Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Feb 10

New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. #Houthis and #AlQaeda are still as present as ever though.

More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yemen-civil-war-map-2026-houthis-separatists-irg-al-qaeda.html

#MiddleEast #maps #mapping #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map @geography @geopolitics #separatism #worldpolitics #IndianOcean #Socotra #STC #SouthArabia

Yemen Control Map & Report: Collapse of Separatist Control - Feb. 8, 2025 (Subscription)

Just weeks after appearing victorious, Yemen's southern separatists lost almost all their territory, including what they'd controlled for years prior.

Show threadMichael BlumeDec 9

@RAlpenstern

Danke für die Nachfrage - und leider nein.

Die #Judikative wie das BVG kann hier kaum helfen, da die #Legislative wie der deutsche #Bundestag ja weiterhin #dejure alle Rechte auch nach Art. 38 #Grundgesetz hat. Die #defacto - Beschränkung ihrer Rechte durch GG-sinnwidrige Koalitionsverträge & Koalitionsausschüsse (seit 1961) nehmen die Abgeordneten ja bisher freiwillig hin! Das Aufbegehren der #JU gegen #Merz war daher wichtig.

Saxafi MediaDec 5

How does #Taiwan use its relationship with #Somaliland to secure its #Identity on the world stage? This #study applies #OntologicalSecurity theory to explain why #DeFacto states pursue ties that offer narrative legitimacy rather than physical protection.

https://saxafimedia.com/de-facto-diplomacy-taiwan-ontological-somaliland/

De Facto Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Quest For Ontological Security In Somaliland | Saxafi Media

This paper analyzes Taiwan’s engagement with Somaliland through the lens of ontological security theory, arguing that de facto states pursue identity-affirming diplomacy beyond physical security needs. Using thematic narrative analysis, it examines how Taiwan constructs narratives of democracy, recognition, and international legitimacy.

SaxafiMedia
Show threadEvan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Sep 28

This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.

#geography #defacto #defactostates #autonomy

@humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Sep 28

Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/09/25/al-shabab-why-somalia-militants-winning-legitimacy

#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience

Al-Shabab’s shadow state: Why Somalia’s militants are winning legitimacy

The jihadist group's administrative successes pose uncomfortable questions for the international community.

The New Humanitarian
MidsouthMouth.OctaviaKeatsSep 18, 2025

Newly *Proposed* bill

see the text of the disturbing H.R.3500 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): More Funding for COPS Act from Congress.gov from the Library of Congress

#comfort
#aid
#protesters
#colonialism
#passports
#DeJure
#DeFacto
#Targets
#FreeSpeech
#migration
#immigration
#terrorism
#MaterialSupport
#federal
#Transphobia
#authoritarianism
#politics
#MAGA
#xenophobia
#framing
#AltRight
#WhiteNationalists
#strangers
#sexism
#fascism
#ReproductiveRights
#USPol

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3500/text

Show threadMidsouthMouth.OctaviaKeatsSep 18, 2025

@NatalieDavis
Best/worst quote:

<<"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said.>>

The excuse that it is a financial decision -- no fig leaf is big enough to cover the shame

#USPol
#deFacto
#deJure
#retaliation

Manuel DJ Parra MaureraAug 29, 2025
Cᴜʟтoʀ ᴅᴇʟ Pᴇɴsᴀмıᴇɴтo Cʀíтıco
Cᴀмᴘᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ | Opinión
#DeFacto «La virtud más es perseguida de los malos que amada de los buenos». Miguel de Cervantes #mdjpm
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Aug 1, 2025

NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/canada-plans-recognize-palestinian-state-raising-allies-pressure-israel-2025-07-31/

#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving

Show threadEvan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Jul 29, 2025

However, #USA veto at UN Security Council is already the only thing preventing #Palestine from becoming a full member of the #UnitedNations - last time it was considered, #France voted in favor and #UK abstained. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm

#independence #defacto #geography #UN #Israel #geopolitics #MiddleEast #statehood

@geography @geopolitics

Security Council Fails to Recommend Full United Nations Membership for State of Palestine, Owing to Veto Cast by United States | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

The Security Council today blocked Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations due to a United States veto on a draft resolution that would have recommended the granting of such status.