Proxy Wars, Explained

How Proxy Wars Took Over the World Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code johnnyharris at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/johnnyharris The world’s great powers have found a new way to fight for dominance. It’s called proxy war – and it’s remaking our world. Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRjhY_qeH0TPd4n_dvfDBHKqFgf7P4HGtWFQPT6b_7Y/edit?tab=t.0 Special thanks to: Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel Chromatic. Here's the soundtrack to this video: https://youtu.be/i54a_y0Tqvw Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf I made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster Custom Presets & LUTs [what we use]: https://store.dftba.com/products/johnny-iz-luts-and-presets -- VIDEO CHAPTERS -- 0:00 Intro 2:29 Proxy Wars Are Different? 9:15 Proxy Wars IRL 16:13 Proxy Wars Today 23:00 Ukraine 25:23 Where’s China? Correction: 18:57 A map in an earlier version of this video mistakenly highlighted Zambia as one of several countries to have intervened in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been fixed to correctly indicate Zimbabwe, not Zambia. About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox