It was a real jumble. Honestly WW1 should never have happened at all, countries were extremely short sighted in general and didn't understand the real impact of weapons technology that had been unlocked since the napoleonic era.
I mean we can also go into the great rivalry between Prussia and...
Check this out @Gessler @Marlii et al. All part of ISRO's strength.
https://www.livemint.com/science/conscience-was-not-chandrayaan-3-project-director-donates-away-2-years-salary-received-as-prize-money/amp-11699698816408.html
It's of course not a perfect binary since larger context is factor multivariate (each one having a coefficient with the matter).
There are always factors: luck based: natural resource, geographies, neighbours et al. and human based: enlightened principled decisions that can erode and override...
Integration is ongoing (work started middle of this year around July).
We may see operational status achieved in 2024 or 2025, depending on the pace of that integration, testing and certification etc.
@Gessler may know more.
In general any large power in world will use internal weakness to its favour to weaken the other party. Religion is one, ethnicity is another....whichever apparent cleaves in identity can be used.
The Turks have put large amounts of this off the table to begin with given what Ataturk started...
I understand where you are coming from. Yes I am speaking more of the peacetime relationship rather than military strategic one.
The latter tends to slot in firmly and persist for its various reasons.
However any country must also analyse and weigh other side of the coin with countries it...
No one's asking you to "dream big". Just think real.
Not everything need to be some reductive thing hinging on "war with Greece".... just like everything for countries w.r.t Pakistan need not hinge on "war with India" (or "war with AFG, Iran, with itself ").
Turkiye has developed strong...
That's the silver lining in end. The junta deserve this bed they made....as do the CCP for the one they made.
This chess piece is out of play in their strategy as result for forseeable future.
The Eastern seaboard meanwhile strengthens against them (CCP). Philippines is strongly getting into...
Bongs had one job to do versus the Dutch, and failed at it....and you wont hear the end of it. (Dutch people love the david vs goliath stuff in general)
This is perfect example of prevention being better than the cure.
You had one job BD! *Facepalm*
Out of interest, has Turkiye made progress on doing this with China? It is very imperative one to do for any country in world wanting sound geopolitical investment in the future.
However the politics ultimately shapes out in large countries like China and India, there needs to be a bedrock...