Nov 2018Russia seizes Ukrainianships in Kerch Strait
Dec 2018Trump announcesUS withdrawal from Syria
May 2019–pres.Iran–US confrontationin Persian Gulf
Oct 2019Turkey invadesnortheastern Syria
Jan 2020–pres.COVID-19 pandemicsweeps Northern Eurasia
Sep–Nov 2020Azerbaijan expels Armeniafrom much of Nagorno-Karabakh
May–Aug 2021Taliban seizes controlof Afghanistanas US withdraws
24 Feb 2022–pres.Russia invades Ukraine