Militarism
National reliance on a strong military
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| December 2024 | After 13 years of brutal civil war, the Syrian army was significantly degraded, characterized by widespread corruption, lack of resources, economic ruin, and low soldier morale, leading to the collapse of Bashar Assad's regime. |
| 2023 | Vladimir Putin plans to spend almost 40% of public expenditures on defense and security, a level of military spending not seen since the end of the Cold War. |
| December 22 2023 | President Joe Biden signed a record $886 billion defense spending bill into law, signaling continued significant military investment. |
| 2022 | Russian invasion of Ukraine, leading to increased efforts by the Russian government to introduce 'patriotic education' in schools. |
| 2020 | French writer Pablo Daniel Magee published the book 'Opération Condor', prefaced by Costa Gavras, which follows the life of Paraguayan Condor Operation victim Martín Almada. |
| 2019 | Germany maintained a large modern military with a defense budget of 1.3% of GDP, approximately US$50 billion, comparable to the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. |
| July 2019 | Italian courts issued a landmark ruling, sentencing former Peruvian dictator Morales Bermudez to life imprisonment, along with former Prime Minister Pedro Richter Prada and General Germán Ruíz Figueroa, for the disappearance of Italian citizens. |
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