NATO and the EU free up many countries from having to defend against their neighbors, and they can use that effort to improve their economies.
@DanielWW2
6 жыл бұрын
And then they can use this economic edge to fund the measures keep countries that only care about defence at bay, without ruining oneself. ;)
@albertoamoruso7711
6 жыл бұрын
Actually thanks to NATO my country, Italy, has to defend itself in the Mediterranean. After the Libyan War everything is fucked up in southern Italy, Italian companies lost all their investments in Tripolitania and now the country is half in full anarchy and half in Islamic Caliphate. Also thanks to EU (especially Germany) the Italian growth has collapsed and the unemployment has never been so high. When Italy wrongly decided to enter in the Eurozone the purchasing power of the Italian people collapsed too, with a stronger currency the Italians started to purchase foreing goods, weakening their economy even more. So kinda fuck you Germany, EU and NATO.
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
Despite the claims of EU overreach, without it, germany would just totally control the weaker post-ussr states
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
That's probably cause italy has an insane bureaucracy and terrible economic policies but sure, keep yelling "EU fault!!!"
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
Nazi Vampire Eating Babies Italy keeps fucking itself over, they tried and failed to compete with china over shitty products
@caf3in323
4 жыл бұрын
"ideal relation between Russia and Germany would be the one that benifits the both sides " -Poland has left the chat
@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613
4 жыл бұрын
*Poland* - Hey, ive seen that one
@nieboniebieskie3502
4 жыл бұрын
Poland : Americaaaa, pls help me if they do something
@BigMac4459
4 жыл бұрын
@@nieboniebieskie3502 America: Now son. You're scared of your own imagination. Dont forget your Mama France and Grandpa England always have you're back and wouldn't let anyone hurt you EVER. And if it makes you feel safer I'll check under your 1934 german non-aggression pact before you go to bed.
@7shinta7
4 жыл бұрын
Are the Poles still anxious about Germany? Jeez, even without any other protecting power Poland really doesn't need to be afraid. Even if the majority of the Germans wanted to harm Poland (which they don't) I highly doubt Germany could even pull it off with the current state of their army. In fact, simply due to economic reasons wars between nations do not make sense in modern day and age. There's nothing to be gained and no political leader would benefit from declaring any kind of war. This would play out like German chancellor: 'Fellow Germans, I've declared war on Poland so get your guns and off to the eastern front!' German people: 'Yeah... *no*! Get lost! Next!'
@BigMac4459
4 жыл бұрын
@@7shinta7 Ypu have a strikingly similar belief we what people had in 1938
@lendario2262
6 жыл бұрын
The only reason we haven't invaded Denmark yet is their lego mines.
@klenkes74
6 жыл бұрын
But that would be THE reason to invade them. Take control and provide cheap LEGO to every German Citizen. I like the idea. Let's call the military to prepare a plan for that :-).
@Ankianki33
5 жыл бұрын
@@klenkes74 i am in, where do i sign up, for doichland
@gregor-samsa
5 жыл бұрын
.....but Denmark was invaded....!?
@EddieMorphling
5 жыл бұрын
Danish - German war from 1864 ? At least every german should know about that war ... Still a good joke though.
@gregor-samsa
5 жыл бұрын
....as there are assumed over hundred wars in the last thousand years - I was thinking of 2nd WW and nobody recalls them!
@frantab1369
6 жыл бұрын
You came to a wrong conclusion: The fact that Germany is working on a plan in case the EU fails does NOT mean it considers that a "likely event". It only means that the government considers it not impossible, planning for that is important no matter how likely it is. The US has plans in case nuclear war with China and Russia breaks out, that does not mean they consider that to be likely to accure
@p51mustang24
6 жыл бұрын
The collapse of the EU *is* a likely event though. The common market has caused the southern countries to fail as industry moves north. The southern countries are GOING to have banking collapses, which is going to take down the Euro as a currency. The UK is the only country that is positioned to get out of this half-way OK, as they have their own currency, are leaving the EU, and are going to get into a trade deal with USA / CAN / MEX once they are out of the EU.
@hansmaier7203
5 жыл бұрын
@@p51mustang24 The USA is going to collapse before the EU.
@phil3114
5 жыл бұрын
@@p51mustang24 Just that industry is not moving north, but to asia instead. That is the reason why ship building and textiles and other industrioes are basically dead in Europe now. This fact is conviently ignored in this whole debate, especially given that this also happend to other western nations. Looking at you, US. So putting this at the EU side is....well, lets call it "not very well informed".
@p51mustang24
5 жыл бұрын
@@hansmaier7203 The USA isnt going to collapse, despite it's flaws. The EU is facing a population and banking crises that the USA is simply not facing. The EU baby boomers had 1 child each, while the USA boomers had 1.9. A minor problem for the USA, but a disaster for the EU. Also the USA finances most business via the stock market, while EU companies are tied to banks. The EU's banks are FARRRRR weaker than the USA's banks. With the boomer retirement just starting now, and continuing into the late 2020's, the EU is about to take a big hit. The migrants are not a replacement for the lack of children, and are simply and addition burden.
@p51mustang24
5 жыл бұрын
Germany is the only country in Europe that is still properly industrialized, and that is not likely to change for simple reasons of geography, but they are still going to get hammered by the massive reduction in workforce over the next 10 years due to boomer retirement.
War reparations from Germany would be more appropriate than the EU funds, but even if one can try to assess the material losses, it's difficult to calculate the value of six million citizens killed. And how to calculate the opportunity cost of living in a communist puppet state under the Soviet boot for 55 post-war years? Poland's "allies" left it to Stalin as spoils of war, which would not have happened if Germany hadn't started the war.
@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613
4 жыл бұрын
@@mioszduby2842 Ohh, you seem to forget that we germans also lost a big part of our population, were also occupied by the USSR and still payed war reperations and Eu funds to you. So stop blaming us for your corrupt government, which fucks the EU at every occasion and then complains about all the hostility against poland.
@mioszduby2842
4 жыл бұрын
Heinrich mir grauts vor dir I simply observed that Poland should have been paid war reparations by Germany, rather than the EU funds. Poland received no war reparations from Germany (or from Russia) and no aid under the Marshall Plan. These decisions were made for Poland by the Soviets, because it did not exist as a sovereign country at the time. I don't like the idea of EU funds. They are a very effective system for wasting the taxpayer's money. Money is taken away from people who've earned it and given by the Eurocrats, who claim credit for this "generosity", to another group of bureaucrats on the national level, who then finance various more or less wasteful projects (often run by their buddies). And, of course, the net-beneficiary countries are constantly reminded how grateful they should be to the EU (or to net-payer countries). In reality, they would be better off if they didn't pay contributions to the EU and did not receive hand-outs in return. The EU should be a common market and nothing more. Unfortunately, it is heading towards becoming another Soviet Union , and it's bound to end very badly for everyone. The EU violates the membership treaties and encroaches on the sovereign powers of its members countries, such as Poland or Hungary. Hostility towards Poland results from anti-Polish propaganda or from intolerance of conservative values. The mainstream media have been overrun by people brainwashed with left-wing ideologies, so this is normal. I would be very worried if they praised Poland.
@herrputschy54
4 жыл бұрын
@@mioszduby2842 Ther are no war reparations to pay, no matter which way. Without the EU agricultural policy, which comes from France and is financed by the EU, your food would be significantly more expensive Practically all of your infrastructure is financed through the EU, comparable to that of Spain but even more And without Germany, as an investor and market, your industry would not be that far (yas it would have grown a little) The Ponische industry is more permissive for the Germans, like the Czech one , this time they a bit more Without the EU and with your current behavior, we will severely restrict our economic relationships and will no longer function as a transit country Let's see who is still obese with you And we will with military aggression from you we we will close the Baltic Sea With your current politics he forces you to isolate yourself And the United States is far away and you economics a tiny light, especially if you stand against Germany If you like it or not you are dependet on either Germany or Russia
@MrJamesDuck
4 жыл бұрын
@@mioszduby2842 i think poland would have been fucked either way, even when germany would not have started the war there would still have been a war between east and west and poland would have been one of the battlegrounds. Also the soviets already had set their eyes on poland, seeing how eager they were too split it up with the nazis, so they maybe would have attacked on their own
@muhammadabulyazid9944
6 жыл бұрын
Apparently, Shirvan has a fetish for Navigable rivers.
@goldenfoxa1810
6 жыл бұрын
M7md sa3ed don't get me started on arable land
@hadymohamed1538
6 жыл бұрын
Aywa 😂😂😂😂
@muhammadabulyazid9944
6 жыл бұрын
Egyptian mapping Finally I found another Egyptian in this channel . 3aaaash .
@laetrille
6 жыл бұрын
Egyptian mapping What is "mapping"
@muhammadabulyazid9944
6 жыл бұрын
Oliverios I know I'm just jocking . And the Nile river is an example on why ancient Egypt was probably the most centralized country.
@Epsilon4
6 жыл бұрын
Even if the EU collapses, another form of union would rise ... I’m french and I can tell you that we are strongly tied together (France and Germany), both economically and politically.
@vetenksS4
6 жыл бұрын
It can go quite interesting for both countries.The future will tell how both of them will act.
@adlerzwei
6 жыл бұрын
Vive la France.
@Yora21
6 жыл бұрын
Probably we'd get something that looks suspiciously similar to the EU before the big expansion.
@10hawell
6 жыл бұрын
I would like to see how France eats west Germany and returns the history of the Frank Empire, but if you want the existence of a German state, I hope that both your countries will die.
@Epsilon4
6 жыл бұрын
10 Hawell We have been separated for way too long ... one cannot « eat » the other, we need to cooperate. Our leaders understood that 50 years ago and it has worked pretty well to say the least. However, historically, Belgium and even the Netherlands should be part of France in my opinion. But I’m ok with the current situation. Every great nation is nostalgic about the past, the Turks want to revive the ottoman empire, the Iranians want to revive the persian empire, the british are nostalgic about the 19th century ...
@alexhannah8889
4 жыл бұрын
As a german, I must applaud the pronunciations of the Cities.
@Atlantjan
4 жыл бұрын
Except for whatever Mjünikh is
@garlandstrife
4 жыл бұрын
SStyutgart
@ErmisSouldatos
3 жыл бұрын
Before I liked this comment, it had exactly 69 likes 😂😂
@gorkemyavuz3520
3 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, ßtuttgart
@victorselve8349
3 жыл бұрын
I mean it wasn't perfect by any means but at least he tried to actually say the actual German names and not the english names for German cities.
@dissdad8744
5 жыл бұрын
One flaw: You overemphasize the role of the waterways, especially as a cause of East-West disparity. Check the German transport stats (road vs train vs waterways vs air freight).
@davinnicode
4 жыл бұрын
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 THIS! And this is also a reason for the high export rate because many firms specialize on making a specific high quality product which often times results in a market leading postion of these firms in their specific segment.
@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986
4 жыл бұрын
Diss & Dad navigable rivers aren’t as important as hey used to be however shipping kings is still the cheapest way to transport things so possessing navigable waterways allows the cost of transporting goods to be reduced and thus the price for the consumer is lower. This allows the consumer to keep more money in their pocket to spend on other things and generate other economic activity as well. In the modern era roads and rail are more efficient than they used to be but you still need to pay to build them and maintain them forever afterwards sheared rivers are free. Once you have a boat everything is much cheaper compared to vehicles or trains
@bendover2684
4 жыл бұрын
Also the Guy acts AS If hamburg munich Cologne and Frankfurt got Something to say in the Overall politics
@chris_sndw
4 жыл бұрын
Not only that, 99% of this video is complete bullshit. It's a wonder he spelled Germany correctly. One example is Germanys position towards Nato. If there is something that Germany doesn't want then it is the further extension of Nato towards the East. He probably doesn't know anything about the reunification and Germanys relationship with Russia.
@Daddy_Skeletor
4 жыл бұрын
waterwayswere way more important in the past and since most of the heavy industry areas are quite old, the waterways were rather important in their forming
@baklava6138
5 жыл бұрын
Germany is small, however when you’re there you feel like it’s a massive country .. kind of odd! Further, it has 82 million people but it doesn’t feel crowded.
@Timmmm1603
4 жыл бұрын
83 Million*
@gustavschnitzel
4 жыл бұрын
@@Timmmm1603 Ich denke nicht, dass das jetzt einen großen Unterschied macht.
@saschavonstaa1368
4 жыл бұрын
Dude you cant find a place where you wont see a human for a kilometer theres no real landscape you could be in alone
@ulfurkarlsson5885
4 жыл бұрын
83 million people, its a big, very powerful country, i dont understand what you are trying to say
@sleinzer2302
4 жыл бұрын
That’s not even that much compared to all the space there is
@psy-lion
6 жыл бұрын
As a latvian i would like to be in such a geographical spot as Portugal or Ireland is... being between Germany and Russia truly sucks... at least historically its been a big challenge.
@jaqenhghar2379
6 жыл бұрын
VIESTURS MARTS Germans have always been in the same situation. Being the center of europe means that you are surrounded by major powers so they HAD to become one as well. It was do or die for them. Thats how old europe worked. Im not trying to justify WW2 because it was a truly unnecessary and stupid war.
@arthas640
6 жыл бұрын
Latvia reminds me of myself in science class in high school, i got stuck sitting between a guy and his girlfriend. They were always either arguing or acting like love sick puppies. Latvia is in the same position only instead of a pair of horny teens its more like being stuck between a pair of death row inmates who want to rape and murder eachother with Latvia stuck in between.
@BerndGSchneider
6 жыл бұрын
Don´t panic about Russia. Because the chinese dragon is behind the russian bear. So any western expansion would weaken the russian bear in his east and the red dragon is very hungry and well prepared to bite the bears but.
@bezwzglednypierozek7884
6 жыл бұрын
Xalxitz Sure, Germans loved Baltic people, that's why they annihilated all ethnic Prussians. Latvia was halfway to share this sad reality of Germanization, fortunately they survived :) And from what I know they tried to get rid of germanization in language, while establishing official Latvian language.
@bezwzglednypierozek7884
6 жыл бұрын
iwonnatube In the past Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had majority of today's Latvia, Poland and Lithuania used to be a very strong country.
@SIP871
6 жыл бұрын
4:50 "wealth is not evenly distributed across the country". Well, nowhere it is. But Germany has a very low Gini coefficient, which means wealth is more evenly distributed than in most other countries.
@ASBlueful
5 жыл бұрын
As a German, I can tell you that his statement is correct. Inequality has exploded during the last 20 years and the situation is only getting worse. Our current government is totally incompetent and backwards economically. In my city the number of homeless and impoverished people is increasing every year, even though the country is getting wealthier.
@ASBlueful
5 жыл бұрын
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 At least the government in Berlin has a spark of humanity, while the rest of the country pushes austerity. Berlin is the first state to implement harsh restrictions on the real estate market and limit rents. Meanwhile, in cities like Hamburg...
@lolbenz
5 жыл бұрын
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 they made mistakes in the past when they sold "social" living quarters to private companies. It happened all over Germany.
@lucaeyyy8931
4 жыл бұрын
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 bullshit.
@t-bone9239
3 жыл бұрын
@@ASBlueful and those restrictions are cllearly working xD
@jjc5475
6 жыл бұрын
the EU may collapse. but Germany, the Netherlands (where i'm from) Belgium and to some extent Luxembourg and the Nordic countries all benefit tremendously from the unity the EU brings. and are likely to keep some form of agreement to keep us together. both on economic and militaristic grounds.
@jjc5475
6 жыл бұрын
true, eastern europe is already falling apart right now though.. those guys just can't understand what peace is.
@terbentur2943
6 жыл бұрын
I certanly hope that will be the case if everything goes south. Would also love to see France in that agreement
@evni6208
6 жыл бұрын
Eastern Europe is not really falling apart what your are seeing is the creation of Polish Bloc supported by the United States Intermarium 2.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Seas_Initiative en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarium
@nikolavideomaker
6 жыл бұрын
john pardon how is eastern europe falling apart if it never was intact before... It is getting a bit (very tiny bit)better by the time. Would not say that about western europe.
@Mrjmaxted0291
6 жыл бұрын
Without France on side as well it can't achieve it's objective of neutralising Franco-German competition.
@pricesmall9690
6 жыл бұрын
1:47 hey your pronunciation of the citynames is top notch! chapeau!
@Kumaryoku
6 жыл бұрын
He called Donau Deneup though
@swanky_yuropean7514
6 жыл бұрын
Danube is the English name for the German word Donau.
@vaibhavgupta20
6 жыл бұрын
he practises names beforehand I think.
@eingew
6 жыл бұрын
Lol, dass ich dich hier finde :D
@pricesmall9690
6 жыл бұрын
qualität setzt sich durch. spricht für Dich! ;) und für Shirovan (is this spelled correctly?)
@griotolu7040
6 жыл бұрын
Would it be possible for you to do a geopolitics or anaylsis of the EU. regardless thank you again for your continued work helping to inform us.
@swanpride
6 жыл бұрын
Oh...a lot of cheating going on there. Yes, the central position of Germany is an advantage, but the suggestion that anyone buys German products because they are cheaper is laughable. German products are revered for quality, not for cheapness. Also, yes, there is a disparage between the West and the East (which isn't surprising, considering that the East has a lot of catching up to do...it's getting there, slowly), but you can compare NRW with more or less ANY German state and there would be a difference in GDP because, guess what, more than a quarter of Germany's population is living just in this one state. So naturally they have a higher GDP...doesn't make the state rich, though. It used to be, but nowadays it is on the verge of becoming a receiver country due to struggling with structural changes after the downfall of the coal and steel industry. On top of this: Germany was export master BEFORE the current version of the EU and the single market even was a thing. It is an advantage, but Germany is a powerhouse in trade with or without it. It would most likely survive it should the EU fall apart, forming an union with its direct neighbours (the Benelux states, France, Austria aso).
@frederickpasco7607
6 жыл бұрын
German "luxury" industry is revered for quality but a bunch of countries easily make better stuff. They're rapidly becoming a mass retailer of cheap eastern goods. Their cars are shit. Not saying they don't sell a lot, though. I agree about the EU not being essential for their economy, it's mostly beneficial to a few investors and gamblers. The EU represents a minority of Germany's or France's trade agreements.
@swanpride
6 жыл бұрын
Most of the products made in Germany is NOT stuff you as a customer would buy directly. It's the little stuff, or, to put it differently, stuff which is needed for other stuff. Buy any high-quality electronic product in the world, and it is very likely that there is something from Germany in there. Not that the car industry is important, but this is the actual backbone of the German economy, those small companies which sell stuff you can't get anywhere else in the world on that level.
@domsjuk
6 жыл бұрын
A little correction: NRW has 17.8 mio. inhabitants, which is less than a quarter obviously and the Eastern States incl. Berlin 16.5 mio., so that is not too far off. And I think the structural change you also mentionded both regions are still struggling with to some extent adds to the funcionality and validity of that comparison.
@swanpride
6 жыл бұрын
Berlin is usually not counted into Eastern Germany, because the majority of the City belonged to West Germany, so it naturally had a head start when the wall went down. And if you really want to compare, you need to compare more than just the GDP...unemployment numbers, debts, all this plays into having a complete picture of the situation.
@domsjuk
6 жыл бұрын
swanpride Right, it is not a “new state” as such, but the report explicitly includes it in the comparison and I see a lot of statistics nowadays, which do that actually. True, the investigation of regional disparities didn't take up much space here, but if it had, those are the things that would need to be considered for sure.
@tszyn
4 жыл бұрын
Today I learned that Germany's industrial power is due to cheap river transport... Sorry, but that's not how it works. Try educated workforce, protestant work ethic, and the eurozone (which artificially lowers the value of the currency, making exports more competitive). Also, you mention details like the Kiel Canal, but not a word about the relationship with Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, which are essentially part of the German economy, as they are major suppliers to the German industry. You also didn't mention the central challenge -- aging population, and how the federal government is trying to prepare for the demographic collapse through immigration and extreme fiscal conservatism. You're overly concerned with transport (which is quite cheap, really, and not a big factor) and antiquated military considerations ("securing flanks", "buffer zones"). Your other videos are quite good, so I hope one day you'll make a version 2.0 of this one.
@kimistars1841
3 жыл бұрын
Agree
@jirislavicek9954
3 жыл бұрын
I also found that quite funny. Cheap river transport is a bonus but definitely not a root cause of German economic success, not even in the past. Russia and South America have plenty navigable rivers but I didn't notice it would turn them into the most advanced economies. The key to success of every nation (perhaps except some oil emirates) lies with it's people, their culture and morals and work ethics. Then education and research. Germans are excellent in all of those.
@looinrims
2 жыл бұрын
“Antiquated military considerations” BOY this aged like milk
@michaeldahora5316
2 жыл бұрын
Protestant work ethic is not applied on Germany due to its Lutheran roots. The work ethic is more important in Calvinist countries like US.
@jirislavicek9954
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldahora5316 Lutheranism is a form of a protestant reform movement from the Catholic Church.
@TsetsiStoyanova
4 жыл бұрын
Have you done Bulgaria Geopolitics! I would like to know what my absurd country’s geopolitics are like!
@gibetax8477
3 жыл бұрын
Do you currently live in Bulgaria?
@benjamindavidovichwaals2899
3 жыл бұрын
who cares about bulgaria
@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837
3 жыл бұрын
People you twat
@geoeconomics5629
2 жыл бұрын
BALKAN union
@JanHurych
4 жыл бұрын
Great. The only function of my country is to be a buffer zone for Germany :-D
@Bub994
4 жыл бұрын
Jan Hurych which?
@JanHurych
4 жыл бұрын
@@Bub994 Czech Republic.
@meanmachine2003
3 жыл бұрын
Lol chill, are your people happy? Cuz that's what matters at the end
@JanHurych
3 жыл бұрын
@@meanmachine2003 Yo I am happy. Until the buffer fills in I guess :-D
@chip1646
3 жыл бұрын
If germany actually wanted a buffer it wouldnt be czechia
@globus3671
5 жыл бұрын
5:21 you forgot to colour Thüringen as an East German state.
@playlistmaker6703
5 жыл бұрын
Thüringen was an eastern state but its almost as storg as the western ones
@globus3671
5 жыл бұрын
Playlist Maker Yes, Sachsen and Thüringen are the „strongest“ former East German states (in a lot of factors). But Thüringen was a GDR State. ~Glo bus aus dem Freistaat Sachsen (Free State of Saxony/Germany)
@playlistmaker6703
5 жыл бұрын
@@globus3671 Interesting! Thank you!
@Apodeipnon
5 жыл бұрын
@@playlistmaker6703 Actually, Thüringen doesn't even exist. It's a huge forest and 3 to 5 people live there.
@monde9570
5 жыл бұрын
@@Apodeipnon 🤣
@kawaiiobama8079
6 жыл бұрын
The EU has kept the peace on this continent for 70 years now, lets keep it like that.
@Melnek1
6 жыл бұрын
The NATO did that
@jjc5475
6 жыл бұрын
tim my boi, wait until you hear about how it was before the EU. we have food, freedom, money, democracy, peace. non of those where typical european before the EU.
@markohocevar913
6 жыл бұрын
You are forgeting the wars when yugoslavija broke up. And that happened because of EU wanted to expand east.
@kawaiiobama8079
6 жыл бұрын
no thx i rather live in relative wealth :) also you are being melodramatic ..."slaves"? ...really?
@MatoVuc
6 жыл бұрын
KAWAII OBAMA amazing feat considering it didn't exist for most of that time ;)
@samchen9951
4 жыл бұрын
11:37 When you break up with your ex but still sit beside her in class
@claasmachens3858
4 жыл бұрын
I disagree with you in the Interpretation of the "strategic perspective 2040. It´s existence is not enough to state the government considers the collapse of the EU likely, but that the danger of the EU´s colapse is so great that no mater the possibilitys the Government musst prepare.
@vanrensburgsgesicht4048
6 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I'll take the liberty of making a few additions. The north and baltic sea in the north and the Alps in the south are Germanys strongest borders. The big rivers in the north flow all parallel to each other into the north and baltic sea. The danube in the south flows out of Germany trough the Pannonian Basin into the Black sea. This made it difficult to form a center (unlike Paris or Moscow for example). Then you have the Harz low mountain range in the center dividing north and south even further. This led to the two Germanys (Prussia and Austria-Hungary) after the fall of the holy roman empire. Oh, and Germany has almost no mineral resources. Its greatest treasure is the Faustian spirit of its people.
@abadyr_
6 жыл бұрын
No ressources, are you sure? I thought it had tons of iron and coal...
@unematrix
6 жыл бұрын
it has a lot of iron. Coal came mainly from northern France. that's why Germany tried to invade France as quickly as possible in both world wars, because it needed that coal to sustain their war production
@vanrensburgsgesicht4048
6 жыл бұрын
In 2015 Germany importet hundred percent of its iron ore. Brown coal is used only for power production (ca.12% of all power). And 89% of all hard coal for steel production in 2015 had to be importet.
@swanky_yuropean7514
6 жыл бұрын
Wouter Thats not accurate. Northern France coal reserves where tiny compared to Germany's Ruhr coal area. Even Today Germanys coal reserves are still in the top 10 of world biggest coal reserves. Germany invaded France as quickly as possible in world war 1 because France seemed to be the stronger enemy than Russia. And in the second world war it took 8 months after France declaration of war before Germany even acted and invaded France (see "Phoney War"). In the meantime Germany was busy mopping up Poland and invading Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium.
@NeverEverClever
6 жыл бұрын
@Nolynox a) Those coal reserves are incredibly expensive to mine because they lie so deep underground, coal mining was so heavily subsidised that a large portion of the debt of germany can be attributed to it. b) Germany invaded France in WW1 quickly because it was seen as the weaker enemy. The plan was to rush France and secure the western border to be able to concentrate on Russia which had never been successfully invaded from the west. Weirdly it turned out to collapse quickly while the main forces of germany were still engaged against france in the west. c) The reason france was not invaded at first is the maginot line. France incredibly heavily reinforced its eastern border and it was seen as nearly impossible to invade it. Preparations had to be made beforehands. And Belgium and the Netherlands were invaded precisely for the invasion France to bypass the Maginot Line.
@229masterchief
6 жыл бұрын
Clicked this video faster than Germany conquers Poland in 1939
@TruthfulAndHumble
6 жыл бұрын
Davega Lol
@IhaveBigFeet
6 жыл бұрын
Poland on it’s own against USSR and Germany spontaneously without preparation.You could’ve talked about Netherlands,France etc basically any country bar the UK
@229masterchief
6 жыл бұрын
Poland already lost Warsaw along with the bulk of its army to Germany before the Soviets join in though
@Radonatorr
6 жыл бұрын
Bullshit. Siege of Warsaw lasted from 8 to 28 September, for almost full timespan of the campaign despite being absolutely surrounded. While USSR joined Third Reich in 17 September.
@IhaveBigFeet
6 жыл бұрын
Borlach Was Poland ready for an invasion?No.Every other country had time to atleast prepare but since Poland was first on Hitlers list they couldn’t.Also Poland is basically one big piece of flat land,not hard to invade is it...If they conquered a country with let’s say Switzerland’s geography that fast I’d be impressed but all they had to do is march east.
@FriedrichHerschel
6 жыл бұрын
Comments in a nutshell: Uh, immigrants. Everywhere when Germany is the topic.
@Arcaryon
5 жыл бұрын
@@fironfiron8843 Don't call them fat musicians. That is insulting. We are Europeans after all. But what you said is true. We didn't provoke the wars in the middle east and prefer stability over militarily dominance due to our econemy.
@erwinhun
5 жыл бұрын
You should see the comments every time someone mentions Sweden. Some people REALLY hate that Sweden and Germany are both among the top countries in the world when it comes to social and economical success, and countries with liberal refugee policies. Their brains does not compute how that is possible when propaganda tells them otherwise.
@Arcaryon
5 жыл бұрын
@@erwinhun Aye... Sadly it's not a self-inflicted radicalisation. To be honest, our politicians have not been too clever in the way they decided to deal with conservative ideas - I am not saying the outrage is in any way justified but if some our own people feel disconnected, something needs to change. We need parties who are able to unite the people, may they follow liberal or conservative ideals. A lot of the criticism our far right here in Germany uses is not new and more importantly should have been addressed long before the refugee crisis. We need to find a compromise between liberal and conservative ideals because otherwise our rural areas will continue to fuel radical extremism and this will disrupt our society.
@erwinhun
5 жыл бұрын
@@Arcaryon I definitely think the political environment/maturity is one part of it, but as an economist I can't help but also seeing a pattern where economical shocks (e.g. the debt crisis 2008) lead to social unrest. Historically we have seen revolutions and even the two world wars where severe shocks to the economy plays a major role in explaining why they happened. Davies' J-curve show that revolutions are the most likely after a steady long-term growth followed by a sharp decline in economic welfare, making groups of people feel threatened that they will lose what they have gained. I think we are seeing something similar, except in stable democracies it takes the shape of populism and anti-establishment. In combination with the effects of globalisation and an economy shifting from industry towards services where large groups in our society are losers from the development, I think we have a good recepie for what we are seeing today.
@Arcaryon
5 жыл бұрын
@@erwinhun Exactly my thoughts. It is incredible how little attention politics here in Europe have spend on improving the economy after the crisis. The target 2 statistics are enough prove so that even an amateur could understand what is still going wrong and yet, I don't see any attempts at really repairing the econemy. Everyone is so upset with growth here in Germany, that they have forgotten to adjust the loans and the state doesn't use the low interests effectively while for once it would be absolutley necessary to really combat the effects. The econemy is in my opinion the most important part of a nation, because (sadly) countries like China, or Saudi Arabia are the living prove that freedom and other western values while morally superior, don't buy houses or food. And yet, nothing is done to improve the intereueopan trade which would be so important to bring back the fragile balance and to improve all of the Unions issues... Now I won't date to make an analysis of the US for as a student, I like to stick to what I understand but where all this becomes dangerous, is when people who have a limited understanding of politics, are being manipulated into projecting their anger on minorities (Mexicans, Muslims whatever one may wanna call them) or on the other side of the spectrum (and recently, oddly enough on both sides) a deep mistrust in the state that leads to completely over boarding fundamental critique of the administration... Honestly I don't know what a lot of our politicians here are thinking, because while the issue here in Germany is limited, pur living conditions are significantly underwhelming, due to the previously mentioned loan dumping. This is how we got through the crisis and it was successful but it is constantly backfiring because our economy is still in crisis mode. Our car industry is far too protected to have to improve (even though insiders tell me otherwise) and I could make an endless list of governmental errors, not only here in Germany but in Italy, Spain, Britain or France, this list is extremly long and this decay must be stopped by all means, especially with China knocking at our door. Just one day ago, Italy agreed to a couple of programs from China. What's my issue with that? As a French minister put it, globalization has been understood falsely. Now I don't want to advocate outright protectionism but Italy will isolate itself with this position. My own country is famous for simular moves and this political dynamite. China won't allow fair trade, they haven't done so in the last few decades and other than the bully who shall not be named in Washington, they have no reason to force them to lower their guard one bit... And now back to Italy, Europe is a fragile alliance. If we were to make a trade deal with China, we should do it together. And only together. This is not only a deal for a bit of Russian gaz if you allow me the comparison - this will have longterm consequences and fear they will be negative... Well there are more than enough reasons why I am currently studying politics and international law... Things need to change. Not tomorrow, or the day after that - now. Or better, yesterday.
@patricka.crawley6572
5 жыл бұрын
'GERMANY' includes Austria and extends in to Czechia, Poland, France and Switzerland. Historically it's cultural area is much larger than the country of Germany. It was so powerful and influential that it is the largest national origin group in the U.S.A.
@alquinn8576
5 жыл бұрын
hold on to your butts, the germans are on the march again
@joe82076
4 жыл бұрын
All of the ethnic Germans in those areas, minus Austria were purged after WW2. Ex. Danzig is thoroughly Polish
@PoliticallyDonutTasty
4 жыл бұрын
@@joe82076 There are so many Czechs with 'Hartmann' and 'Schmitt' as surnames, a whole country LARPing as slavs.
@piotrd.4850
4 жыл бұрын
@@joe82076 not purged, merely displaced. In that area of the world, world 'purge' has different meaning - it was something that Germans themselves ethusiatically indulged themselves before and during WW II.
@purplebrick131
4 жыл бұрын
Hi I'm german let's dislike this
@houselemuellan8756
3 жыл бұрын
Love how Germany went through the greatest redemption arc ever
@sethvandelft4337
3 жыл бұрын
Emo phase
@bigbrain2178
3 жыл бұрын
greatest anime ever lol
@lovelymayapop
3 жыл бұрын
that probably goes to japan. they rebranded from a nation that had committed some of the most brutal war crimes in history (we forget just how bad they were!) to moe kawaii anime weeaboo land
@Anglo_Browza
3 жыл бұрын
Shows how naive you are! They are the bully’s of the EU and in bed with China, once evil always evil
@tiagomonteiro130
3 жыл бұрын
@@Anglo_Browza Lmao Germany evil and you think the allies are the big good heroes 😂
@niccolo7977
6 жыл бұрын
can you cover the European Union? It's power, influence etc
@MarkyMahn
6 жыл бұрын
Can you explain the geopolitics of France?
@thevaliantreport1357
6 жыл бұрын
We're actually making a video on that! We're not caspianreport, and not advertising really, but hey, we saw this comment.
@iraqilobster2925
6 жыл бұрын
Yas Mahn that's easy, the French like to surrender, it's in their blood
@wug6175
6 жыл бұрын
They try to have a strong German buffer state between the west and the East, but not too powerful.
@tonyhawk94
5 жыл бұрын
@@iraqilobster2925 You must know a lot about history man. :)
@meganh9460
5 жыл бұрын
no, no one can.
@danielk3919
5 жыл бұрын
Thuringia was a part of East Germany. You didn't include it in your east german economic map.
@njbrx
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Thuringia :D
@reneegiese6315
3 жыл бұрын
@@njbrx I lived there, twenty years ago.
@Litany_of_Fury
6 жыл бұрын
It's in Germany's direct interest for a good deal with the UK.
@mrdisco99
6 жыл бұрын
True, but they know that the UK needs a good deal more than the EU does. The EU holds all the cards in this "negotiation." Brexit was a hilariously short-sighted policy that never should have been put to a ballot.
@Litany_of_Fury
6 жыл бұрын
I voted to stay in the EU but now we have to leave. I'm in favour of leaving and then making deals.
@mrdisco99
6 жыл бұрын
You can't make a deal without bargaining power. UK is the only side that seems to care about making deals to keep certain privileges. EU has much less to lose if they just cut them off. That's a bad bargaining position for the UK to be in.
@Litany_of_Fury
6 жыл бұрын
That's a pretty ignorant thing to say. The UK has many thing the EU needs. First up is money. While Germany pays the most, the UK actually plays more per capita and now the EU has to fill that hole while the Germans aren't happy about paying for Greece and Spain so why should they want to pay vastly more? Then there is the fact that millions of EU citizens work in the UK while on the other side most UK citizens abroad live in retirement. Leaving the EU with a bad deal means that country's like Poland and Croatia will be hurt badly and they have expressed that. The UK is rich enough to float any losses on our economy and replace it. A tariff of 4.3% ain't gonna do anything in the long run but what it will do is further the divide within the EU. We are not Spain or Italy we are not reliant on the EU and that is the big problem here. The EU needs the UK otherwise Germany will actually have to use it's contingency plan.
@ionlyfearphobophobia
3 жыл бұрын
@@mrdisco99 "that never should have been put to a ballot" - The very fact you and the EU think that, is why I voted to leave. Increased trade is not worth selling your democracy away.
@gabrielaponte6403
4 жыл бұрын
FRance and Germany ruling Europe through the EU Charlemagne would be so proud
@Anglo_Browza
3 жыл бұрын
France is Germany’s wife
@julek4248
3 жыл бұрын
@@Anglo_Browza and poland is the child
@chrizz754
6 жыл бұрын
sorry but your political analysis is very inaccurate, germany and all his neighbors will defend the EU and the shared market, the ultimately resulting peace and economic growth is the highest value for europe.
@ЕвгенийМихайлов-б9ь
5 жыл бұрын
analysis is clearly not accurate. for this like. but the common economic space in Europe will exist until the markets for products in Asia and Africa run out. As soon as the capital will rest against the flow (and it will rest). single space immediately smashed to pieces
@MaximKretsch
5 жыл бұрын
As if there had been no wealth and trade before the E.U. was founded. What makes wars between the European states including Russia impossible nowadays is a serious lack of cannon fodder.
@isakmattisson845
6 жыл бұрын
You should make a video on Kaliningrad oblast/Königsberg.
@damian4926
6 жыл бұрын
Isak Mattisson Królewiec xD
@maxmustermann7521
5 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, enslaved prussia
@WWSzar
4 жыл бұрын
@@maxmustermann7521 Prussia became enslaved when the Germans arrived in the 13th century.
@chilldude30
6 жыл бұрын
Would love to see the Geopolitics/future of Poland. Great video
@NightDoge
6 жыл бұрын
Nooo!! It'll just make me feel sad to see poor Poland in a situation without hope.
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
Poland, despite the propaganda, ain't so rosy Absurd bureaucracy, very high emigration and a populist government ensure that future growth and change is difficult
@DanielWW2
6 жыл бұрын
*Prussia Gloria intensifying. (jk)
@chilldude30
6 жыл бұрын
I disagree. I'm English, but love Poland. My girlfriend is Polish (from Silesia) and we visit often, we are hoping to invest in property in Krakow soonish. Poland has a bright future I think, I have faith in the new Polish generation! The cities are amazing and becoming more urbanised, the trade is great, prices are amazing relatively because they're not in the Euro which makes them an amazing tourist destination.
@chilldude30
6 жыл бұрын
also ive just found a video from caspian report about geopolics of Poland from last year, apparently it was taken down for some copyright reason. kzitem.info/news/bejne/payG1Z6Ak6yoh6w
@ErmisSouldatos
3 жыл бұрын
I love how the eastern policy is only described as being headed towards staying safe from Russia, not even caring about Poland or Czechia lol😂😂
@techsilver7761
3 жыл бұрын
Historically, that has been a big threat for Germany, while the majority of Czechia and Poland used to be Germany anyway
@ErmisSouldatos
3 жыл бұрын
@@techsilver7761 true, but it is still funny
@michakrynicki7299
3 жыл бұрын
@@ErmisSouldatos becuse Poland Has no reason to attack germany Ukraine is the real enemy
@fe3535
6 жыл бұрын
Geopolitics of Britain
@DireAvenger001
6 жыл бұрын
fe maritime interests basically
@SuperLusername
6 жыл бұрын
fe disunited Europe is the name of the British game
@rafaellastracom6411
6 жыл бұрын
The geopolitics of Lucifer himself.
@Lillipod1
6 жыл бұрын
Unfathomable at the moment
@TheAztecGamer123
6 жыл бұрын
fe FUCK THERESA RACIST WHITE SUPERMACIST MAY
@xijinpingpong4426
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but I think you underestimated how unified Germany is. The majority of the German population sees them self as German and is for a unified Germany. That Germany was split into different states after the German Holy Romen Empire and before Otto von Bismarck had to do with what different Monarchs wanted and was not decided by the population. Even if the EU would break apart, the different regions in Germany would still see them self as German and stick together as Germany. Of course some regions have to make jokes about other regions and don't let Berlin decide everything, but there is no need for Berlin to somehow unify the regions.
@CatalinBMuzica
4 жыл бұрын
One correction though. Danube does not connect München with the black sea.
@mayyassakaji
6 жыл бұрын
danube dont pass in Munich, the one pass in Munich is the Isar
@andraip
6 жыл бұрын
The Isar is a tributary of the Danube...
@HingerlAlois
6 жыл бұрын
andraip There are no merchant vessels on the Isar... Munich has no harbor.
@fritzschindler2190
5 жыл бұрын
but there is no river traffic on the Isar. So no you cant transport goods via the Isar from Munich to the Danube
@hendrikspiering52
5 жыл бұрын
Im Sommer an der Isar saufennn
@doubleBdasher
3 жыл бұрын
@@HingerlAlois mit 7 Promille im Kessel im Eisbach liegend kann man mich durchaus als vollbeladenen Supertanker bezeichnen
@immakings634
6 жыл бұрын
Germany is the best Country in the west i don't care what other people think, after being defeated twice in wars, Germany still stand among countries like France, UK, Spain and Italy, and have grown to be the largest economy, Germany and Japan are just 2 countries i love so much
@klenkes74
6 жыл бұрын
Well. Germany got a head start by the US via the Marshall plan. The US was afraid of more communist influence if they don't build a strong capitalist Germany. So the pumped in lots of money and psy ops (led by the CIA, afaik). So the "Wirtschaftswunder" was not out of self-empowerment but massively pushed by the US. Most Germans do not know that and think it was self-empowered. Another help of course was, that the old machines and so on were taken away by the winner nations. So when they decided to empower the industry again Germany got the new better machines instead of the old ones. When I visited the US in the early 90s, I saw some of the machines of Germany still working in a work shop in New Jersey. I don't want to make the effort my grand parents and parents put into their (and lastly my own) lives small. Of course it was hard work. But hard work and money always pays more than only hard work. And the money came (in the years directly after WWII) mostly from the USA.
@defdfdsyw
6 жыл бұрын
Roland Thomas Lichti that is partly true, Germany recieved much less than Great Britain or france of the Marshall Plan and still dominated Europe 10 years later and have in mind it was completly destroyed and many men where either dead or imprisoned so its still pretty impressive
Germany holds a Geographic advantage. It's a distant 2nd to the USA in terms of geography. The rest of the world combined can't hold a candle to the USA's geography though. The USA has half of the worlds navigable rivers, 2nd largest oil reserves, immense minerals, vast farmland (which is connected to the navigable rivers for transport).
@Leo-hr7yq
5 жыл бұрын
Germany per capita is much richer than all those countries france, uk and japan are about the same france has big unemployment and japan and uks economies are not that good either. Italy is poorer and spain is poorer than italy
@domsjuk
6 жыл бұрын
You gave a good, balanced overview of German geopolitics. I appreciate your focus on the (inland) waterways, which are usually not given a lot of attention. I personally think that Germany's and in fact the entire EU's reliance and sort of deliberate dependence on the USA and NATO as a primary stage and actor of their international security management is a strategic flaw; and while policy leaks like the 2040 strategic paper suggest that the government thinks about long-term geopolitic challenges, they hardly show any active will to take over real responsibility, which has among other things enabled the deterioration of EU-Russia relations. The neglect of the OSZE/OSCE, a real unified defence strategy and improved co-administered military and research institutions should be adressed. Internally however especially with regard to franco-german relations and generally central European IR the focus is now on the shared problems and common development much more than on classical geopolitic concerns, which are not very dominant in policy making anymore - and as a German and a European I am very thankful of that fact.
@Yora21
6 жыл бұрын
Germany relies militarily on the USA because we really don't like the thought at getting militarily involved in anything. Of course, this doesn't stop Germany from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, which is pouring more oil into a raging fire. And we're willing to support NATO troops as long as our own soldiers don't do any fighting. The USA and Britain are both very happy to do the fighting. And selling weapons to Saudi Arabia as well.
@domsjuk
6 жыл бұрын
That is right. After all the current situation of having these sort of military proxies is quite cost-effective for Germany - even more than for most other states in Europe. However I would like to see more confident and consistent European strategies in International Relations, and I am not talking about giving up national foreign policy capacities, but creating a better platform and better institutions to help Europe figure out its problems communally such as Russia-relations or immigration. The former is a good example of how necessary diplomatic initiative such as for enabling the Minsk protocol is neither proactive nor prophylactic enough. And I find the developments in recent years have been quite revealing of the fact that there is a real need for new strategic outlooks as the old trans-Atlantic allies seem to become more and more war-weary and the world becomes ever more pluralised.
@thewingedhussar4188
6 жыл бұрын
I have to agree and disagree.The EU should establish more of a we are a federation or confederation.This grey area is leading to a lot of problems and should be remedied.But to Say Nato should be lessoned and working with Russia should happen is a bad long term deal. Putin is not interested in having a strong EU. In fact he would more then likely want to use it to weaken the nations in it.See a video on the Russian mindset (CaspianReport did on this) to get the main points. An not relying on working with the US (unless I misread). That I disagree with. Though Germany putting more money into its army, or a EU army would be nice though. We Yanks could Use a hand in some areas. But right now we need to get Trump either out of office as soon as possible. He is but a taste of what Russia's answer to how he wants the west to be run. A fool who has no idea what he is doing, corrupt, and open to suggestion from someone he fears/respects (their president/czar).In fact Russia tried the same BS in France, Netherlands, Greece, and Germany to. Thankfully they caught on and did stuff to counter the Russian hackers.
@jensboettiger5286
6 жыл бұрын
The reliance on the USA removes the USA (the most powerful potential opponent) from being a disruptive force. With US support, Europe doesn't need to have a military that can oppose them, and ALSO doesn't need a military that can oppose lesser powers because that's how strong the US is. It's a very smart economic decision.
@domsjuk
6 жыл бұрын
The thing is that the EU has still the upper hand in the conflict and will probably remain in that position. Russia is internally divided, economically strained, but neither the Russian elites nor seemingly anybody in power in the EU would like to see Russia integrated on any level in the EU in the loong mid-term (both in Eastern Europe as well as in the power centres), so we wouldn't expect many changes there. The disagreements and different foreign policy agendas are obvious, but this does not mean there cannot be better cooperation and that there are no common interests - and recent diplomatic debacles like in Ukraine or Syria demonstrate the lack of necessary cooperation and a firm European strategy. Furthermore Putin's era will end and what is going to become of Russia afterwards will to some degree depend on the European positions (Putin himself might even lead the way to that new era). Well, all the best for getting rid of Trump! Unfortunately, the American foreign policy model in the last two decades hasn't been particularly productive and at least to the german public the US does not seem to be an overly reliable partner and guide for international peacekeeping and development... I just watched Trump's announcement to cancel the Iran-agreement and his words on Korea - as if the development there had much to do with his diplomatic competence. The fact that European-Middle Eastern relations are still kind of dominated by US engagement and interests frankly pisses me off and Trump is not even the crucial issue there.
@Taurineg
4 жыл бұрын
Germany’s plan post EU: 1. Annex Austria 2. Annex Czech, call Putin 3. Invader Poland 4. Give France 2 weeks to surrender
@wernerbkerner9690
6 жыл бұрын
This is the first video from this channel that I watched and I find it quite interesting, but the music makes me feel like watching a crazy conspiracy theorist.
@henningdamberg2206
5 жыл бұрын
While politicians preppare for many possible outcomes, I doubt German politicians and the German public find the collapse of the EU "likely". Can you back up that claim?
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
inb4 the far right comments about germany
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
Mark Oh no! Germany's only...80> ethnically german and one of the worlds leading powers
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
Mark Why hate the millions of russians, turks poles and romanians that have bolstered the germany economy and society?
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
Mark Way too much nonsense, for one, the majority of migrants are a net economic gain for the country Also, crime has been decreasing, its already 10% lower than 2016, when they accepted those millions of migrants, not all of them stayed many were rejected. Moreover, arabs and africans have lived in germany for decades and their birth rates drop over a generation. You're pretty fucking aren't you?
@oiknop8513
6 жыл бұрын
GREAT! Very interesting anlaysis of Germany. Very True! Germany is quite an interesting point of Analysis.
@robinbreeds9217
6 жыл бұрын
In the UK Between 1951 and 1973 food and drink output rose by 5.6% per year. Since joining the EEC/EU it has fallen by 1% a year. Between 1951 and 1973 textiles output expanded at 2.6% a year. Since joining the EEC/EU it has fallen by more than 6% a year. When the UK joined the EU we had a 45 million tonnes a year steel industry. Today we are battling to save an 11 million tonnes industry. When we joined the EU we had a 400,000 tonnes a year aluminum industry. Today we have just 43,000 tonnes of capacity left. The October 2013 government “Future of Manufacturing” Report shows that between 1951 and 1973 metals output rose 3% a year. Since joining the EEC/EU it has declined by more than 6% When we joined the EU we had 20 million tonnes of cement capacity. Today we have 12 million tonnes. Just before we joined the EEC in 1971 we had a 1 million tonnes a year fishing industry. Today we have 600,000 tonnes. Whilst it may not be fair to blame all this decline on membership of the EU, as there are other factors, it nonetheless shows categorically that joining the EU and helping create the so called single market has not helped us grow and has not saved many of our industries from decline. In some cases EU policies are the main driver of the disaster. The Common Fishing Policy is clearly the main reason for the dreadful decline of our fishing industry, as many foreign vessels were licensed to take our fish. Our energy intensive businesses were often damaged by the high energy prices required by the EU common energy policy. The EU has prevented UK subsidy of industry under its state aids rules, but has often provided subsidized loans and grants to businesses to set up elsewhere in the EU. The UK has seen a spate of factory closures balanced by new and expanded facilities in poorer EU countries. The UK lost van production to Turkey, car capacity to Slovakia, chocolate to Poland, domestic appliances to the Netherlands and the Czech Republic and metal containers to Poland among st others in recent years. In various cases there was an EU grant or loan involved in the new capacity. Looking at our huge balance of payments deficit today in goods with the rest of the EU, we can see the long term impact of the EU’s damage to our manufacturing capacity. This April’s balance of payments figures show us in heavy deficit in machinery, vehicles, electrical machinery, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, wood and clothing. Last year our total goods trade deficit hit £85 billion with the rest of the EU. Between 2008 and 2015 our exports grew at 5% with the rest of the world, whilst falling with the EU. Perhaps remain might like to answer the following questions: Why have we suffered industrial decline and closures with production shifting elsewhere in Europe since joining the EEC? Why do trade in surplus with the rest of the world but have such a huge deficit with the EU? Why have we ended up importing fish, electricity, steel and much else when we used to self sufficient?
@Junokaii
4 жыл бұрын
It'd be better if the Schengen Area stays for countries, but have each country have their own currency and monetary policy so it's not a "one size fits all" monetary Policy effecting each country drastically.
@nhvhowell
6 жыл бұрын
Geopolitics of India or Southeast Asia please
@villa7230
6 жыл бұрын
nope
@kimimon9057
6 жыл бұрын
India is Middle East
@47SUBHRA
6 жыл бұрын
kimi mon do you even geography bruv
@kimimon9057
6 жыл бұрын
Som Sarkar Arab countries also in Asia continent based on geographic but in specific they are Middle East like India they also wear turban like Indian so they are India group
@47SUBHRA
6 жыл бұрын
From what I could make of your terrible English, I think you do not know the difference between Arab countries and Islamic countries. Yes there are islamic countries in Asia(afghanistan,iran,pakistan,etc) but Arab countries refer to the countries of the middle east i.e. the ones near saudi arabia and saudi itself. Also The turbans people wear in the middle east are completely different from the sikh turbans (that you are assuming all indians wear for some reason). If you lived in a desert, you would want a turban too, and the sikhs wear the turban for religious purposes but the point remains that sikhs and arabs are distinct and you cant put them in the same group just because you were dumb enough to not see the (complete) difference in the appearances. TL;DR : India is not in the middle east. maybe go back to school?
@MrMansionIV
5 жыл бұрын
14: 55 I can't be the only one that heard "Kraut-funding platform" :D
@hughjazz4936
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't notice but damn that's hilarious xD
@themk4982
6 жыл бұрын
This style of video is fantastic, it makes everything so clear and covers all the important bases, I’d love a video like this for every nation on earth.
@SERGUMUM
3 жыл бұрын
Let’s if Peter Zeihan forecast happens. That is that EU will collapse. And much more. 2008 was a hard test for EU and this crisis another challenge. There only 2 ways: collapse, or total integration ( political, economic and military) and in this case we will see. EU counyries by their own can be like little mice for big superpowers.
@jonglewongle3438
4 жыл бұрын
There can be no amalgamation of France and Germany. The Roman occupation accentuated the Gallic / Teutonic division, resulting in 2100 years of separate evolution.
@juliantheapostate8295
3 жыл бұрын
The Carolingians and Merovingians have entered the chat. Point taken that they are miles apart culturally though. Britain is closer to Germany in cultural terms than France is IMO
@dierks67
6 жыл бұрын
Could you summarize geopolitics of Norway?
@nutterztube
6 жыл бұрын
Norway? is this a real country?
@0MVR_0
6 жыл бұрын
He's refering to Norge.
@hawk0485
6 жыл бұрын
ahh North Sweden
@harisahmed8009
6 жыл бұрын
Agree that will be interesting
@0MVR_0
6 жыл бұрын
Northwest Kalmar might be more accurate. North Sweden is just Sapmi.
@Tarik360
6 жыл бұрын
German mindset next or is this a bit of a mix-episode?
@Tarik360
6 жыл бұрын
Bennnnny1987 That reply came out of nowhere m8.
@t1nkerium
6 жыл бұрын
Do one on the Baltics.
@osamakiani9497
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, I am a big fan of your contact. I have a request for you ; can you please make a geopolitics report Pakistan
@jafar_mtr
5 жыл бұрын
Another reason why East Germany is behind the west in terms of ports is because after world War 2 Germany lost a lot of city's in the east which are today part of Poland, and the loss of the city of Stettin was a huge disaster for the German economy, because Stettin was the central port for nowadays east Germany. Besides of that the loss of Danzig and Königsberg causes the same problems, especially Königsberg was very important to the German Reich. And in terms of industrial areas suffered East Germany from the loss of Upper Silesia, because it was very important for the economy and industry in whole Germany.
@dumnylach
5 жыл бұрын
Germanys presence on polish soil from 1939-1945 was a huge disaster for a polish economy, plus all thise cities and Upper Silesia (except East Prussia who was a polish vassal) were previously polish hands. Plus we lost huge part of country on east.
@vffa
5 жыл бұрын
"Germany has the densest *concentration* of...." * Germans start having having a stroke * "CoNcEnTrAtIoN"
@yendar9262
5 жыл бұрын
vf fa grow up
@bbenjoe
5 жыл бұрын
Hah.............hah.............hah..............
@Paul-NH
5 жыл бұрын
xD
@ArdaSReal
4 жыл бұрын
Funny..
@robertbehrendt
4 жыл бұрын
Well made propaganda from (north of?!) the caspian sea. Germans dont think in "buffer zones" and "military vulnerable geographics" anymore. In this Video you can learn more about the russian point of view than of the german.
@aenelle7370
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, what drugs are you on? This channel is actually as anti-Russian as it gets.
@kieferkarpfen6897
3 жыл бұрын
Germany do not need buffer zones they can fuck everybody with no problem.
@Suyalus
3 жыл бұрын
Modern germans will never raise a weapon against Our European family members. We See them as friends that need to help out each other
@janfelix4573
3 жыл бұрын
True! nice to see such a "European" generation growing
@code051
3 жыл бұрын
@@janfelix4573 Well, to be honest, it's the only way I see for us to survive what with the US becoming so unreliable and China threatening to overtake our technological prowess, thereby crippling our industries (the transfer of technology to China is REALLY BAD for Europe).
@juliantheapostate8295
3 жыл бұрын
That's what most people thought even after the Agadir crisis
@mc4105
2 жыл бұрын
Caspian report: "Germany and Russia would need to find a partnership that benefits both" 2018 Russia: Yes 2022
@Rediscovered
4 жыл бұрын
Knowing that Germany has one of the worst geopolitical locations on earth, the Strike First and Strike Hard strategy of both world wars make much more sense.
@brianjonker510
3 жыл бұрын
I have watched a few episodes from Caspian report. The breadth of your topics is stunning and seems to come with a real understanding for the local issues
@abc-lt7kk
6 жыл бұрын
5:22 why didn’t you count the GDP of Thuringia, which belonged to the GDR as well??!
@00BillyTorontoBill
6 жыл бұрын
nothing on nordstream 1 & 2?
@jbZahl
6 жыл бұрын
00Billy yeah, I was wondering about that, too. This is a very interesting project for Russia, but could anger the Eastern neighbors and the US at the same time. You don't hear much about it at least in the German media. It seems all very hush-hush.
@R3GARnator
6 жыл бұрын
It's been a huge sticking point for the neighbors to the east and north of Germany. Its disappointing to hear that Germans don't realize. Russia uses cutting off gas and monopolistic price gouging to blackmail countries all the time. Literally, every year.
@00BillyTorontoBill
6 жыл бұрын
Keep reading little one youll find the truth soon enough. Grmany has the best relationship with Russia of all the EU.
@xXdnerstxleXx
6 жыл бұрын
00Billy With the exception of the Czech
@Leicht_Sinn
5 жыл бұрын
@@R3GARnator well Germany is going the way of renewable energy for some time it is no energy monopoly of russia it's because russia oil is cheap against USA LNG
@Heavy-metaaal
4 жыл бұрын
I think EU will not end, but this back up plan Germany has to defend itself maybe has some good reason.
@deccno
4 жыл бұрын
The Stuttgart region is more prosperous than hamburg. It is also a center of power within Germany.
@bloodfiredrake7259
6 жыл бұрын
Can you one on Pakistan?I wanna see how cpec could shape the geopolitics around her neighbours.
@bloodfiredrake7259
6 жыл бұрын
here comes another dumbass.
@bloodfiredrake7259
6 жыл бұрын
Go on dumbass.Waste your time in the youtube comments.
@anujgupta3397
6 жыл бұрын
Blood Fire Drake he doesn't makes videos on Islamic shithole
@leodarksam6230
5 жыл бұрын
@Areeb Ahmed He did.
@Snp2024
5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@blueshime9955
4 жыл бұрын
Please do a video like this on India !, Thank you
@LouisSerieusement
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!! Cheers from france :)
@gabrielsusas3722
3 жыл бұрын
EU collapses... *Poland sweats nervously*
@montgomerycross8140
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting interpretation. All based on the idea that Germany is acting in it's own interests. I beg to differ.
@Man-O-Little-Tan
3 жыл бұрын
The germa-soviet non agression pact seems like a viable option for mutually beneficial agreement
@zentralratderfliesentischb660
3 жыл бұрын
Yes comrade, and we would never *sharpens dagger* backstab you.
@Man-O-Little-Tan
3 жыл бұрын
Of course comrade neither would we *starts producing tanks*
@zentralratderfliesentischb660
3 жыл бұрын
@@Man-O-Little-Tan That is great, finally a reliable partner *Hans get the JU 87 G1*
@Man-O-Little-Tan
3 жыл бұрын
@@zentralratderfliesentischb660 oh of course i look forward to our further interactions. *prepares invasion force*
@meinnase
6 жыл бұрын
The voice makes me feel like im watching a nature documentary xD
@eliasfrahat7074
6 жыл бұрын
The story of german success is really impressive from ruins in 1945 into Europe dominate economy and power and leader of the eu
@nutterztube
6 жыл бұрын
May be that's because of German race. I don't know.
@Vitalis94
6 жыл бұрын
Knaughty F There is no such thing as the "German race". Germany would be much poorer today if the Marshall plan wasn't implemented. US had invested in Germany througout the Cold War, too. And then again, Germans ARE really resourceful. They have good work ethic, work hard and proffesional, it's no wonder they had managed to rebuild their country. Also, their central position inside Europe guarantees their economical domination of the continent. Germany would be only poor if they were lazy as fuck, but luckily, they aren't.
@jascrandom9855
6 жыл бұрын
There are many factors, events and Policies that combine to create the German success: -Geography and Topography -Historic Economic and Political decentralization, from the fragmented Holy Roman Empire to The German Confederation to The Federal Republic. -The Leaderships of Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismark, and Konrad Adenauer. -German Allergy to Inflation after the experiences of the Wiemar republic. Which made possible and obligatory for German companies to compete through innovation and quality instead of having the Government use inflation to maximize exports like many other countries. -A commitment to a competitive Free Social-Market guided by the principles of OrdoLiberalism.
@hazzmati
6 жыл бұрын
Vitalis and germany would be richer too if their industrial complex wasn't bombed to oblivion and afterwards dismantled by the allies. Yes they helped them recover but germany had faced a lot of destruction in the wars especially ww2. The situation was especially dreadful the first few years after the war and east germany today still isn't as prosperous as the rest thanks to papa stalin.
@losjorgos
4 жыл бұрын
Rivers? Seriously? Do you know what the main goods for export are? Do you know how much of the total exports/imports go by waterway? I am in logistics for your info. Only 10 % of goods are transported on rivers. 20% go by train. 70 % by truck. Where u get your theory from???
@herrputschy54
4 жыл бұрын
What about Pipelines? Oil, Gas and even salt
@cjryan88
3 жыл бұрын
sorry Britain's gone and Poland will follow
@wilhelmheinzerling5341
6 жыл бұрын
11:50 unlikely*
@dominikgadecki475
6 жыл бұрын
Very good 'review'. Btw yo did a 'geopolitics of Poland' but afterwards you deleted it. May i know why? Just wanted to re-watch it.
@CaspianReport
6 жыл бұрын
It was deleted by KZitem.
@Tripeq
6 жыл бұрын
How so?
@vetenksS4
6 жыл бұрын
could you set it on privat and share with us the link else you can upload it on different hoster. Btw. Your pronunciation with German name was on point.Chapeau!
@ellenchomp3552
6 жыл бұрын
Oh no, is there any way to watch it? Can I see it on patreon once I subscribe?
@dominikgadecki475
6 жыл бұрын
Very strange. I remember you mentioned so nationalistic movements there and the comment section must have been, well on fire? Shame it went down. Any chance to see it on idk vimeo?
@novigrad795
6 жыл бұрын
make one vídeo about Poland
@FriedrichHerschel
6 жыл бұрын
To cut it short: Germany and Russia.
@10hawell
6 жыл бұрын
Poland has two tactics - Piast's tactic - being a smaller country located in the Carpathian-Baltic isthmus and separating the east and west from itself other named the heartland gate tactics, Jagiellonian tactic - stretching along the Carpathians from the Baltic to the Black Sea and creating a buffer between its spine and outside other named the bridge tactic, there is also the Intermarium tactic which is an extension of the Jagiellonian tactic, there is a middle-European tactic which is an extension of Piast's tactic (and the sucking of the German pale). Poland bases all its geopolitics on the "cross" Baltic - Carpathians - Smoleńsk Gate - Black Sea.
@mikemcgarrity7572
5 жыл бұрын
Germany and the EU are wealthy. It's time for the U.S. to pull out of NATO, save 50 Billion Dollars per year to rebuild our aging Infrastructure. Washington impedes good relations between the EU and Russia. It is no longer 1944. It is time to redirect Military spending to improve human life.
@globaldigitaldirectsubsidi4493
5 жыл бұрын
Germany is a better country than the US right now.
6 жыл бұрын
The ancestors of half American whites came from Germany
@hakunamatata9307
6 жыл бұрын
True
@Longlius
6 жыл бұрын
"No". Try more like 20%.
6 жыл бұрын
50
@Longlius
6 жыл бұрын
>The largest ancestries of American whites are: German Americans (16.5%), Irish Americans (11.9%), English Americans (9.2%), Italian Americans (5.8%), French Americans (4%), Polish Americans (3%), Scottish Americans (1.9%), Scotch-Irish Americans (1.7%), Dutch Americans (1.6%), Norwegian Americans (1.5%), and Swedish Americans (1.4%).[15][16][17]
6 жыл бұрын
Germans are the largest branch.
@salokin3087
6 жыл бұрын
A video on the african unions free trade and movement agreement?
@AnnedolfFrankler911
4 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear "concentration' my interest spikes.
@peepoSad_
4 жыл бұрын
I love your name and profile picture
@AnnedolfFrankler911
4 жыл бұрын
@@peepoSad_ ty
@changes5765
4 жыл бұрын
We don't need a bufferzone vs Russia
@user-tc5qc4ql8m
3 жыл бұрын
playing chess while watching capsianreport to pretend like i'm a genius
@tim19962
6 жыл бұрын
would anybody mind making a geopolitics of the netherlands?
@danceartist8203
6 жыл бұрын
Sure, first and foremost they need to make sure they don't drown, that is priority #1. Secondly, they are a trading nation, they export a lot and in that sense are very much in favor of the EU market being sustained, just like Germany. They also want to make sure their ports stay competitive with Antwerp. In terms of foreign policy they aren't powerful enough to act alone, so they want a more united EU.
@tim19962
6 жыл бұрын
Dance Artist thanks man
@tyqwanpettty6843
6 жыл бұрын
The geopolitical of the UK please ‼️
@Zhonguoria
6 жыл бұрын
tyqwan pettty. UK = Ungefähr Kaput!
@juliantheapostate8295
3 жыл бұрын
We have navigable rivers but we don't really need them
@murrayvonmises
6 жыл бұрын
3:38 That's a pretty poor explanation for Germany's wealth, as you will know -- looking south. There are richer nations with no access to the sea, it is the population of Germany(past and present) like most Western countries that keep them wealthy.
@p51mustang24
6 жыл бұрын
It's both stupid. Germany is wealthy because it is populated by Germans, but it is far far far more wealthy because it is on the fertile northern european plains with 4 major navigable rivers. Same for the USA, we are incredibly wealthy in no small part because we have more navigable miles of river than the rest of the world combined, but also because of the type of people (whites) who live here.
@Scisca1a2a
6 жыл бұрын
You are delusional. It's not about people, it's about geography, which dictates the greatest rates of return from trade. In Early Middle Ages the East of Europe was richer than the West, which managed to get ahead only after the Great Discoveries and the colonisation period, which allowed the countries with access to the Ocean to steal massive wealth and later get better return rates due to sea trade, which is cheaper than land trade. Before that, when the trade went from Europe to China via the silk road, it was the East and South that was more developed. Kiev was the second largest and richest city in Europe only after Constantinople. Poland and Ukraine were significantly richer than France, England, Germany or Benelux. There were Italian, Greek and even Swedish cities and camps on the coast of today's Ukraine - because that's where the money was! He got the reasons quite right, but forgot to add one huge factor - centuries of robbing other countries, culminated in the greatest robbery of all during the Second World War. Apart from that, they've been like a leech on all Slavic nations - from Poland, through Czechs all the way to the Croats. They are sucking the juices out of nations with a less favourable geographic location - mainly no access to the Ocean. Trading by sea gives them a better return rate, thus they are capable of overbidding the nations to the East, which can't compete - because of geography
@purplebrick131
4 жыл бұрын
@@p51mustang24 Hey quit being racist you ass, its 2020
@baronvonjo1929
4 жыл бұрын
Could you do a geopolitics of my country try the USA?
@cfiasco
4 жыл бұрын
Honest question: Why does it seem that everyone thinks the EU is a necessary entity for trade? Germany would still be able to trade to trade with other nations of Europe without the EU, as it did before the EU... in fact there examples of the EU hampering trade: England’s fishing market I’m nowhere near an expert in this field, just a bachelors in economics. If someone could enlighten me or at least attempt I’d be a happy lad :) Thanks in advance
@toyflish
4 жыл бұрын
CF its the euro that makes it possible for Southern European countries to afford German goods, Euro and eu are tightly bound. Hans Werner Sinn does great explanation of these economic effects
@Sedna063
4 жыл бұрын
The EU allows for a far smoother trade than before. Nobody to ask for tariffs, trade agreements and regulations. You just drive from 1 country into another and trade. The EU makes it far easier to trade.
@xiaohan2893
6 жыл бұрын
Germany>Britain
@georgeclancy1755
6 жыл бұрын
What a banal and pointless assertion
@dickthebirthdayboy2132
6 жыл бұрын
Eunhee Rusov absolutely. Brexit happened because limeys can't stand the fact they're not top dog of the continent
@10hawell
6 жыл бұрын
Germany = dead nation
@ditmarmuller5231
5 жыл бұрын
@@10hawell Empty propaganda. I can't see this "Europe/germany is dead"-shit anymore
@10hawell
5 жыл бұрын
@@ditmarmuller5231 I know it is only wishful talking, but I really hate you and I prefer Caliph from you, just let go of Bavaria before you die, it didn't deserve it 😘
@DASSANTAMARIA
6 жыл бұрын
The way the narrator passes over all economic theory and attributes every success of a country merely on it's geography is disgusting. If you wanna talk about geopolitics, go ahead! but don't attribute economic success to it because you're going to confuse people with fallacies
@eliasfrahat7074
6 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about the geopolitic of USA
@albertoamoruso7711
6 жыл бұрын
Founds, Improve, Overthrow
@jesseramseyz
6 жыл бұрын
Basically whatever a superpowers geopolitics are.
@TruthfulAndHumble
6 жыл бұрын
Elias Frahat I think he already did that. Look at his playlist.
@Perados
6 жыл бұрын
Nice pictures... but you haven't done your homework in case of facts. Stopped watching after 1/3 of the video.
@hurrdurr3615
6 жыл бұрын
"The existence of the document indicates that Berlin considers the collapse of the EU as a likely event" I'm sorry, but this is just totally wrong. Mapping out plans for all eventualities does not mean they are likely. The US has plans for nuclear war, doens't mean anybody actually believes it will likely happen. You should have said that Berlin considers it a possibility. Additionally, I think that the reality of modern warfare makes terrain rather meaningless. I think you greatly overestimate the impact of Germany and Russia being on the same plain. War will not be decided by tanks and infantry in these days. War will have no winner because everybody would be dead. Finally I think it is incorrect to entirely ignore the role that morals and so on play. Sure they are often overruled by realpolitik but not *always*.
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