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__CrUsHeR
Hello, this is a fanfiction which aims to explore the geopolitical side of large blocks and organizations in the universe of ROTR; here you will find an attempt of connection between things from a geopolitical point of view, enjoy!
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Geopolitical approaches in ROTR - Part I



The UN and the degeneration of the international community


The organization of the United Nations that the last century was important for mediating global issues of importance was overshadowed at the beginning of the 21st century for not being able to resolve disputes between nations as in the case of North Korea, Iran and Syria, in other situations gave the green light for interventions in the Middle East and Africa as in the case of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya - such attitudes product of international consensus over time proved to be deficient because were not sufficient for the implantation of desired goals and the emergence of politically unstable governments boosted fundamentalist movements to advance their agenda of terror.

In 2021 when the Eagle claws and teeth of the Dragon fallen on Kazakhstan controlled by GLA a fierce campaign pushed the UN into the conflict with boots on the ground. In Almaty the convoys of peace were assaulted by rebels even under the escort of the US Army, hundreds of foreigners lost their lives trying to supply the region; the capital Astana burst into flames ignited by a revolt engineered by GLA, the UN helped the refugees in Russian camps. In 2025 the terrorists stained with blood once again the blue uniform of peace by unleashing a deadly attack against UN humanitarian delegation near the Caspian Sea, this episode made the UN reflect on their performance in the conflicts against terror.

When Iraq was occupied by the third time by the United States in 2025 the UN merely financially support Washington in its anti-terror campaign even in the face of 'Baghdad Holocaust' with chemical weapons being used indiscriminately against civilians causing the death of tens of thousands in the first hours after the attack; the European powers not came to a agreement on a joint position in relation to the conflict and continued limited to solve their internal problems remaining in the inertia opening hand to interfere in the course of history against tyrants terrorists. When the conflict broke out in Asia - Second Korean War and Taiwan Conflict - once again the organization refrained from engaging militarily, in case of war between the two Koreas offered logistically supporting for the USMC campaign in the South, with the end of war and the reopening of the border thousands of hungry people in the North were filled with tons of victuals, being this considered a wise humanitarian gesture for the majority of political scientists.

In 2028 when the insurrection of the GLA spread through the streets of Germany the UN headquarters in Europe, Palace Völkerbund - Switzerland, Geneva - suffered a Scud missile attack that caused serious damage to its structure that partially relented victimizing several top officials; this was probably the hardest blow that the organization has already received since its foundation.

In the case of the Ukraine Civil War in 2036 the UN advocated just for peace in the region and refused, as most of the times, to send peacekeeping troops; in certain occasion the president of Russian federation - Nicolai Suvorv - issued its evaluation on possibility of a UN intervention in the conflict: - "Now who needs the UN peacekeepers? Russia created its own highly trained peacekeeping force and already used it several times in different conflict zones, the name of this force is Legion of Solidarity and the color of his peace is purple".


Social movements and the ascension of the GLA


At the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century the geopolitics gears began to work in a fast-paced rhythm driven by the social convulsions that turned the world upside down - the North America and Europe were declining socially and economically dragging the world into a crisis without precedent that showed the evils of a consumer society - the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia experienced a noisy popular revolution influenced by the West that would dramatically transform the region in geopolitical sphere, the new configurations allowed to the bases of terror - as the Al Qaeda of the last century - to become in the Global Liberation Army - the largest and most powerful terrorist organization in the history of mankind - with a decentralized command 'Hydra's Head' the group consolidated decimating rival factions and usurping government's power in sensitive regions; the greatest demonstration of power orchestrated by GLA undoubtedly was the terrorist attack on the 'Dragon's Parade', in China, Beijing, 2019, putting into question the military might of the 'Asian Empire', in sequence ensued other devastating attacks that weakened the international community in face of the terror promoted by fanatical followers of the infamous General Mohmar aka 'Deathstrike'.

Relying on of the same speech of past decades the Yankees brandished his paladin sword against global terrorism allying themselves with the Chinese in a modern crusade against the demonic ideology of fundamentalists. After the end of the 'First Terror War' the wear economic, social and military of the two major world powers, USA and China - mainly the USA - contributed to deepened the crisis that was perpetuated by the world accentuating the recession in Europe. Not only Asia but also Europe were victims from barbarity unleashed by GLA which undoubtedly were the main influential players in geopolitics of the modern world as described the French President René Chevalier in 2026: - "The existence of a terrorist army in the GLA conjecture means the inevitable extinction of the globalized world, the end of the order and the principle of chaos".

In an emergency meeting of the G-8 in Milan, Italy, 2023, the GLA has been appointed as a major cause of instability/insecurity in the world and would be responsible for damages estimated in trillions since its short existence, was still regarded as the 'evil of the century' by the host of the meeting - Prime Minister of Italy Claudio Julius Klein.

As from 2032 under the leadership of the Anwar Sulaymaan aka 'Death Merchant' GLA underwent a major reformulation for later establish itself in Africa as a kind of terrorist nation which encompasses much more than fundamentalists, it is also the cradle of pirates, mercenaries, former soldiers and criminals, the profit from the sale of illegal firearms, kidnapping authorities, murders, robberies and looting and exploitation of oil are the economic basis of the new GLA more centralized in the place known as 'The Zone*' in Central Africa.


The European crisis and the emergence of the ECA


In 2028 with the terrorist invasion of Germany the EU gave to the inevitable ruin that allowed the emergence of something new rescuing the patriotic spirit of all Europeans creating a reinvigorated unit called European Continental Alliance. The ECA became in a daring alliance for a Europe that came of a recent zeitgeist, the constitution of the Eurasian Unity League with China was the missing ingredient to materialize the desired dream. The new political and social advances have raised the living conditions of citizens to a high plateau, the CERN and the European Space Agency developed through a partnership the Project Solaris that brought energetic independence to Europe.

In 2034 a giant wall was erected by kilometers of frontier dividing the westen brothers of oriental brothers - the ECA's excluded - with time the emerging Russian Federation of Suvorov's gave the hand for most of these countries forming a counterparty supplied with fuel and ammunition for which in the sequence of events would be World War III between two Euro-Asians colossus.

In 2037 even without the backing of the UN in New York ECA left for an offensive in North Africa controlled by the GLA to dismantle authoritarian regimes pro-terrorists and bring security to the Mediterranean thus preventing new future invasions as 2028. As part of the strategy outlined for the African new governments pro-Europe were constituted and a host of benefits brought modernity to the African peoples in return Europeans established colonies in North Africa and had access to abundant natural reserves.

Over time the distance between the North America and European countries increased making agreements such as NATO almost lost its original meaning, a proof of this was the last major joint military exercise among all parties involved was in 2029, after exercising the USMC Brigadier General Jeremiah Bradley claimed: - "There was no more synchrony between the North American and European forces under the banner of NATO", the Bradley's speech was relevant because it reflected a new era in relations between the two blocks that already now the USA was increasingly part of a new domestic configuration that formed quickly with neighbors Canada and Mexico, in 2033 it officially became the North American Union; the episode of Anchorage in 2040 related to the fall of a Solaris satellite helped to accentuate the negative relations between Washington and Brussels.


The China/GAPA and Asian unification


The China from the beginning of the 21st century has suffered a slight relapse in the economy after the global financial crisis however soon overcame the storm and took off again towards prosperity, the consequent expansion of Chinese business came into collision route with the ambitions of the GLA terrorists and China paid a very high price for aspire to be global hegemony. After the re-awakening of China in 2019 an anti-terrorism campaing on a global scale broke out in conjunction with the Americans to put an end to the brutal GLA plans; Beijing has fared succeed in fighting terror reduced the Dethstrike's influence in Central Asia and the Middle East enabling the consolidation of a regional empire.

After the annexation of the coveted island of Taiwan in 2018 came a state modernization program proposed by Chairman Zhao Wei, the project became known as 'Modern Way' - the program was a success by merging elements of nationalism, individual rights and social polices to finally form the 'China of the new millennium'; in 2025 the red empire was consolidated again as a state globally influential after promoting stability along with USA in the neighbors former pro-GLA countries.

In 2028 with Germany being punished by GLA a mighty dome of Hong Kong and Xangai business mens lobbied the government to enter into the conflict in favor of Berlin to put an end in the slaughter; the terrorist threat was settled in Germany paving the way for several contracts for the reconstruction and modernization of the country that was with a precarious infrastructure. The open door for signing multiple contracts culminated in the agreement commercial and military between the two parties known as 'Eurasian Unity League'. The businessman/PLA military commander Hu Tan Mau spoke from their perspective about EURA: - "My father always told me to open the sail where the wind blows, this lesson is the essence of China's businesses..." In 2034 the period of co-operation - particularly the military - with Europe came to an end with the official creation of the ECA forcing investors and the military returning to home.

With its economy boosting global growth the China had become in the decade of 30 the 'Asia's engine' in all geopolitical spheres making emerging countries have become extremely dependent on their influences; so was born the 'Socialist South Asian Nations' which in 2031 was renamed 'Greater Asian Peoples Alliance' under a new configuration which included Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar besides the Mongolia that in fact has become a province of China. The functional logic of GAPA is basically the PRC providing its giant industrial park and the other member countries in manpower semi-qualified for the job, in the military sphere there is a standardization between the various forces and technological projects are developed jointly; many political analysts consider the GAPA as an unfair agreement between the signatory nations bringing relevant benefits only for China which disproportionately profit from relation to others.

In 2040 after the fall of an PLA Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in the province of Karmuk, Sudan, was revealed the existence of a secret research base of Russian origin; aiming to defend the interests of the two major economic powers of the 21st century the USA President Donovan Giordano proposed to Chinese Chairman Liu Cheung one joint intervention against the Russian installation, under this projection came the 'Pacific Peace Alliance'. In less than a month after the signature of the agreement an disastrous attack was unleashed against the Russian base resulting in a Sino-American humiliating defeat; after the complete failure against General Aleksander the agreement was broken and both sides started a war based on diplomatic harsh accusations that converged to become in political attacks. After these events the relations between Beijing-Washington and Beijing- Moscow has never been the same.

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*In the future will be explained more details about 'The Zone'.

BTW: Part II soon with approaches about Russia, NAU, SAP and perhaps the BRICS
Svea Rike
Nice fan-fiction Crusher. I have always wanted to see some more info about the various alliances.
SpiralSpectre
Always good to hear more about geopolitical approaches. About BRICS - IMO that term obviously holds no real importance in recent ROTR-verse as every one of it's members have sort of set up their own empires/alliances. Not to mention China had already ascended to superpower status during ZH with Russia following during ROTR.

The way I see it, not counting the GLA the ROTR-verse quad-polar geopolitical stance is roughly like this,

1. US block : It's an interesting mix. US is the core. NAU is a very important part. The Korea-Japan coalition and it's allies, US interests in Africa (lead by South Africa) are key allies. Considering Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia's influence in the Middle Eastern Council I say MEC is also a strong, if less vocal, supporter of US.

US threw everything away at the end of ZH and now they are desperately trying to regain lost influence. They won't say no to any potential ally.

2. Chinese block : Pretty self explanatory. China is the center. GAPA nations are practically part of China now. Chinese client states at Africa also have their contribution.

3. Russian Block : Another interesting mix. Russia is the head. They have very strong allies in Eastern Europe in the form of Collective Security Treaty Organization. Both South American Pact (lead by Brazil) in South America and Bangalore Pact (lead by India) in South Asia are very important allies.

Since the beginning of ROTR Russia has been continuously antagonised by the other three super powers in various ways. So they have to hold a strong diplomatic relation with these two... "global second tiers" if I may say so, to make sure they have some solid support in the globe.

4. ECA block : Another short, neat, self explanatory block thanks to, frankly speaking, ECA's self absorbed policies. They have strong allies in Europe thanks to Maghreb Union. They have huge client territory in Africa that's right next to ECA's own territory.

The GLA are holed in Central Africa are have their influence spread around various insurgent movements around the globe.
__CrUsHeR
QUOTE (SpiralSpectre @ 15 Oct 2013, 11:32) *
Always good to hear more about geopolitical approaches. About BRICS - IMO that term obviously holds no real importance in recent ROTR-verse as every one of it's members have sort of set up their own empires/alliances. Not to mention China had already ascended to superpower status during ZH with Russia following during ROTR.

The way I see it, not counting the GLA the ROTR-verse quad-polar geopolitical stance is roughly like this,

1. US block : It's an interesting mix. US is the core. NAU is a very important part. The Korea-Japan coalition and it's allies, US interests in Africa (lead by South Africa) are key allies. Considering Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia's influence in the Middle Eastern Council I say MEC is also a strong, if less vocal, supporter of US.

US threw everything away at the end of ZH and now they are desperately trying to regain lost influence. They won't say no to any potential ally.

2. Chinese block : Pretty self explanatory. China is the center. GAPA nations are practically part of China now. Chinese client states at Africa also have their contribution.

3. Russian Block : Another interesting mix. Russia is the head. They have very strong allies in Eastern Europe in the form of Collective Security Treaty Organization. Both South American Pact (lead by Brazil) in South America and Bangalore Pact (lead by India) in South Asia are very important allies.

Since the beginning of ROTR Russia has been continuously antagonised by the other three super powers in various ways. So they have to hold a strong diplomatic relation with these two... "global second tiers" if I may say so, to make sure they have some solid support in the globe.

4. ECA block : Another short, neat, self explanatory block thanks to, frankly speaking, ECA's self absorbed policies. They have strong allies in Europe thanks to Maghreb Union. They have huge client territory in Africa that's right next to ECA's own territory.

The GLA are holed in Central Africa are have their influence spread around various insurgent movements around the globe.

You did a good analysis of the geopolitics in ROTR, I actually forgot to mention the relationship between India and China, I'll update this soon. About the BRICS I have some ideas, logically turned out to be something disastrous in the long term, however had its due importance in the course of history, especially in ZH.
Svea Rike
I'm surprised MARS hasn't commented on this yet...
Svea Rike
Hey, Crusher, is it okay if I use the text about the United Nations on the wiki, for a page about the UN?
__CrUsHeR
Of course, feel free to do it.
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