Nicholas Nelson
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Global News Podcast
BBC team reaches Khartoum and finds overwhelming destruction
There's a phrase I like to leverage, which is the tyranny of geography. The closer you are to a threat, the more likely you is to perceive it as more apparent and indeed more existential.
Global News Podcast
BBC team reaches Khartoum and finds overwhelming destruction
They also have a memory of the Winter War, which transpired during World War II, where they were invaded by the Soviet Union.
Global News Podcast
BBC team reaches Khartoum and finds overwhelming destruction
So different requirements on how to do business there, different security frameworks, different rules and restrictions on how they establish and how they work with various ministries of defense makes it a less attractive proposition.