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In the aftermath of the stunning Fall of Aleppo (Syria's second most important urban center and formerly its most populous / economically vital city, prior to the initial onset of the conflict over a decade ago) and the ongoing success of the surprise Northwestern Syria Offensive led by HTS (Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, known formerly as the al-Nusra Front) and a motley coalition of rebel militia groups...

History never repeats itself, but all too often it rhymes and in the case of geopolitics, especially those pertaining to the ongoing disposition of the Middle East region —the particular sentiment of this adage roars from the theoretical world into the practical manifestation of mankind's darkest inclinations: yet another war. And this new war is part of a broader, decades-long territorial dis...

"There are bigger issues at stake!" With, of course, a keen emphasis on what lessons can be derived from this critical moment in a time (relatively not too long ago) that was a major turning point for not just America and China (as well as Taiwan), but the broader international community at large. The 1960s were the era in which the post-WWII multilateral institutions (e.g. the United Na...

The (Israeli) High Court of Justice faced two unprecedented challenges to Basic Law amendments on Tuesday with a flurry of petitions against one of the most controversial laws in recent memory, the reasonableness bill, and the Attorney-General's Office sanctioning the striking down of the incapacitation law. While it is not impossible that the High Court may rule to use judicial review, based...

With the potential threat of (presumably tactical) nuclear weapons being used in anger for the first time since the Second World War looming on the horizon and amidst the recent territorial annexations of the four Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk via a "totally legit" (at least according to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and his Ukrainian political...

To say that the current situation between Washington, Beijing, and Taipei is a crisis of world-changing significance would be a massive understatement. With the Cross-Strait relationship between the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) being at one of its worst phases since the immediate era following the 1949 conclusion (at least when it comes to the end of m...

An improved description will be implemented very soon! Modern Türkiye (Republic of Turkey) and the Resumption of History | Understanding Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman Foreign Policy in Syria and Ukraine Resources Referenced: YT Video: [coming soon!] EXPLAINER: What is behind Turkey’s Syria incursion threats? | https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-islamic-state-group-politics-middle-east-a1293989c4071...

With the situation getting ever more tense and confrontational --today we revisit the geopolitics of Taiwan and the ongoing cross-strait showdown between Taipei and Beijing (with external powers including Washington and Tokyo also finding themselves in the political crossfire). Updated description for this episode and video edition coming soon! = Recommended Resources: "The U.S. Air Force Is Sendi...

Attempting to make sense of the ongoing chaos in Kabul in the aftermath of Washington's announcement that it would be fully withdrawing its armed forces from Afghanistan. = Watch via Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNImHZNodTk = Overview:   The United States Armed Forces are scheduled to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the 31st of August 2021, concluding Operation Freedom's...

Breaking from the usual sorts of subject matter that I often (and much prefer to) discuss, this particular segment detours into some of the recent hub-bub pertaining to the circumstances of the recent H3 Podcast hosted by Ethan Klein (aka: " h3h3Productions ") in which he and Sam Seder from " The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder " (the eponymous show that he and his compatriots host) ambushed and subs...

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In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's epic conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and much of the known world (at least as far as the contemporary Ancient Greeks / Macedonians had been geographically cognizant of), his former companions would become in turn his successors (aka: "The Diadochi") and would each attempt through their own respective means to carve out their own Hellenistic Kingd...

Almost an entire millennia before the famous "Battle of Lepanto" (1571) was fought against the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League, another decisive naval engagement took place on the high seas of the Mediterranean —the fateful "Battle of the Masts" (aka: the Battle of Phoenix) in the year of 654 / 655 AD.  This major conflict between the forces of the (Medieval) Roman Empire le...

Emperor Diocletian: Peasant , Soldier , Rebel , Emperor , and God of the Romans ?! Among the seemingly noteworthy, larger-than-life figures whose circumstances from their own times to ours have continued to deeply influence and shape mankind's historical trajectory —Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus; better known by those concerned as Diocletian, towers among the great leaders of world history...

In the wake of a historic summit in Anchorage, Alaska (the so-called "Last Frontier" as it is known by many of my fellow Americans) which marked the first official face-to-face diplomatic conference between the respective representatives of the United States of America (USA) & the People's Republic of China (PRC), there are clear but incredibly important takeaways of which will be the primary...

At the twilight period of the Eastern Roman / Byzantine Empire, the once secluded and seemingly almighty Emperor of the Romans in Manuel II Palaeologus (c. 1391 - 1425) would break with past precedent and in spite of the claims of divinity that his ancient office held, he would leave the Palace of the Caesars in his besieged capital of Constantinople in the East and be one of the last Emperors to...

In this special #HappyNewYear Edition of the show I will be discussing at length multiple events of pressing significance with a particular focus on the Jan. 4th verdict the extradition case which determines the fate of #WikiLeaks Founder #JulianAssange who is currently being prosecuted based on alleged violations of the Espionage Act of 1917 (this #EspionageAct itself has a worthwhile discussion...

WATCH the video edition of this episode of the #GetNuanced Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG44Uc_81YU - Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell Jr. (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician serving as the Senior United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky as well as being a leading member of the GOP and serving as the current Senate Majority Leader.  Mitch...

An in-depth overview and critical analysis of Procopius of Caesarea: A Byzantine Historian and primary source for Late Antiquity in the Roman Empire during the Age of Justinian when the New Rome centered at Constantinople became once again for one last time the undisputed geopolitical superpower of the Mediterranean. - Watch the video-friendly edition on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB...

Watch the video-friendly edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KXpA6aqxt0 -- At the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War (1927 - 1949) in which the Republic of China led by then Chairman Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung-cheng) was along with the remnants of his Nationalist Government and Army defeated and forced during "The Great Retreat" to relocate to the island of Taiwan by the victorious force...

RE-UPLOAD from /GetNuanced on YouTube - Reigning as Emperor of Rome during the climax of the Crisis of the Third Century, Aurelian (c. 270 - 275 AD) despite being of humble origins had risen through the military ranks of the Roman Army to become leader of the Orbis Romanus at a time when its continued existence as a unified, single political state was within question from its contemporary citizenr...

Just a brief introduction to the # GetNuanced Podcast for the official AnchorFM profile.  -- WHAT IS #GETNUANCED? #GetNuanced with TJC is an American-based, independent media outlet that is  attempting to redefine what the so-called "appropriate standards" are  for modern political / historical discourse pertaining to the most  pressing domestic affairs & foreign policy issues of our...