Foreign Affairs – The southern Andes, long known for social volatility and economic disarray, is on the verge of chaos. This need not be cause for fatalism, however. By reengaging with the region, Washington could help turn the political crises plaguing Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia into opportunities for change.
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Category Archives: Geopolitics
Geopolitics / Palestine – The Receding Horizon: The Endless Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace
Foriegn Affairs – In The Missing Peace, Dennis Ross provides a fair and clear-headed overview of almost ten years of Middle East peacemaking. Although he finds plenty of blame to spread around, he sees one man as the ultimate impediment: Yasir Arafat.
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Geopolitics / Globalization – The Miracles of Globalization
Foreign Affairs – Economic journalist Martin Wolf adds sharp insights to the trade-liberalization debate and scores a major victory against critics of globalization.
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Geopolitics / Energy – Are Rising Oil Prices a Case of the Jitters Ö or a Harbinger of Longer Term Problems?????
Defense and the National Interest – Is the price of oil going to be permanently increased? And how is the insurgency in Iraq contributing to this. An interesting followup to the prior piece from Defense and the National Interest on how the Iraqi insurgents are targeting Iraq’s oil infrastructure???
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Geopolitics / North Korea – The Fire Last Time
Foreign Affairs – An insiders’ view of the deal struck with North Korea in 1994 and a core lesson for the Bush administration: there’s no substitute for negotiation.
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Geopolitics / Sudan – Dying in Darfur
The New Yorker – A look at the civil war in Sudan.
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Geopolitics / Asia – A Global Power Shift in the Making
Foreign Affairs – Global power shifts happen rarely and are even less often peaceful. Washington must take heed: Asia is rising fast, with its growing economic power translating into political and military strength. The West must adapt — or be left behind.
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Geopolitics / Grand Strategy – System Perturbation: Conflict in the Age of Globalization
Thomas P.M. Barnett – Thomas Barnett defines system perturbations – how small triggers can have large effects.
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Geopolitics / Nation States – The Fate of the State
Defense and the National Interest – Martin Van Creveld on how The State, which since the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is dying.
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Geopolitics / America – A Conversation with Colin Powell
The Atlantic – PJ O’Rourke interviews Secretary of State Colin Powell. A fascinating insight into how Powell views the world as it relates to the US.
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Geopolitics / Nation States – Through a Glass, Darkly
Defense and the National Interest – Martin Van Creveld with some reflections on the future of war.
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Geopolitics / Egypt – Letter from Cairo: Going Nowhere
New Yorker – In Mubarak’s Egypt, democracy is an idea whose time has not come.
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Geopolitics / Japan – Past its Prime? The Future of the US-Japan Alliance
Parameters – A possible future for the alliance between Japan and the US.
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Geopolitics / Iran – October Suprise?
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind asks if there will be a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s nascent nuclear capabilities before the US presidential election.
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Geopolitics / Empire – The End of Power
Wall Street Journal – Niall Ferguson on how without American hegemony the world would likely return to the dark ages.
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