Please find some interesting factoids on the year that was (2017):

Trump officially begins his presidency of the US 20/01/17

Within this time, there were just too many events to note here that could adequately describe the international devolution from the post-World War II order – but here is a very short timeline to show just how disruptive 2017 was:

JANUARY

Mexican-US relations plummeted due to Trump’s proposed Wall to prevent overland illegal migration from Central & South America to the US

Russia investigation begins

Bannon-Kushner war for influence over ‘Trump’s brain’

Trump’s War Talk against North Korea begins

FEBRUARY

Trump’s raid in Yemen

MARCH

Trump signs an executive order banning migrants from 6 Muslim majority countries

APRIL

Trump’s military strike against Syria

Turkey’s Erdogan moves out of US orbit and moves towards Russia

MAY

Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia

JULY

Gen. John Kelly tries to impose order on the White House, to varying degrees of success. Cannot stop the Commander-in-Chief from Twittering

Trump’s ‘bromance’ with Vladimir Putin

Trump increases targeted sanctions against Iranian entities

AUGUST

Bannon’s fall from grace and exit from the Trump team

OCTOBER

Canadian-US relations waver on Trump’s ambivalence over NAFTA

ISIS Caliphate collapses in Iraq and Syria

America’s lack of action over the Qatar Crisis leaves the Gulf States divided

Controversy over Niger ambush in which a US soldier was killed

Trump threatens to walk from the Iran nuclear deal

NOVEMBER

Korean ICBM missile test

DECEMBER

UK-US relations plummet due to British public antipathy over a proposed visit by the US president to the UK

Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital

Iranian mass demonstrations. Trump declares his support for protesters

Note, this is not at all an exhaustive list!

In this episode STRATEGIKON MC & SIA Research Assistant Ms. Shahrezad Ghayrat discusses the year that was and the road ahead for 2018 with Dr. John Bruni, CEO of SAGE International Australia & SIA’s resident existentialist philosopher, David Olney

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The Naval, Military and Air Force Club of South Australia was formed in 1879 as "The Militia Officers' Club of South Australia" in the old barracks behind the present State Library. In 1894 the name was changed to the "Naval and Military Club of South Australia" with the introduction of the South Australian Naval Officers. To fully reflect the membership of the time, "Air Force" was added in 1943. The Club has now grown to its current format of a much wider membership that embraces professional and business men and women, as well as serving and retired officers from all three services.
 
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