2010s (decade)

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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" and/or "two thousand (and) tens") is the current decade of the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2010, and will end on December 31, 2019.

Two pronunciations are used to mention specific years of the 21st century in English. For example, 2010 is either pronounced "twenty-ten" or "two thousand (and) ten".

With the exception of ongoing conflicts from prior decades, mostly in Africa and Asia, the 2010s started out with a relatively mild geopolitical climate. However, after the start of the Arab Spring, tensions arose between world powers that gradually worsened in the first few years. In 2014, Russian military intervention in Ukraine triggered a sharp downward trend in Russo-Western relations, plunging them to their lowest since the Cold War ended in 1991. That same year, the rise of the jihadist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria prompted renewed intervention in the region. Other Islamist groups, such as Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Boko Haram, and Al-Shabaab remain active. Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which both vie for regional influence and back opposing sides in the Syrian and Yemeni civil wars, deteriorated. The rise of China in international affairs has also gained momentum.

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