Dreadnaught Reduction

fanboy50 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:34:17 GMT

Sometime in between World War I and World War II, Great Britain, France, the United States, and Japan begain building up their dreadnaught(battleship) fleets. They built them up to such a level that the militarism that had gripped the world immediatly before WWI was repeating itself, causing a series of diplomatic crises. In the end, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed, where almost all the world's nations agreed to reduce the amount of arms in their military and the amount they would build. While it did not stop WWII, it certainly did prevent what may have ended up as the "Anglo-American War of 1933" or somesuch.

Arab-Israeli Conflict

blackburngrant — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:49:28 GMT

I would love to see an in-depth analysis of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and how many of the diplomatic roads became dead-ends and how we can apply this knowledge to Risk. There are so many examples with that conflict alone that I am sure we can learn from. Dr. Honary has already mentioned the Suez Crisis in his book, but there is so much more, such as the Balfour Declaration, the UN Partition, the Oil Embargo against the US and Europe in the 70's, the creation of OPEC in response to US domination in the world (and the subsqent use of US dollars for "petrodollars") the Camp David Accords, the failed attempts at peace in the 90's such as Oslo and Wye River as well as the current situation.

Does any one have any thoughts?

Diplomacy in the Real World

Dreadnaught Reduction

Arab-Israeli Conflict