New Countries That Might Exist By 2030

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▶ In this video, I talk about The New York Times' List Of Potential New Countries, as written by two opinion authors in 2012. It's important to note this wasn't an official New York Times position or prediction, but rather that of those two authors - Frank Jacobs and Parag Khana. Throughout the video, I go through a few of their predicted countries, such as Azawad - a breakaway state in Mali caused by Tuareg rebellion and focusing on the topic of Berber Nationalism in North and West Africa. The hypothetical of Afghanistan and Pakistan into Balochistan and Pashtunistan, uniting the ethnic groups that are today separated by the countries' border. The Arab Gulf Union, which the authors predicts would mean a Saudi Arabia take-over of the Peninsula, bringing Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Yemen and Oman under their control via a de facto political and economical union. The potential breakup of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, namely the Eastern provinces of Kivu - which could join Rwanda too - and the Southern province of Katanga - which could join Zambia. Moving on to Somaliland, Somalia's breakaway state and the most likely prediction they made. Presenting a hypothetical scenario for post-internal conflict Syria, where the old regime would be reduced to the coast, creating an Alawite State and mimicking the division of Syria at the time of French Colonial Rule. As well as an independent Kurdistan based on Syria's internal troubles and Iraq's constant instability. Finally looking at the potential of an expansion for Azerbaijan, into the Azeri populated region of Northern Iran, should the latter break up due to a regime collapse.

📰 Link to the source article: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/the-new-world.html?_r=1

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Azawad
02:03 Balochistan & Pashtunistan
03:26 Arabian Gulf Union
05:48 More Congos
07:09 Somaliland
07:59 Alawite
08:45 Kurdistan
09:34 Greater Azerbaijan
10:16 Summary

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