“dangerous countries” : The UK has compiled a map of countries with high security risks in 2022 according to the International SOS. The British The Independent wrote about it. Countries were assessed on a five-point scale according to risk categories based on several criteria: political violence, social instability, petty and serious crimes. The reliability of transport infrastructure, the state of interstate relations, the efficiency of law enforcement and medical services, and susceptibility to natural disasters were also taken into account.
According to this map, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan are named the most dangerous. Mali, Somalia, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Yemen are also in the “red zone”.
No less dangerous, according to the authors of the article, are the northern regions of Iraq, partly Mozambique, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine, Pakistan, Egypt.
A high level of risk is assigned, for example, to Venezuela, Haiti, Myanmar. Russia and Ukraine are countries with an average level of danger. Low hazard – USA and UK, Australia. The safest are 7 European countries: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Luxembourg.
Semyon Bagdasarov, an expert on the problems of the Middle East and Central Asia, told MK to what extent this map reflects reality and can we expect wars in the near future in regions with a high concentration of “extreme countries”.
– In general, the assessment was given adequate, – the expert believes. – Perhaps, Turkey should also be added to the list of “dangerous” ones, since the Kurdish issue is not closed. In 2015, the Kurds controlled a significant part of the territory around Diarbakir. In 2023, Turkey will have presidential and parliamentary elections. How they will end – no one knows. The likelihood of Erdogan leaving is high enough. Against this background, an aggravation of the situation inside Turkey is possible.
– Can we expect hostilities in any of the regions of the Middle East in the near future?
– The situation in the Middle East is generally unstable. Take at least the same Yemen: the north of the country is controlled by the Houthis, the south is controlled by numerous armed groups. The authorities, who have settled in Hadhramaut in eastern Yemen, cannot do anything with them. The alignment of forces there is changing all the time.
– And if we consider the north of Syria from this point of view?
– The northeast and northwest are controlled by various terrorist militant groups, in the northwest they are generally pro-Turkish. Of course, this situation is very dangerous.
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