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2011 and 2012 major events calendar
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Some of you might find it useful to either assess your country's IG-current international environment or plan policies
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2011

January:
-Arab Spring: Tunesian government overthrown
-terrorist attack at the Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow

February:
-Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigns

March:
-Arab Spring: Saudi military intervention in Bahrain, the Syrian civil war begins
-Japan: the Tohoku earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
-international military intervention in Libya begins

April:
-

May:
-Osama bin Laden killed
-The EU agrees to a €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal
-Ratko Mladic arrested in Serbia and later handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

June:
-Arab Spring: unsuccessful attempt on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh

July:
-China: Bohai bay oil spill
-Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
-South Sudan declares independence

August:
-United States debt-ceiling crisis
-Arab Spring: the government of Muammar Gaddafi overthrown

September:
-China launches Tiangong 1
-Turkey downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and suspended military co-operation after the UN released its report of the Mavi Marmara raid
-Noda Yoshihiko becomes the Prime Minister, succeeding Kan Naoto

October:
-13 Chinese sailors murdered in the Mekong River massacre
-100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution
-Israel and Hamas begin a major prisoner swap
-Muammar Gaddafi is killed
-Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act, which calls for the Treasury Department to identify countries whose currencies are undervalued and allows punitive tariffs on goods from countries that would be found to manipulate their currencies, passed by the US Senate but later tabled in the house of representative; the bill could spark a trade war between China and the USA
-After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announces an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion; China is hoped to provide significant contribution

November:
-Launch of Shenzhou 8
-Mario Monti sworned in as Prime Minister of Italy and formed a technocratic cabinet with bipartisan support
-Pro-European grand coalition formed in Greece to support technocratic cabinet of Lucas Papademos, economic policy referendum project scrapped
-US-Pakistan relations plunged to an all-time low, Pakistan closed NATO supply lines to Afghanistan to protest a friendly fire incident in which NATO fighter jets attacked a Pakistani checkpoint near the Afghan border
-Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

December:
-Death of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-eun declared Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, chairman of the Central Military Commission,[78] and supreme leader of the country
-Incheon fishing incident
-SOS Clinton's article in the Foreign Policy announces the "Asia pivot" policy
-Snow Revolution in Russia: following a serie of small-scale demonstrations, in Moscow about 100 000 protesters take part in a pro-democratic rally "For Fair Elections", the biggest protests in Russia since the 1990s which are followed by more protests and rallies held throughout the country
-European Central Bank’s liquidity provision in December 2011 has averted a liquidity crisis
-United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War
-Deep political crisis in Iraq between PM al-Maliki and Sunni opponents, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi fled to Iraqi Kurdistan to avoid arrest on murder charges

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-Tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea are rising, despite a July 2011 agreemement to a set of preliminary guidelines which would help resolve the dispute
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2012

January
China:
-PM Wen Jiabao trip to Gulf states marks China's policy of equidistance to Saudi Arabia and Iran
Eurozone:
-Standard & Poor’s downgrades France from AAA rating and lowers Spain and Italy further
-after several weeks of negotiations, at the European summit in Brussels all EU leaders except those from UK and Czech Republic endorsed the final version of the fiscal stability pact (the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union)
-negotiations on Greek bailout stalled
France:
-the Senate passes a bill criminalising the denial of the Armenian Genocide, triggerin a crisis in French-Turkish relations
Hungary:
-a new constitution comes into power, the document is heavily criticized for its anti-democratic streaks
Israel:
-PM Netanyahu abandons a plan to call early elections and subsequently oversees the creation of a controversial government of national unity
-Likud leadership election
-a series of terrorist attacks on Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia
Mali:
-the Tuareg Rebellion begins
Myanmar:
-ceasefire with Karen rebel group
Nigeria:
-over 200 die in Boko Haram attacks in a city Kano
Iran:
-the EU adopts an embargo against Iran
Iraq:
-the Sunni Iraqiyya party with 91 seats in parliament ends a boycott, that led to a standstill in the government, as a result of the United States' intense diplomatic pressure and efforts
Egypt:
-the Muslim Brotherhood wins free parliamentary election in a landslide
North Korea:
-North Korea called Kim Jong-il the "eternal leader" and announced that his body will be preserved and displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace
-a large rally was held by armed forces in front of Kumsusan Memorial Palace to honor Kim Jong-eun and demonstrate loyalty
Taiwan:
-in double parliamentary-presidential election President Ma Yingjiu of the KMT is reelected with surprisingly comfortable majority and the KMT-led Pan-Blue Coalition maintains parliamentary majority
Thailand:
-particularly heavy monsoon rains since July 2011 caused floods in Bangkok and resulted in massive casualties and economic losses (World Bank: the world's fourth costliest disaster), particularly harmful to Japanese automobile and electronics companies, the first major political challenge for Yingluck Shinawatra
-Yingluck Shinawatra consolides power in a cabinet reshuffle
Palestine:
-negotiators from Israel and the Palestinian Authority meet in Amman, for the first time in 16 months
Pakistan:
-major political crisis, the Supreme Court attempt to overthrown President Zardari

February
Afghanistan:
-outbreak of anti-American resentments after US soldiers burned the QUran
China:
-Chancellor Merkel pays a state visit to China, China's involvement in the EFSF is a major topic
-Xi-Biden summit
-Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai's top aide Wang Lijun seeks political asylum in US consulate in Chengdu after a violent row with Bo
-elections in Wukan following the protests of Wukan
-Chinese coast guard opens fire on Vietnamese ships at Paracel Islands (no casualties)
-Islamic terrorists kill 16 in Xinjiang
Croatia:
-EU accession referendum
Egypt:
-brutal riots in Port Said
-in a government crackdown on NGOs several Americans and nationals are put on trial
Germany:
-German President Christian Wulff resigns following a loan scandal
Iran:
-Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France, following sanctions put in place by the European Union and the United States
Eurozone:
-agreement on a second, €130-billion Greek bailout reached
Arab Spring
-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh resigns in a result of continuing violent protests
North Korea:
-replacement of Chief of General Staff Ri Yong-ho marks Kim Jong-eun's colsolidation of power
USA:
-Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber", is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to detonate a bomb on an airplane, amid concerns that sentenced to death he would become a martyr for terrorists

March
Afghanistan:
-the burning of Qurans at a NATO base in Afghanistan causes uproar in the Muslim world, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan, boosting morale of Taliban insurgency
China:
-annual session of the parliament
-Bo Xilai ousted
-China unexpectedly began cutting back its purchases of oil from Iran, along with some signs on sensitive security issues like Syria and North Korea, showed some coordination with the Obama administration
-Hong Kong Chief Executive election
EU:
-Serbia officialy received a full candidate status after February 26:1 voting on Eu foreign affairs ministers summit
Germany:
-Joachim Gauck elected President of Germany with the task to clean tarnished image of the office
Eurozone:
-the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union signed by all Eurozone members
Israel:
-Operation Returning Echo conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for rocketery attacks on the territory of Southern Israel in 2011
Iran:
-USA exempted Japan and 10 EU nations from financial sanctions after they had significantly cut purchases of Iranian oil, China and Iran left exposed to the possibility of such steps
-US Iran containment policy appears to be highly successful as several buyers of Iranian oil, including China and South Korea, have cut or began cutting their orders
Japan:
-the first anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan appears to be unable to clean up its nuclear power sector and vested interests centered around it
Mali:
-a military coup d'état against President Amadou Toumani Toure triggered by his mischandling of the Tuareg rebel
Moldova:
-a pro-European candidate wins presidential election
Myanmar:
-major clashes between the army and Kachin rebels
North Korea:
-Kim elected to the Fourth Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea, that elected him first secretary, a newly made position replacing the post of general secretary, which was awarded "eternally" to Kim Jong-il, Kim also took his father's seats as Politburo Presidium member and Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Russia:
-presidential elections decisively won by Vladimir Putin
South Korea:
-tensions on the Korean Peninsula on rise as South Korean and the USA hold annual massive (200 000 South Korean troops and 3 000 US troops) military drills Foal Eagle
-the South Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement comes into effect
Vietnam:
-nine high-ranke officials were jailed for their roles in the near-bankruptcy of Vinashin.
International:
-the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit is held in Seoul
-4th BRICS Summit in New Delhi

April
Australia:
-the first detachment of 200 US Marines arrived to Port Darwin, according to a November 2011 agreement the initial six-month rotation will not include heavy equipment, vehicles or aircraft and the base will not be turned into a US military base in Australia
China:
-renminbi trading band extended from 0.5% to 1.0% in response to mounting US pressure on China's currency policy
-2012 Boao Forum for Asia in Haikou, during which PRC Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with ROC Vice President-elect Wu Den-yih
-Chen Guangcheng, a blind civil rights activist in China, flees house arrest and seeks shelter at the US Embassy in Beijing
-tensions are rising over the Scarborough Shoal disputed with the Philippines
-Zhou Yongkang purged
CIS:
-4 soldiers killed deadly border clash between Armenian and Azeri troops
France:
-presidential election
Guinea-Bissau:
-a military coup d'état in the mids of democratic presidential election
Israel:
-a rocketery attack on Southern Israeli cities from the Sinai
-Israeli-Palestinian relations rapidly deteriorate, level of Netanyahu-Abbas distrust reaches a level when progress in negotiations is impossible
Japan:
-far right mayor of Tokyo Ishihara Shintaro announces a plan to purchase by the Tokyo government the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands from private owners on behalf of Japan
-Ishihara's plan is opposed by the central government which put into consideration a plan of counter-purchase of the land which, however, backfires diplomatically
-in retaliation maritime law enforcement forces of both the PRC and Taiwan begin aggressive patrolling of disputed waters
Mali:
-the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Tuaregs) unilaterally declares the independance of Azawad
Myanmar:
-crucial by-election arranged as a part of the reforms in Burma since 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi wins a seat
North Korea
-during a military parade to commemorate Kim Il-sung's centenary, Kim Jong-un made his first public speech
-North Korean launches an Earth observation satellite, which is widely considered as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology and thus is in violation of UNSC Resolutions 1718 and 1874 which banned launches using ballistic missile technology, the launch marked the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung and further consolidation of Kim Jong-eun's power
South Korea:
-legislative elections, landslide victory of the Saenuri Party
USA:
-Victor Bout sentenced
International:
-World Bank presidential election won by US candidate Jim Yong Kim; developing countries' campaign for their candidate was very intensive
-20th ASEAN Formal Summit in Phnom Penh

May
Argentina:
-renationalization of YPF gas company owned by a Spanish energy company Repsol, Repsol and Spanish government seeks EU intervention
China:
-China flies a second copy of J-20 stealth fighter
-the Scarborough Shoal standoff between Chinese and Philippinese navies
-China's first deep-water drilling rig began operations near Paracel Islands controlled by China but claimed by Vietnam
-a meeting between the Dalai Lama and UK's David Cameron and Nick Clegg
Cuba:
-Spanish oil company Repsol stops drillings in Cuba due to disappointing results
Eurozone
-Greek legislative election, all attempts to form a new government fails and new elections are called
France:
-presidential and parliamentary elections
Israel:
-for the first time PM Netanyahu officially recognized the right for Palestinians to have their own state, though as before[61] he declared it would have to be demilitarized
Myanmar:
-US envoy to Myanmar Derek Mitchell officially nominated as the first Ambassador to Myanmar since 1990
-EU sanctions on Myanmar suspended (arms not included)
Pakistan:
-a Pakistani national, who provided information on Osama ibn Laden's whereabouts, is sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment for treason
Philippines:
-China imposed stricter regulations on its import of Philippine bananas and Chinese travel agencies suspended tours in retaliation
Russia:
-the government takes hard line against anti-government demonstrations and the opposition, in effect it enact strict laws targeting NGOs and the freedom of demonstration
South Korea:
-2012 World Expo in Yeosu
International:
-38th G7 Summit in the USA (Putin did not attend)
-NATO summit in Chicago: NATO confirmed plans to withdraw foreign combat troops by the end of 2014 and pledged about $4 billion a year to pay for ongoing training, equipment and financial support for Afghanistan’s security forces

June
China:
-4th Straits Forum
-an attempt to hijack a passanger airplane by Uyghur terrorists thwarted by passangers
-China successfully carries out thr first manual docking of a spacecraft between the Shenzhou 9 capsule and Tiangong-1 station
-de-escalation of the a stand-off with Manila over the m Scarborough Reef; China established de facto control over the maritime area and blocked access to Philippinese fishermen
Iran:
-USA exempts Singapore and China from financial sanctions in recognition of their significantly reduced of Iranian oil and to avert a potentially serious collision between China and the USA; Chinese data showing that China’s purchases had declined by 25 percent in the January-May period compared with the same period in 2011, and that China expected further declines this year (while China is believed to made a sincere effort to reduce its purchases in part because of the new American law, Beijing is engaged in a pricing dispute with Iran, which partly explains its reduced purchases this year)
-Hong Kong officialy seeks accession to ASEAN's FTA
Israel:
-PM Netanyahu orders to construct 800 new settler homes in the West Bank
Egypt:
-Hoshni Mubarak sentenced to death
Eurozone:
-after another Greek legislative election a pro-European grand coalition is formed
-the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal for a harmonised bank recovery and resolution mechanism ensuring that bank failures across the EU are managed in a way which avoids financial instability
Mali:
-the Azawad movement defeated by Islamists of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine
Myanmar:
-the USA liberalizes investment sanctions
-a state of emergency declared in Rakhine State following increasing ethnic tensions and riots between Muslim Rohingya people and government-supported Buddhist majority
Palestine:
-President Abbas launches a diplomatic offensive for Palestine's international recognition
South Korea:
-failed attempt to sign the military intelligence sharing pact with Japan (suspended due to widespread public and political opposition driven by anti-Japanese resentments)
Russia:
-the European Union-Russia Summit in Saint Petersburg
Thailand:
-major political tensions over an amnesty bill granting amnesty for participants in 2008-2010 political violences and which may let former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra return from exile
International:
-2012 Nobel Prizes, the EU is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
-G20 Summit in Mexico

July
Afghanistan:
-Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan
-Pakistan reopened NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, which had previously been closed for eight months to protest the 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan
Arab Spring:
-Syria publicly acknowledged that it possesses chemical weapon
Cambodia:
-Thailand and Cambodia started redeploying their soldiers from disputed border areas yesterday as "the first step" in following the International Court of Justice's order of last year.
China:
-heavy rains cause deadly flash flooding in Beijing, local government mishandled the emergency situation
-China officially established the city of Sansha in Yongxing Island; Sansha has equal administrative status to a prefecture-level city, and was created on 24 July 2012; the CMC announced it had authorised the People's Liberation Army Guangzhou Military Command to form a "garrison command" in Sansha City
Eurozone:
-Spain receives EFSF 100bn EUR support package to recapitalize its financial sector
India:
-failed attempt to re-launch liberal economic reforms (retail sector) weaken the government
-the worst blackout in world history leave 620 million people without power
Japan:
-Tokyo Electric Power Company was nationalized
Myanmar:
-the government declines to recognize the Rohingya as an ethnic minority group
Taiwan:
-Taiwan signs a US$3.7 billion Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to the United States to upgrade its 145 F-16A/B fighter aircrafts, Washington refuses to sell new F-16 C/D jets which Taibei has been requesting since 2006
UK:
-2012 Summer Olympic Games in London
International:
-the ASEAN Regional Forum foreign affairs ministers' summit, major row over maritime policy
-a global conference under the auspices of the United Nations held to negotiate the Arms Trade Treaty

August
Arab Spring:
-Obama articulated his red-line regarding the use of chemical weapons in Syria
China:
-massive anti-Japanese protests following the landings of several Hong Kong and Japanese activists on the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands
CIS:
-Armenia severs diplomatic relations with Hungary, following the extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardoning of Ramil Safarov, who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004
Egypt:
-the Egypt-Israel border attack
Somalia:
-the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war
USA:
-Congress seeks a ban on Pentagon purchases of arms from Russia (a contract on helicopters for Afghan army)
-Julian Assagne granted asylum in Equador
Vietnam:
-arrest of a high-profile banking tycoon close to PM Dung

September
Arab Spring:
-a YouTube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims causes uproar in the Muslim world, anti-American demonstrations turn particularly violent in Egypt and Libya; -diplomatic missions of the USA and other Western countries become a target of a series of terrorist attacks, US Ambassador to Libya dies in one of them
China:
-8th EU-China Summit in Brussels
-another wave of anti-Japanese protests
-China's first aircraft carrier, named the Liaoning, was handed over to the PLAN and commissioned (not assigned to any of China's operation fleets), the ship will be mostly a training and evaluation platform ahead of the building of domestic carriers, it will take 4 to 5 years for the Liaoning to reach full capacity (mainly due to training and coordinatio)
-China's first Type 052D guided missile destroyer with Chinese counterpart of the Aegis system finished
EU:
-a plan to merge EADS and BAES creating the world's largest defence and aerospace company announced, later under US pressure blocked by the UK which has a golden share in BAES
Iran:
-Canada cuts diplomatic ties with Iran over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses
Iraq:
-fugitive Vice President Hashimi tried in absentia and sentenced to death
Japan:
-PM Noda Yoshihiko wins in the JDP leadership election, Shinzo Abe wins leadership election in the LDP
-the government of Japan finalizes the purchase of Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands from private owners, thus nationalizing the islands and triggering the biggest crisis in Sino-Japanese relations since 1978
North Korea:
-North Korea and Iran signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement which reportedly strengthened institutional cooperation between parts and contributed significantly to North Korea's progress in developing ballistic technology
Somalia:
-Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected the President of Somalia, an important signal of improving stability
Venezuela:
-presidential elecions
International:
-24th APEC Summit in Vladivostok

October
China:
-the New York Times publishes an investigation into the wealth of the family of Premier Wen Jiabao and Bloomberg into Xi Jinping's family
Mali:
-the UNSC approves creation of the International Support Mission to Mali
Georgia:
-parliamentary election decisively won by the Georgian Dream, a way to reapproachment with Russia openedbegins
Israel:
-earlier elections called after failure to agree on the budget for the 2013 fiscal year
Myanmar:
-rising concerns about further reforms: increasing economic doldrums and weakening interest of foreign investors amid finalizing parliamentary works on new, deeply flawed investment laws
Pakistan:
-14-year-old blogger Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban
South Korea:
-an agreement with the USA allows South Korea to develop ballistic missiles with a range of as much as 800 km
Sudan:
-in a long-range attack Israeli Air Force destroys an arms factory in Khartoum
USA:
-presidential and legislative elections
Vatican:
-the VatiLeaks affair
Vietnam:
-at Central Committee meeting PM Dung, criticized for nepotism, corruption and failed macroeconomic policy, fights for political life - survives but is severely weakened
International:
-UNSC election

November
China:
-18th CPC National Congress: new CC, PB, PBSC and CPC CMC elected, the 5th generation take helm of the Party
-Chinese warplanes conducted the first successful arrested landings on the Liaoning
Israel:
-Operation Pillar of Defense against Hamas in the Gaza Strip
Israel:
-a few mortar attacks from Syria's territory
Iran:
-the IAEA released a report showing continued expansion in Iranian uranium enrichment capabilities
Mali:
-the military intervention in Mali begins
Palestine:
-after continuous diplomatic offensive of President Mahmoud Abbas. the UN General Assembly approves a motion granting Palestine non-member observer state status
International:
-UN Human Rights Council elections
-21th ASEAN Formal Summit in Phnom Penh
-7th East Asia Summit
-15th ASEAN-China Summit
-ASEM 9th Summit in Vientiane, Laos

December
Arab Spring:
-the first allegation of chemical weapons use in Syria, by government forces, was reported and later confirmed
China:
-China's Baidou geolocation system will achieve Asia-Pacific coverage by the end of 2012 with an initial five-satellite Beidou-I constellation
-Canadian Nexen sold to CNOOC in a $15.1 billion takeover deal, Malaysia's Petronas purchases Progress Energy Resources Corp for $6 billion
India:
-a wave of anti-government protests
Iraq:
-outburst of massive anti-Maliki protests following a raid on the home of a Sunni minister
Japan:
-an aircraft of a Chinese civilian survelliance agnecy entered Japanese-controlled airspace over Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the first such inrusion
-legislative elections, the LDP-KMT centre right coalition wins constitutional majority
North Korea:
-another ballistic missile test
South Korea:
-presidential elections
International:
-the UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020

Unspecified:
Afghanistan:
-rising chances for peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents
Arab Spring:
-the civil war in Syria escalates
-Yemen on the verge of collapse
China:
-a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans in China, Nepal and India, began in 2011 and culminated in March 2012
-mounting US pressure on China to appreciate the renminbi
-continuous hardline policy on political rights, occasionaly targeting not only dissidents but also foreign journalist
-territorial disputes in the South China Sea escalating, US Navy aggressive survelliance operations contribute to escalating tensions
Europe:
-the case of pro-democraric former PM Yulia Tymoshenko's imprisonment becomes highly publicized
Eurozone:
-various long-term proposals to solve the Eurozone crisis are debated, among them the most high-profile solution are Eurobonds and a fiscal union
India:
-increasing economic doldrums and currency crisis
-local secrarian ethnic and sectarian violence
-Naxalites insurgency
Iran:
-high tensions between President Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei
Iraq:
-rising sectarian violence
-Shia PM al-Maliki consolidates power against Sunnis
-strained relationships with the Kurdish autonomous regions
Israel:
-rising concerns over Iranian nuclear program, Israel aggressively seeks international support and considers a military action
Libya:
-the country steadily descends into chaos after the defeat of Gaddafi's loyalists, sharp decline in oil production and export
Myanmar:
-stalled ceasefire negotiations with Kachin and Shan state
Nigeria:
-rising threat from Boko Haram Islamic terrorist organization
Pakistan:
-major political crisis
Romania:
-major political crisis
Russia:
-Islamic insurgency in Northern Caucasus
Saudi Arabia:
-rising US-Saudi distrust, primarily over Iran
Somalia:
-clashes between UN peacekeeping forces (AMISOM) and Islamic militias
Sri Lanka:
-sectarian violence
-the president becomes increasingly authoritarian and purgs his former allies
-increasing internatonal calls to investigate allegations of violations during the war against the Tamil Tigers in 2009 in the United Nations Human Rights Council

2012 in international trade:
-No breakthrough in WTO Doha Round talks
-Significant progress in Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations
-Significant progress in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
-Shale gas revolution in the USA
-Rare earth minerals trade dispute heats up
-Widespread opposition against European Union's carbon tax for airlines, particularly harmful for US, Russian, Chinese and Japanese airlines
-Heated debate in the EU and the European Parliament on shale gas development, affected by Russia-supported campaign to block it
-Major EU-China trade dispute over solar panels

2012 in arms market:
January:
-Indian Ministry of Defense announced that the Dassault Rafale won the MRCA tender to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft and has been selected for exclusive negotiations
February:
-India and Russia finalize a major battle tank contract
July:
-Saudi Arabia declares interest in a purchase of between 600 and 800 Leopard II A7 main battle tanks from Germany in a €18-billion deal, the deal later blocked by the government under immense pressure from media and public opinion
October:
-Russia signs more than USD 4.2 billion worth arms contracts with Iraq despite US pressure
November:
-PM Cameron under fire for military deals with the Gulf states
Unspecified:
-Russia Signs Record $17.6 Bln in Arms Contracts in 2012
Edited by Xi Jinping, Jul 20 2014, 09:26 PM.
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Most important 2012 elections

National elections (more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_electoral_calendar_2012):
-January: Croatia (EU membership referendum), Egypt (parliamentary), Israel (snap parliamentary election considered), Kazakhstan (parliamentary), Taiwan (presidential and parliamentary)
-February: Turkmenistan (president), Yemen (presidential)
-March: China - Hong Kong SAR (Chief Executive), Germany (presidential), Iran (parliamentary), Moldova (presidnetial), Russia (presidential)
-April: East Timor (presidential), France (presidential 1th round), South Korea (partliamentary)
-May: Egypt (presidential 1th round), France (presidential 2th round), Greece (snap election - parliamentary - failed to create a ruling majority), Serbia (presidential and parliamentary)
-June: , France (parliamentary), Greece (snap election - parliamentary), Iceland (presidential), Mongolia (presidential)
-July: India (presidential), Libya (legislative), Mexico (presidential and legislative), Nagorno-Karabakh (presidential), Romania (presidential impeachment referendum)
-August: -
-September: China - Hong Kong SAR (legislative), Somalia (presidential), Netherlands (parliamentary)
-October: Georgia (parliamentary), Venezuela (presidential)
-November: China (CPC leadership), USA (presidential, legislative)
-December: Egypt (constitutional referendum), Israel (snap parliamentary election called), Japan (parliamentary), South Korea (presidential)

Regiona lelections (more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_electoral_calendar_2012):
-January: -
-February: China (Wukan village - 2th round), India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Kosovo (North Kosovo acceptance of Republic of Kosovo institutions)
-March: China (Wukan village - 2th round), Germany (Saarland)
-April: -
-May: UK (London), Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia)
-June: -
-July: -
-August: -
-September: -
-October: Palestinian territories (Hamas government in Gaza refused to recognise the election)
-November: USA (governors of 10 states), UK (England and Wales)
-December: Venezuela, India (Gujarat)
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