Global Issues-Exam 2

How long did the russian drone intrusion into poland last sept 9th-10th

7 hours

Significance of Rzezow

in Poland just 80km from Ukraine's border, Rzeszów's airport is the closest and most significant point for delivering vital supplies

what did the US do in march of 2022 in Rzezow

deployment of US Patriot batteries to protect critical infrastructure for humanitarian aid and nato military from potential aerial threats. 

what does nato have located on frontlines to moniter russian air activity 

1. ground based air defense radars

2. awacs

3. 5 rq-4d pheonix high altitude drones

what happened within 96 hours of Russian incursion into polish airspace

four airports in poland were closed

true or false: since the fall of USSR in 1990s until 2022 Belarus had no russian combat forces stationed in their country

true

how did the US address the baltic republics’s concerns about Russia after the 2014 russian invasion into ukraine

Obama increased the number of fighter jets in the baltic republics from two to ten and added two refuelling aircrafts

How much is Europe spending on US cruise missles to give to Ukraine

825 million mainly funded by Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands

How many long range cruise missles will europe buy for Ukraine from the United states

3,350

Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs)

primarily conducted by the US and its allies to challenge China's extensive maritime and territorial claims via the Taiwan strait

between 2014 and 2023 how many times has russia violated Estonian airspace

more than 40 times

significance of 19th of sept russian violation of estonian airspace

Russian fighter jets stayed in Estonian airspace for twelve minutes

us export markets

1. Canada

2. Mexico

3. China

china export markets

1. USA

2. Hong Kong 

3. Vietnam

4. Japan

The davidson window

Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Philip S. Davidson gave a testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee that china will be ready to invade Tiawan by 2027 and chance of war with us will go over 50%

Other than South Korea and the United states which of their allies lost the most troops

The United Kingdom had 1078 fatalities.

excluding US and South Korean troops how many allied fatalities were there

3,900

How much did the U.S spend on defense in 1987

7% of total GDP

how much did the USSR spend on defense in 1987

estimates put it at around 20-25% of GDP (3x as much as US)

what percentage of signapore is ehtinically chinese

60%

which nato memeber spends the most on nato as percentage of GDP

Poland

which nato memeber spends the 2nd most on nato as percentage of GDP

Lithuania

How many days after the Russian drone incurion into poland did Russian drones enter Romanian airspace

entered poland on 8-9 and entered romania the 13th (Four days later)

what did Obama tell Xi Jingping would risk a american military response

A landgrab of Scarborough shoal islet

what did bejing announce this month in the south china sea

a marine reserve at the scarbough islet

what happened on september 16th in south china sea

Chinese patrol ships around Scarbough Shoal blasted a water cannon injuring a coastgaurd sailor from the philippines 

significance of what china did on september 16th

The phillippines is a treaty ally of the united states

how many people have died in the war between turkey and the PKK

40,000

How many Kurds live in turkey

15 mil

What has Turkey’s foreign minister warned

he told the YGP the syrian branch of the PKK not to take advantage of isreal’s attempts to destabilize syria

What perentage of Turks view isreal as the biggesst threat to their country

43%

what percentage of turks view the United states their nato ally as the biggest threat to their country

30%

what percentage of Turks view Russia as the biggest threat to their country

2%

what has the leader of the PKK Abdullah Ocalan said in prison this spring 

Isreal has redoubled it’s efforts to enlist the YPG in a poxy war against Isreal.

which pacific islands are most open to chinese overtures

The Melanesian countries including the soloman islands

what has australia done to combat chinese prgress in the Soloman islands

Match the aid china is giving to the islands

What agreement did china sign in 2023

a agreement to help boost security for the pacific games in the solomon Islands

what is significant about china’s 2023 agreement with the Soloman Islands

after the pacific games ended and the athletes left Chinese cops remained in the islands and are still there

How many of the drones from the sept incursion in polish airspace were headed towards Rzeszów airport

Five russian drones had flight paths indicating they were headed towards Rzeszów airport

what did russian claim about the violation of estonian airspace that occured september 19th

They never violated Estonian airspace and that the jets were transiting to Kalingrad over international waters

top three per capita losses in Afganistan

1. Denmark

2. Estonia

3. Canada

South pacific treaty allies of US

South Korea

Japan

Phillipines

Thailand

What percentage of oil destine for china passes through the Malacca strait

80%

By 2030  how many tankers will carry US LNG

one in three

after trump lifted ban on lng export license how much LNG does US export

around 100 million tons

how much LNG did US export in 2023

record of 91.2 million tons

What is China’s backup plan for recieving oil in case the Malacca strait is compromised

China-Myanmar economic corridor

what does the China-Myanmar economic corridor show about china

they are prepared for war

When did US pull out of TPP

jan 2017

What is CPTPP

a revised version of TPP created after the US pulled out in 2017 with eleven countries

What is RCEP

largest trade deal backed by china after US pulled out of RCEP

RCEP accounts for what percent of global GDP

29%

How many members of ASEAN are a part of RCEP

all ten

which countries voted against condeming Russian invasion of Ukriane in April 2025

US, Russia, North Korea, Belarus and more (total 15)

Canada’s defense budget in 2011 vs 2016

2011 23,600

2016 16,180

US defense budget in 2011 vs 2016

2011: 705,625

2016: 593,371

what has happened to the number of Nato fighter jets in Baltic air policing from January 2014 to May 2014

number has quadrupled from four to sixteen

why did baltic nations request additional reassurances in 2014

Russian invasion of Ukraine in Doneske region + Crimea annexation

What did US do to reassure the baltic republics in 2014

reinforce its four F-15s with additional six planes

When did allies decide to scale back Baltic air policing mission

September 2015 the mission was scaled back to eight fighter jets

which nato ally has deployed the most to baltic air polcing

germany and poland

Key developments in EU arms embargoes in 2023

Iran: restrict exports of components used in the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Iran, due to Iran's military support for Russia

Russia: Expansion of exsisting embargoes