The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
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Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#2And so the final imperative of the dominant power of North America is to ensure that this never happens - to keep Eurasia divided among as many different (preferably mutually hostile) powers as possible.
What a disturbing view of the world.
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#3And so the final imperative of the dominant power of North America is to ensure that this never happens - to keep Eurasia divided among as many different (preferably mutually hostile) powers as possible. What a disturbing view of the world.
Disturbing that Stratfor thinks this, or disturbing to you that they might be right?
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#4According to Wikipedia the inland waterways of the US carry cargo worth $73 billion each year - which is about 4% of US GDP. In that context the fascination with inland waterways seems a bit odd.
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#5According to Wikipedia the inland waterways of the US carry cargo worth $73 billion each year - which is about 4% of US GDP. In that context the fascination with inland waterways seems a bit odd.
Given the context, you'd also want to look at the historical importance. The rust belt wouldn't be where it is except for those inland waterways.
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#6And so the final imperative of the dominant power of North America is to ensure that this never happens - to keep Eurasia divided among as many different (preferably mutually hostile) powers as possible. What a disturbing view of the world.
Disturbing that Stratfor thinks this, or disturbing to you that they might be right?
People thinking this way, people in relevant positions thinking this way, people trying to implement this and people successfully implementing this in order of increasing unease.
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#7> coastal plain of the Pacific Northwest
Where's that?
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#8Part Deux is here:
https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/geopolitics-united-states-...
It occurs to me that what Strat4 is doing here is forecasting. Extrapolating from historic bases of power to predict the emergence of future hegemons. But wouldn't it be possible to achieve a more data-driven, empirical analysis? Might make a sweet Kaggle crowd prediction problem ;)
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#9I'm not sure that we should feel the need for this kind of imperialism in the 21st century. We can certainly "defend our borders" militarily, but wouldn't it be wise to make sure our economy can be sustained regardless of the actions of other countries?
I think another take-away is that we should be transporting more goods by rail and water. The decline of our railways has helped the oil companies but has resulted in a huge number of truck-car deaths at the same time it's increased transportation costs. We should move more towards using trucking only for local deliveries.
Re: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
#10And so the final imperative of the dominant power of North America is to ensure that this never happens - to keep Eurasia divided among as many different (preferably mutually hostile) powers as possible. What a disturbing view of the world.
Surely this isn't the first time you've encountered this idea? Britain explicitly held this policy for hundreds of years with regards to continental Europe (make sure neither France nor Germany could take over the whole continent).