Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Briefings Magazine: A Geopolitical Heat Map on Fire

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

On one late-spring afternoon, a commercial airliner approaching the Lithuanian border was diverted by Belarusian officials. They ultimately removed and arrested one of the plane’s passengers, an opponent of the authoritarian president of Belarus, in what some are calling a “state-sponsored terrorist act.” The airspace above Belarus immediately became heated political territory, disrupting travel throughout the area and, more importantly, threatening another regional conflict. Read more here.

Photo by Christopher Burns on Unsplash

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