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Sanders Administration- Summer 2018
Summer 2018
"Thank goodness Ethiopia and Eritrea are seeking peace..."
"Good riddance to those murderers..."
"The Asian games really show how much have changed ..."
As the American midterms were happening along with other elections and events, the rest of the world seemed to follow suit in the sake of ending long-time conflicts to try and reach a new tomorrow. Various natures were trying to make accords with one another and dealing with arguments to be put to rest. Greece and Macedonia finally put their naming dispute down with proclamation of North Macedonia, but the bigger one was the peace signed between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict was a violent standoff and a proxy conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia. It consisted of a series of incidents along the then-disputed border; including the Eritrean–Ethiopian War of 1998–2000 and the subsequent Second Afar insurgency. The border conflict was a continuation of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War of 1998–2000, which included multiple clashes with numerous casualties. Eventually earlier in the year, Ethiopia resigned and noted it would cede Badme to Eritrea. This led to the Eritrea–Ethiopia summit where an agreement was signed which demarcated the border and agreed a resumption of diplomatic relations. Many people were pretty surprised that such a conflict wa shappening though people still celeberated, taking the chance to enjoy in the growing peace and a better world that was being formed.
Ethiopian-Eritrean border conflict map as detailed back in 1998
Of course, that was not the only way conflict resolution occurred. Over in Japan, the news came in that one of the worst criminals in the nations' history would be executed. Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, wold be hanged a bit earlier in the summer. This caught many younger folk by surprise in regards to this and some older folk and as the news spread, it definitely came as a shock. The sarin attack was the worst terrorist attack in the history of Japan and it still cast a long shadow over in the nation's cultural memory. In fact, a few pundits who did possess some awareness of this and Japanese culture, or at least had experts on it, believed that this helped contribute to the decline of organized religion within the nation. The cult itself fragmented into Hikari no Wa and Aleph back some time ago and was deemed a terrorist organization by several nations such as the United States, Russia, China, South Korea and Canada as well as the European Union. This did bring back into mind the idea of doomsday cults and that they still exist to some degree within modern society. It also brought some questions in regards to the idea of the death penalty, especially since the idea of trying to get rid of it was part of the agenda of the Sanders Administration.
Shoko Asahara photograph taken year of arrest
However, Asia would go from such the affair to a more positive feeling of juiblee in the air because of the 2018 Asian games. Officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta–Palembang 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) originally awarded the games to Hanoi, Vietnam in November 2012, but the hosting rights were given up seventeen months later. Indonesia, which originally finished second in the bid, was considered as the strongest replacement candidate and eventually awarded the rights amid the 2014 games. Surabaya, the city put forward during the bid, was replaced by Jakarta and Palembang, having hosted the 2011 Southeast Asian Games together. However, one made this specifically tremendous was this was the first Asian games where many of the new Middle East nations would join in along with North Korea under the new administration joining in, with these aforementioned nations not joining up in 2014 due to wanting to focus on recovering and building up onto their economy. As such, seeing the new nations of Assyria, Kurdistan, Shaam, the new Iraq, Qatif and the State of Arabia there present was considered a wonderful sight to see along with the improved relations between North Korea and South Korea. As such, this game was perhaps of greater cultural significance outside of Asia because it showed the amount of change that occurred in such. While Palestine tried to get Israel invited as a show of good faith, Israel ended up declining through appreciative of the consideration. However, this did not stop some athletes from competing through a flag of the Jerusalem city-state. All in all, it showed how much progress had been made.
18th Asian games in 2018 logo
"Thank goodness Ethiopia and Eritrea are seeking peace..."
"Good riddance to those murderers..."
"The Asian games really show how much have changed ..."
As the American midterms were happening along with other elections and events, the rest of the world seemed to follow suit in the sake of ending long-time conflicts to try and reach a new tomorrow. Various natures were trying to make accords with one another and dealing with arguments to be put to rest. Greece and Macedonia finally put their naming dispute down with proclamation of North Macedonia, but the bigger one was the peace signed between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict was a violent standoff and a proxy conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia. It consisted of a series of incidents along the then-disputed border; including the Eritrean–Ethiopian War of 1998–2000 and the subsequent Second Afar insurgency. The border conflict was a continuation of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War of 1998–2000, which included multiple clashes with numerous casualties. Eventually earlier in the year, Ethiopia resigned and noted it would cede Badme to Eritrea. This led to the Eritrea–Ethiopia summit where an agreement was signed which demarcated the border and agreed a resumption of diplomatic relations. Many people were pretty surprised that such a conflict wa shappening though people still celeberated, taking the chance to enjoy in the growing peace and a better world that was being formed.
Ethiopian-Eritrean border conflict map as detailed back in 1998
Of course, that was not the only way conflict resolution occurred. Over in Japan, the news came in that one of the worst criminals in the nations' history would be executed. Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, wold be hanged a bit earlier in the summer. This caught many younger folk by surprise in regards to this and some older folk and as the news spread, it definitely came as a shock. The sarin attack was the worst terrorist attack in the history of Japan and it still cast a long shadow over in the nation's cultural memory. In fact, a few pundits who did possess some awareness of this and Japanese culture, or at least had experts on it, believed that this helped contribute to the decline of organized religion within the nation. The cult itself fragmented into Hikari no Wa and Aleph back some time ago and was deemed a terrorist organization by several nations such as the United States, Russia, China, South Korea and Canada as well as the European Union. This did bring back into mind the idea of doomsday cults and that they still exist to some degree within modern society. It also brought some questions in regards to the idea of the death penalty, especially since the idea of trying to get rid of it was part of the agenda of the Sanders Administration.
Shoko Asahara photograph taken year of arrest
However, Asia would go from such the affair to a more positive feeling of juiblee in the air because of the 2018 Asian games. Officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta–Palembang 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) originally awarded the games to Hanoi, Vietnam in November 2012, but the hosting rights were given up seventeen months later. Indonesia, which originally finished second in the bid, was considered as the strongest replacement candidate and eventually awarded the rights amid the 2014 games. Surabaya, the city put forward during the bid, was replaced by Jakarta and Palembang, having hosted the 2011 Southeast Asian Games together. However, one made this specifically tremendous was this was the first Asian games where many of the new Middle East nations would join in along with North Korea under the new administration joining in, with these aforementioned nations not joining up in 2014 due to wanting to focus on recovering and building up onto their economy. As such, seeing the new nations of Assyria, Kurdistan, Shaam, the new Iraq, Qatif and the State of Arabia there present was considered a wonderful sight to see along with the improved relations between North Korea and South Korea. As such, this game was perhaps of greater cultural significance outside of Asia because it showed the amount of change that occurred in such. While Palestine tried to get Israel invited as a show of good faith, Israel ended up declining through appreciative of the consideration. However, this did not stop some athletes from competing through a flag of the Jerusalem city-state. All in all, it showed how much progress had been made.
18th Asian games in 2018 logo
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