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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Category Archives: Geopolitics
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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