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World famous for its cutting-edge electronics and automobiles, South Korea looks set to conquer new heights. According to the 2024 Military Strength Ranking, the country is now the fifth-ranked military power in the world, yielding only to the USA, Russia, China, and India.
Africa’s population will continue to rise rapidly over the next few decades, particularly in the Sahel. While this trend has both upsides and downsides, it has a tangible impact on global processes. Namely, Africa’s demographic boom may be among the factors behind regional conflicts, food insecurity and uncontrolled migration.
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress and working together is success,” said Henry Ford, an American entrepreneur who, like no one else, saw opportunities for the future. In the security domain, cooperation is all the more important. And it is truer still for counterterrorism.
This month, the EU commemorated the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid, Spain. More than 190 people were killed and around 2,000 injured in the bombings, making it the second most deadly act of terrorism in Europe after the explosion of a Boeing 747 over Lockerbie in 1988.
Amid a growing terror threat in other parts of the world, Japan has been dealing with limited terrorist activity so far. A notorious case of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo is a matter of the past, while homegrown jihadist radicalization is negligible. And yet, being an island of safety in a stormy sea is no less of a challenge for the Land of the Rising Sun.