Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
The international situation is quite fragile at the moment. Trump in the Whitehouse (and the eternal influence in American politics of big money), Putin's oligarchy in Russia and the expansionist actions of the Chinese in the South China Sea.
If countries in the latter area were to co-operate even a bigger shift would take place to the power and influence in that area. However, there are huge tensions between many of the players concerned. In the very first international meeting I attended between UK government officials and officials from several of those countries I was merely employed as a 'bed bolster' to separate two particular parties.
Spot on, and that is why I posted this on the main board, as I don't think everybody realises just how close to the edge we really are.