2010s Political Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 28 Dec 2019
Based on data by Jerome Glenn in his Year in Review
series. Specific dates in a given year are not exact.
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Created byVictor V. Motti
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Islamic State (ISIL) lost its land; Russia/Turkey take land left by the USPublic protests in Algeria, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kashmir (Internet Blackout by India Lebanon. London, Montenegro, Russia, Sudan, Venezuela, and ZimbabwePresident Trump ImpeachedNorth Korea continues to test missiles in volition of UN Security CouncilBrexit continues in limboFinland elects the youngest PM in the world.US pulls out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)North and South Korea teams together in Winter Olympics; allowed family visitsChina’s constitution changed to allow President Xi Jinping to rule for lifeSyria, Venezuela, Yemen continue to get worseDemocrats regain US House of RepresentativesPolitical leadership uncertain in US, UK, France, and Germany while political leadership seems more certain in Russia and ChinaSeveral Russian strategic nuclear bombers land in VenezuelaSaudi Arabia executes a journalist in their embassyUS President Trump pulls out of Iran agreementRussian Information Warfare attacks found far more invasive on US election than previously knows via Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and othersPutin denies thousands of Russian-sourced bots targeted at specific US voter-groups and regions via Twitter and Facebook accounts with thousands of hate-Hillary and pro-Trump messages reaching over 100 million US votersDonald Trump became US President with 3 million fewer votes than HilaryPresident Trump announced withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and UNESCO, while recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of IsraelMugabe ousted in Zimbabwe, Zuma ousted in South Africa, Yahya Jammeh ousted in GambiaVenezuela accelerates its downward spiralCultural genocide, mass killings, rapes of Rohingya by Myanmar ArmyXi Jinping sets 5-year agenda at China’s 19th Party Congress China including the Belt and Road massive infrastructure program and AI leadership by 2030North Korea has 2,000 full-time hackers into financial systems (BBC)North Korea tests hydrogen bomb and ICBM capable of reaching the USADefeat of ISIS/ISIL/IS control of Mosul most of the lands it had controlledEmmanuel Macron provides a new face for European leadershipSyrian conflict continues to get worseISIL loses most of its territoryColombian Government and FARC end longest war in Latin AmericaIAEA verifies Iran met Nuclear Framework Agreement goalsBrexitFailed Military Coup in TurkeyNorth Korea conducts 5th Nuclear Test, claims a hydrogen bomb testPutin orders cyber-attacks, fake news, infowar against Hillary Clinton’s electionHillary Clinton wins USA vote; Donald Trump wins electoral college. ICC sentences Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić to 40 yearsRussia takes CrimeaRise of ISIS, ISIL, IS, Daesh and Boko HaramUS-Cuba opens diplomatic relationsGlobal Je suis Charlie demonstrations against ISIL attacks in ParisRussian plane shot down over EgyptNuclear Framework Agreement with IranChina expands Island construction in South China Sea70th Anniversary of the United NationsSyrian civil war continues over 2 million refugeesSyrian chemical weapons surrenderedISIS, then ISIL, then IS beheadings; new US and others‘ airstrikes in Iraq/SyriaRussia takes Crimea and invades Ukraine (said with military volunteers)US-Cuba diplomatic relationsNew Government in IraqUS combat troops leave AfghanistanThe largest petition to recall a government in history: 22 million sign petition in Egyptian for Morsi’s resignationEgyptian military crackdown on the Moslem BrotherhoodSyrian Civil War worsens while it agreed to disarm chemical weaponsHassan Rouhani opens Iran to the West and signs nuclear processing agreementNo. Korean conducts 3rd underground nuclear bomb test and executes Pres’s uncleChina tensions with Japan & neighbors increase; US & China warships monitorUN adopts the Arms Trade Treaty of conventional weaponsEdward Snowden release of US intelligence wiretapping heads of stateUS Government shutdow for 16 days; Tea Party begins to lose power in the USMoslem Brotherhood takes over the leadership of EgyptEgypt’s Morsi goes from world hero (cease fire agreement) to world pariah dictator within 24 hoursChina and its ocean neighbors contest boundaries increasing tensions wit`h and among Japan, Philippians, Vietnam, Malaysia, and BruneiNorth Korea successfully launches intercontinental missile for orbital satelliteSevere political stalemate in Washington, D.C., US continuesMore than 100 journalists have been killed so far this year, making 2012 the deadliest year for media since UNESCO began keeping records on the issueSyria’s civil war acceleratesArab Spring/Awakeningprotests took to the streets in Greece, Russia, China, SpainTenth Anniversary of 911 Terrorist AttacksBin Laden KilledUS pulled out of IraqSevere political stalemate in Washington, D.C., USWikileaksNorth Korea’s sinking a South Korean ship and shelling one of its islandsUS health care lawTea Pot boils in the USAUS combat troops out of Iraq
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