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Namibia is the world's second most sparsely populated country, and its coastline is about as empty of people as Greenland. Why is that the case?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been going on for nearly an entire year. Yet, the Kremlin's most loyal ally on the international stage, Belarus, has continually refused to join the war officially. Why have they taken so long, and why might that be changing in the future?

2022 was a record-breaking year for North Korea. The Kim regime spent it by firing more missiles than in any previous year and setting new records for both altitude and distance. It ultimately begs a question; why hasn't anyone ever stopped North Korea, and is it now too late?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for a full year now. Over those past 12 months, commercial satellites have captured thousands of images depicting the events that have been going on from above. Never before in human history has a conflict of this scale ever been so thoroughly documented from space. And in this video, we'll explore a few harrowing examples.

The majority of Mexico's population lives within just 18% of Mexico's land. This video explains why that's the case.

Why one of Russia's greatest long-term threats is China, despite their temporary partnership at the moment.

Why Crimea is so important to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Egypt and Ethiopia are countries that each exist on the Nile River. Ethiopia's recent construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on their portion of the Nile could spell conflict in the future, and this is why.

Why 80% of New Zealand's landmass is uninhabited by humans.

North and South America may be connected by land, but they have never been connected by road. These are the reasons why.

Wyoming and Colorado are two very similar-looking states that are about the same size and directly next to each other. And yet, Colorado has more than 10 times Wyoming's population. Why?

Djibouti has, per capita, the largest number of foreign military bases on its soil. Why is that the case?

There is a growing sense of an alliance being established between Russia and Iran, which historically speaking is a rather strange development. Why has this been happening? Let's find out.

Texas is America's fastest-growing state and is quickly becoming America's most geopolitically valuable state as well. These are all of the many reasons why.

Mongolia is the most sparely populated country on the planet, and for many fascinating reasons that this video explores in depth.

The Middle East has long been one of the most geopolitically turbulent regions in the world, but it has been this way for nearly the entirety of the past century. This video attempts to explain the root causes of this turbulence and provide a general overview of the forces that shaped the modern Middle East and made it the way it is.

In early June of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine; the largest dam holding back the largest water reservoir in the country behind it. The destruction ultimately resulted in what has been called the worst industrial disaster seen in Europe in decades, and this video attempts to analyze why it all took place.

China's population is entering into a terminal state of decline, which will have profound geopolitical implications over the coming years and decades.

Saudi Arabia faces numerous challenges ahead of itself in order to survive the 21st century. These are many of them.

Since the war in Ukraine began, the country has been placed under a very strict naval blockade by the Russian Navy. This video covers Ukraine's strategy to get through it.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, North Korea has seized on the opportunity by clamping down on their society harder than any other, and in doing so, made escape out of the country effectively impossible for the very first time.

Why the vast majority of Saudi Arabia's landmass is completely empty, and why do its people live in such a peculiar population pattern?

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, the Western World reacted by unleashing an unprecedented number of financial sanctions on the Kremlin that would supposedly lead to the financial armageddon for Russia. More than 19 months into the war now though, Russia's economy has barely even noticed, so what happened?

Original Title: Why 91% of Hawaii’s Land is EMPTY The island of Oahu in Hawaii makes up only 9% of Hawaii's surface area, but is home to roughly 70% of the state's population. Here's why.

Turkey has been a member of the NATO alliance ever since 1952, and yet recently that very membership has come under question. The Turkish government maintains a very high number of disputes with the rest of NATO, and this video attempts to explain what it is about Turkey that sets it apart from the rest of the alliance.

Why North Korea is suddenly helping the Russians invade Ukraine.

How Taiwan is preventing a Chinese invasion from happening, and why it might not last for long.

Ever since 2016, the US and China have been gradually positioning their pieces across the Indo-Pacific board preparing for the possibility of a cataclysmic war erupting between them. This is how both sides have positioned their pieces so far, and how they might continue in the future.

Why the US states of Montana and North Dakota have such a lower density of people than the Canadian provinces further to their north do like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

How the International Date Line ended up looking the way that it does today.

All of the events that up to Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7th, and the dramatic escalation of the Israel-Hamas war that has followed.

Ethiopia is appearing increasingly likely to be considering an invasion of neighboring Eritrea. Here are the reasons why.

How the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could escalate to a wider Middle-Eastern conflict.

Haiti has collapsed into the status of being the only failed-state in the Western Hemisphere, while its direct geographic neighbor on the same island is on the path towards becoming a fully developed economy by the end of the 2020's. What happened to make these two countries on the same island so different?

In early December of 2023, Venezuela hosted a nationwide referendum on whether or not the country should annex 2/3 of their neighbor's territory, Guyana. Will the referendum and Venezuela's demands lead to war in South America?