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The most important country you’ve never heard about
The country that is turning into one giant military base
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Djibouti is a tiny country with no resources except for one: its location. China, the United States, and France are just 3 of the powers vying for access to the vital choke point Djibouti borders.
Special thanks to:
- David Vine, Professor of Anthropology, American University
- Sankalp Gurjar, Author of “The Superpowers’ Playground: Djibouti and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century”
- Hassan Cher Hared, Journalist
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
5:36 Geography makes history
8:50 Djibouti’s new reality
14:28 China builds a base
16:42 Local impacts
19:37 Geopolitics on steroids
22:58 Conclusion
About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on UA-cam. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.
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NYTimes: www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html
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NPR Planet Money: www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @williamyoung9401
    @williamyoung9401 13 годин тому

    Thanks for the history lesson with no dates or years...

  • @orien2v2
    @orien2v2 13 годин тому

    Of course a country where everything comes together that’s vital and volatile will have a unique name…

  • @robertluvisia
    @robertluvisia 13 годин тому

    The region has been unstable because of foreign powers, ever since colonial times. Colonization never ended, it's just taken a different form.

  • @thematthewsextonshow
    @thematthewsextonshow 13 годин тому

    Djibouti is tight.

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 13 годин тому

    Djibouti’s position and situation reminds me of Sri Lanka.

  • @totalbliss1
    @totalbliss1 13 годин тому

    As we speak, Yemen is rapidly sliding down the Red Sea with Somali pirates into Djibouti!

  • @RonstoOSRS
    @RonstoOSRS 13 годин тому

    Can you please stop making the background noise just beeping sounds?? Its actually so irritating trying to listen to the info with the unnecessary beeping in the background.

    • @RonstoOSRS
      @RonstoOSRS 13 годин тому

      Literally over 2 full minutes of background beeping from like 9:45 to nearly 12:00

  • @thelastoddman901
    @thelastoddman901 13 годин тому

    I find it surprising that hamas attacked Israel just at the moment when Netaniyahu was on the worst time of his political career. People were protesting against him for months. All on a sudden, after the hamas attack, he is behaving like the saviour of Israeli people.

  • @oldreprobate2748
    @oldreprobate2748 13 годин тому

    The US government is a two party corporate duopoly system of government.

  • @josecancino7310
    @josecancino7310 13 годин тому

    Great documentary 🎉

  • @Wolky324
    @Wolky324 13 годин тому

    Real Life Lore made a good video about this: ua-cam.com/video/1S3PhfNHclU/v-deo.html

  • @markkinz7913
    @markkinz7913 13 годин тому

    “There’s a lot going on in Djibouti” That’s personal, Johnny.

  • @ammarosman8905
    @ammarosman8905 13 годин тому

    Hey Johnny why don’t you do a video about Somaliland as your next project

  • @markjamison9132
    @markjamison9132 13 годин тому

    Watch Djibouti and China connect with Ethiopia. ( Libya )

  • @bodhionultimateride2660
    @bodhionultimateride2660 13 годин тому

    Nice, another Mossad episode. Let’s gooo!

  • @JmKrokY
    @JmKrokY 13 годин тому

    Stop with these clickbaity titles, they're just annoying. This country is very well known for its land hosting many world militaries. Reminds me of your video about the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, like it is a known thing that many people have indeed been informed about at least a bit. And while I technically haven't "learned" about the war in BiH, I live in a country thst actively participated in the war. Journalists will do anything to get clicks these days...

  • @Nagria2112
    @Nagria2112 13 годин тому

    "a french company miraculously created the suez Canal....." hmmmm kinda biased. i would call them slaves.

  • @MarksmanSpecialist
    @MarksmanSpecialist 13 годин тому

    i often forget that in America, you aren't just defending freedom, you are actually defending flow of the free market

  • @barsukascool
    @barsukascool 13 годин тому

    Not from RealLifeLore😂

  • @jerseyjoe82364
    @jerseyjoe82364 13 годин тому

    In the end, it won't help the western nations. The west is in serious decline.

  • @clone0192
    @clone0192 13 годин тому

    I like men

  • @Mayakran
    @Mayakran 13 годин тому

    Putin wants to divide the country… sounds familiar… God he must LOVE how much the US hates itself right now.

  • @ahmedsheikh9356
    @ahmedsheikh9356 13 годин тому

    Djibouti will collapse soon due to its undemocratic and corrupt government, their country will be history and all those military bases you saw will depart, however the only place they will be departing to is an important unrecognized country which share borders with it, Somaliland. Its the complete opposite of Djibouti and had 5 fair democratic elections where presidents peacefully gave up power. The US military already visited the port of Berbera which will be a soon the replacement for Djibouti, also the UAE after leaving there they moved to Berbera Somaliland where they invested 800 Million USD in its port through its company DP World, also the UK investment fund invested 400 million USD in 10 years, Djibouti wont monopolize Ethiopia’s import export anymore as Somaliland had a historical MOU with Ethiopia this January to use its port. I agree with you the world is changing in a fast pace that we cant keep up!

  • @noneofyourbeeswax371
    @noneofyourbeeswax371 13 годин тому

    Lucky for China, majority of Americans don't have a mind anyways so I influencing them is not really a requirement.

  • @NovaGaia111
    @NovaGaia111 13 годин тому

    Johnny, r u working for the CIA or any other intelligence service agency? Just wondering..😅

  • @robertluvisia
    @robertluvisia 13 годин тому

    Everyone in Africa knows Djibouti. Just say people in the west have never heard of it just like they think Africa is a country, lol.

  • @jerseyjoe82364
    @jerseyjoe82364 13 годин тому

    "Prosperity to all of us"...are you whacked, dude? You're beginning to piss me off, Johnny.

  • @hirad3539
    @hirad3539 14 годин тому

    Actually i heard about Djibouti because im Iranian and the current regime of Ayatollahs sent this country a few million dollars to build some government buildings there

  • @wooftubeyt
    @wooftubeyt 14 годин тому

    LAIR THIS ENTIRE VIDEO IS WRONG (im like 3 seconds in) I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DJIBOUTI IS AND IM AN AMERICAN 😭

  • @itopitnt4954
    @itopitnt4954 14 годин тому

    The video is made unreasonably long

  • @Teafoam
    @Teafoam 14 годин тому

    A couple minutes into this video I realized the last video didn't have Maps

  • @tomray4139
    @tomray4139 14 годин тому

    After WW2, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east. Palestinians had aligned with Nazi Germany during WW2 and suffered the same rezoning under Britain's rule, having lost the war.

  • @RoyaltyMedia
    @RoyaltyMedia 14 годин тому

    Netanyahu is a war criminal just like Slobodan Milosevic was. For people who had atrocities committed against them all over the world, the Israelis are now vindicating those who perpetrated those crimes by subjecting the Palestinians to untold suffering.

  • @veggiesupreme3556
    @veggiesupreme3556 14 годин тому

    Think it would have been cool to mention while the Suez canal opening was significant for global trade there's actually been two previous periods in ancient history where such a canal existed connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. In the 6th and 13th Centuries BC

  • @natbill1623
    @natbill1623 14 годин тому

    I'm a huge fan of this channel. But that isn't how you write "The gate of of tear" in Amharic "Ethiopian language"

  • @AlreadyHere-
    @AlreadyHere- 14 годин тому

    Anti china bias very apparent.

  • @kheonLabustro
    @kheonLabustro 14 годин тому

    Because of you jhonny my english speaking improved and my grades in english is much better

  • @Kingbynature
    @Kingbynature 14 годин тому

    Although one of the most important countries, it is also one of the poorest. Sadly, there is a lot of potential being wasted. Nonetheless, I still love my country.

  • @mebeazelalem9980
    @mebeazelalem9980 14 годин тому

    You gotta make a video about Ethiopia

  • @brandonrox221
    @brandonrox221 14 годин тому

    U missed why Rogan started a podcast. It was cause of Tom Green and what he was doing.

  • @jamm8284
    @jamm8284 14 годин тому

    That statement "we will not hesitate to defend the free flow of commerce" But happy to allow the free flow of aid to be compromised. Why dont you just airdrop the cargo of the ships or built a pier somehere 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @highgeneralkage2748
    @highgeneralkage2748 14 годин тому

    My dad was a helmsman in the US Navy on a supply ship - I think her name was the Detroit? Regardless, he stopped in Djibouti once or twice.

  • @Hachikii
    @Hachikii 14 годин тому

    😂😂😂😂

  • @AidanClutter
    @AidanClutter 14 годин тому

    Is this similar to what blitzkrieg is? I feel like I remember blitzkrieg being described to me as sending a shit load of refugees at a country to weaken it.

  • @excalipoor
    @excalipoor 14 годин тому

    I learned about Djibouti and the jokes from Geography Now. Thanks Barb. 👍

  • @paulstein8854
    @paulstein8854 14 годин тому

    Didn't the German troops leave a few years ago?

  • @Quzxpon
    @Quzxpon 14 годин тому

    In case no one has said it yet ... spank Djibouti 😅😅