World Affairs

 Blog#7                                  Bir Tawil                                                                      No men’s Land   Abstracts:                        Bir Tawil is a land piece between Egypt and Sudan, of area equiavalant to London or Luxemburg, which is not accepted by any of the countries. Egypt says that Bir Tawil belongs to Sudan and Sudan even says that Bir Tawil belongs to Egypt. It is quite interesting for us to hear about this situation. Some people go over there several times and declare the land as their own country; however the land is not accepted as a country internationally.   Introduction: Bir Tawil                          Some facts about Bir Tawil:                         Area:     2060 square kilometers                         Climate: very hot desert type climate                         Hottest Months: June to August                         Coldest Months: December and January                                         A disputed area between: Egypt

 Blog#6                   Land Swapping & Acquisitions between the countries   Abstracts:                         The acquisition of land is a type of course of action to acquire or transfer of land between two countries for different reasons using different modes; such as:            1.      Land Swapping with mutual agreement, For example, The Bharat-Bangladesh Pact for Land Swapping 2.      Purchase/Sell of land For example, US purchased Alaska from Russia 3.      Acquiring a land on the basis of power For example, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Hong Kong are under China and Crimea and Don Boaco are under Russia due to their power.   Introduction:        Like general people or industrialist, countries also remain in try for land acquisition and deals in different ways under different scenario. However, it might be in the form of mutual agreement or capture of land using powers or purchased or may be due to geopolitical influence. On the tapestry of the global map the boun