We discuss the ongoing crisis in the Xinjiang Province of China where the Chinese Government is committing ranging human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority in the name of counterterrorism and state security.

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We are joined by special guest Elissa Miller to discuss the current complicated state of Libya and how it's situation plays into intentional geopolitics!

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We talked about the current state of NATO along with the issues the organization has had with the Trump Administration, Turkey has as a difficult ally and then you know, Russia as per usual.

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We spoke about Russian Counterterrorism Policy mostly in regards to their strategies against Chechen terrorists and its relation to the World Cup and previous Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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We went without an agenda, discussing a multitude of things such as the recent G7 Summit, Singapore Summit, the World Cup and the ongoing Immigration Crisis in the United States.

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Old episode, audio gets better two minutes in, We discussed the dynamics of the "New Silk Road" and the players involved.

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Listen to Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over beers. Listen to us discuss the issues surrounding the Mercenary question and their involvement in modern conflict

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Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. Episode Sixteen has us discussing the Geopolitics of the popular Syfy network show(and book series) The Expanse. Premieres April 11th at 9 pm EST.

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Listen to Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over beers. Join us as we talk about the recent Russian elections and ongoing diplomatic spat with the West after poisoning of a Russian dissident and his daughter. Also totally meddling in other countries elections.

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Listen to Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over beers. We discuss the situation in Syria and several of the participants involved such as the Assad Regime, assorted rebels,United, Russia, Iran, Turkey and Israel.

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