The Revisionist Powers are a loose alliance of anti-western nations that are aspiring to end America’s global hegemony, in order to reshape the world’s power structure in their favor.

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Assists EU oversight of the Dayton peace agreement
2. Serbia: Assists NATO and UN Peacekeeping
3. Mediterranean: Assists NATO forces
4. Azerbaijan: Operates joint peacekeeping mission with Russia
5. Cyprus: Occupies northern Cyprus
6. Syria: Occupies territory in the northwest and fights Kurdish militants
7. Iraq: Operates military bases in northern Iraq to fight the PKK
8. Libya: Supports Tripoli-based government
9. Lebanon: Assists UN peacekeeping
10. Qatar: Operates a base and trains local forces

1. Albania
2. Australia
3. Belgium
4. Bulgaria
5. Canada
6. Croatia
7. Denmark
8. Egypt
9. Estonia
10. Finland
11. France
12. Georgia
13. Germany
14. Hungary
15. India
16. Italy
17. Japan
18. Kurdistan
19. Latvia
20. Lithuania
21. Netherlands
22. Philippines
23. Poland
24. Portugal
25. Romania
26. Saudi Arabia
27. Slovakia
28. Slovenia
29. South Korea
30. Spain
31. Sweden
32. Ukraine
33. United Kingdom

1. Russia
2. China
3. North Korea
4. Belarus
5. Myanmar
6. Greece (Defecting)
7. Algeria
8. Iran
9. Pakistan
10. Kazakhstan
11. Syria
12. Libya
13. Sudan
14. Somalia
15. Yemen
16. Iraq
17. Uzbekistan
18. Turkmenistan
19. Armenia
20. Cambodia
21. Cuba
22. Laos
23. Tajikistan
24. Kyrgyzstan
25. Serbia
26. Venezuela
27. Lebanon
28. Mongolia
29. Abkhasia and South Ossetia
30. Transnistria
31. Republika Srpska

Ukraine plans to hold another “Crimean Platform” summit on August 23, 2022 that will be held online.

The strategic goal of the Crimean Platform is the de-occupation of Crimea.

Purpose

• Provide a strategic vision to the process of de-occupation of Crimea
• Consolidate efforts on the Crimean track on international level
• Add synergy to all relevant processes at intergovernmental, inter-parliamentary and non-government levels.

The Crimea Platform: Priority Areas

1. India: 23.3%
2. China: 18.2%
3. Algeria: 14.9%
4. Egypt: 11.8%
5. Vietnam: 5.9%
6. Kazakhstan: 4.3%
7. Iraq: 4.3%
8. Belarus: 2.7%
9. Angola: 1.7%
10. Iran: 1.5%
11. Armenia: 1.3%
12. Turkey
13. Bangladesh
14. Syria
15. Serbia
16. Pakistan
17. UAE
18. Azerbaijan
19. Nigeria
20. Nicaragua
21. Uzbekistan
22. Sudan
23. Myanmar
24. Jordan
25. Ethiopia
26. Qatar
27. Laos
28.  

Source: BlackRock Investment Institute

High Risk

1. $52.7 billion for chip manufacturing and research
2. $39 billion over five years to expand domestic semiconductor manufacturing. It will provide companies incentives to build, expand and modernize US facilities and equipment.
3. New 25% tax credit for companies that invest in semiconductor manufacturing equipment or the construction of manufacturing facilities.
4. Private companies that receive financial assistance will be restricted from expanding certain chip manufacturing in China for 10 years.

Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, asked for an EU-wide ban for Russian citizens from Schengen, targeting tourists with Russian passports more specifically. “It’s not right she said that at the same time as Russia is waging an aggressive, brutal war of aggression in Europe, Russians can live a normal life, travel in Europe, be tourists.

18 U.S.C. 1924 – Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Documents or Material

Section 1924 makes it a crime to knowingly remove classified documents with the intent to retain them in an unauthorized location. There are a few problems with this statute, however, as applied to Trump.