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"Libya is in civil war, fundamentalist armies are building a self-declared caliphate across Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan's young democracy is on the verge of paralysis. To these troubles are added a resurgence of tensions with Russia and a relationship with China divided between pledges of cooperation and public recrimination. The concept of order that has underpinned the modern era is in crisis.
The international order thus faces a paradox: Its prosperity is dependent on the success of globalization, but the process produces a political reaction that often works counter to its aspirations."
"The new session of the parliament opens under uneasy conditions. Unpredictability remains in the world's economy, and geopolitical risks become deeper, including in connection with complicated international relations over Ukraine," the president said.States producing 60% of the world's GNP use sanctions against each other. It will lead to serious changes in established international economic relations and lower economic growth. This will influence Kazakhstan as well, he said.
Comment: According to this article, the whole thing was indeed a pretext to justify a military intervention. Other sources say that the Yazidis were saved by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), a group which the US placed on a terrorist list.