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Verbose said:
Good question. That depends on China - the NK regime would have collapsed decades ago, if China hadn't supported it. North Korea is little more than a buffer state.
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Good question. That depends on China - the NK regime would have collapsed decades ago, if China hadn't supported it. North Korea is little more than a buffer state.
SonicX
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I think a union is possible, after all, the maps published in Seoul don't recognize North Korea or it's provinces and still depict a pre-1950 nine province unified Korea, so the South wants to unite.
And after that Kim Jung II is gone and is not replaced by an equally strong and authoritarian figure, a revolution will occur.
But I just don't think Kim will die in 20 years ... he ain't that old.
And after that Kim Jung II is gone and is not replaced by an equally strong and authoritarian figure, a revolution will occur.
But I just don't think Kim will die in 20 years ... he ain't that old.
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SonicX said:
AFAIK there are no resistance groups in North Korea. The totalitarian regime is almost perfect there. The communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe were hives full of dissidents compared to DPRK.
allhailIndia
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India-Pakistan-Kashmir?..Depends
A compromise from all three sides will be needed, and we are still some way away from that. 20 years is still too early to predict.
Lets look at it this way.
In 1985 (When I was born), the USSR was still in 1 piece, Germany was in 2, Somalia had a government, and the Euro was a wishful dream.
Oh and Saddam was in charge in Iraq and Afghanistan was in Soviet control for those who keep track of such things.
A compromise from all three sides will be needed, and we are still some way away from that. 20 years is still too early to predict.
Lets look at it this way.
In 1985 (When I was born), the USSR was still in 1 piece, Germany was in 2, Somalia had a government, and the Euro was a wishful dream.
Oh and Saddam was in charge in Iraq and Afghanistan was in Soviet control for those who keep track of such things.
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allhailIndia said:
And I was born to a country which no longer exists
The end of Cold War was turbulent, but the future will be calm, at least concerning the border changes
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pboily said:
No see that beautifull ontouched Soutch Pole over there. Thats gonna be the New Netherlands.
Aion
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- Montenegro will definitely split from Serbia. So will Kosovo. Not sure what will happen with the Serbian part of Bosnia. Maybe they will split off, maybe they could even join Serbia.
- Cyprus will unite.
- I don't believe Belgium will split. However, the ongoing EU integration will lead to extended autonomy for regions like Wallonia or also Catalonia and the Basque Country.
- Belarus might join Russia, though a federation seems more probable.
- Palestine will become officially independent, though they will probably stay under Israeli control.
- Iraq will stay officially one state, although the Kurdish areas are already now de facto quite independent.
- Sudan might be divided.
- There will be a war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but I don't know how it will affect the borders.
- Cyprus will unite.
- I don't believe Belgium will split. However, the ongoing EU integration will lead to extended autonomy for regions like Wallonia or also Catalonia and the Basque Country.
- Belarus might join Russia, though a federation seems more probable.
- Palestine will become officially independent, though they will probably stay under Israeli control.
- Iraq will stay officially one state, although the Kurdish areas are already now de facto quite independent.
- Sudan might be divided.
- There will be a war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but I don't know how it will affect the borders.
Aion
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Oh, and you probably know this already:
SonicX
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No problem, if all the Dutchies are far away, we'll found our own little Limburgian republic, I can live with it, a new tax paradise like Luxembourgnerovats said:
And we don't speak funny
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Never will be!VRWCAgent said:
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Commy said:Never will be!
Russia is'nt the power it once was. Japan could eailsy take it if it so wished. However that is unlikly. I suspect there will be pouplar refrandum and the inhabitants of Kurile would join Japan or a cash strapped Russia will simply sell it back. In any case I doubt Kurile will stay Russian for longer than 20 years.
JohnRM
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Russia is still holding onto prizes from World War II that it should have given back.
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Such as? If you're refering to the Kaliningrade Enclave, that's thoroughly russianized these days.
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Combat Ingrid said:The world map 2050
Great!
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The Last Conformist said:
Does that matter? It had still belonged to Germany and those things that they did to remove the German face of Konigsburg were criminal.
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Two wrongs don't make a right, and ejecting the present inhabitants or forcing them to become Germans would certainly be a wrong.John HSOG said:
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The Last Conformist said:
I did not say that they should give it back now. I said that they should have given it back then.
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Yay Democrats in IllinoisAion said:Oh, and you probably know this already:
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John HSOG said:
Why? Russia won it as a spoil of war and kept it. If Germny or Jpan wants it back it should take it by force.
