiwan is a province of Republic of China, along with Fujian province.
Luckily, my country recognizes Taiwan as a country ❤️
I like how done with everything he sounds in this video, especially towards the end
Great video
Great video! So interesting. Part 2 needed that goes into more details about parts you didn’t cover.
Interesting video. Makes you realise just how many issues there are around the world. Also, there are many small disputes and conflicts that are barely ever mentioned in the news.
This video really shows how much I know about geopolitics
watching this like 20 times bc everytime i pick up smth new
That “Aw f***” before the Middle East was probably the purest reaction from Wy yet😂. Honestly, I liked how he was a bit more looser on the script; he felt more natural than most of his videos.
F*** europe... Why didn't he said it to them, because they are the main reason of of this video...
There are independence movements in Papua and Bougainville that are most likely the next new countries in the world
Irish European Citizen didn’t Bougainville recently become an independent country?
@@aaronquigley1943 NO!
@Aaron Quigley They overwhelmingly voted for independence (more than 98%), but they are in the process of discussing independence with the Papuan government.
What the hell do they gain by gaining independence. A very poor region doesn’t need independent movements it needs to grow. I don’t understand it serves no good purpose and all it will do is make them poorer
LastKing maybe because some people would prefer their ethnic group have their own country instead of being suppressed by another government?
good video thanks
Awesome!
Wow, that is impressive! As a graduate of International Relations myself, I should say that it is the best summary of the most important geopolitical issues that You can get in the video under 20 minutes. Very nice job, mate!
Hey can you help me regarding a question?
When you talked about North Macedonia, I was surprised you didn't mention the history and language dispute between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. It's a really interesting topic, worth covering.
I do not understand language dispute(the current macedonian language is closer to serb than bulgarian)
History... let's just say everyone hates if a macedonian country exists as they want land etc
@@fitmotheyap You mean a macedonian country that had (and probably still has idk) an irrendetist map claiming parts of other countries in their school books?
@@spiritusIRATUS MACEDONIA FOR THE MACEDONIANS!!!
Ur right most of the country speaks Bulgarian but the west speaks albanian
@@fitmotheyap It actually isn't. There are many Serbisms, but the language still very much acts as a sort of dialect to Bulgarian. You can hear much more diversity from some west and east Bulgarian dialects then with Bulgarian and Macedonian.
And historically Macedonian history exists only after 1991. Otherwise there is history of the Macedonian region, not history of the Macedonian state.
Listening to you makes my mouth tired !! 😂
Brilliant!
I’m English and it’s nice to know that Scotland 🏴 is part of Colombia
No they just have flags that are so similar, you need a magnifying glass to see the different shade of blue. Though that flag is not for the country of Columbia, only for the islands, islands awkwardly right off the coast of Nicaragua.
@@alandolawson1924 yeah that was the joke bro
Like🇨🇴😲🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@alandolawson1924 the Country of Columbia does not exist. It is still part of Canada as British Columbia, a province, and USA as Washington and Oregon, two states.
@@alandolawson1924 actually they have more in common than what you think. The people of San Andres and Provdencia, the Raizales are descendants of African slaves and British, mainly Scottish settlers. They even have a dance called Schottische, are Presbyterian in terms of religion and speak English creole.