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Eric Engle's avatar

Certainly anyone over 50 will want to put the shaft to the ancient enemy. Younger than that need some history lessons.

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Robert A Mosher (he/him)'s avatar

Several random thoughts this morning as I finish the morning pot of coffee after casting my early ballot yesterday morning. Beginning with the thought that we are seeing an upscale model (thanks to modern technology) of the balance of power/great game played by Britain in the 1800s (with a glance towards Mackinder). NATO and the EU were intended in part to constrain the member states within generally acceptable patterns of policy and behavior- though I sometimes worry that these communities are too tolerant of some of the excesses found in some member states. Sun Tzu and other thinkers in China and India go on at great length and without the added geographical attachments about how smaller to larger states can interact to achieve their goals. As for China, I’m a bit more worried today about managing its decline (as well as Xi’s decline) as its economy shows the strains of past demographic policies, corruption, and the burden of geopolitical and economic decisions made to benefit Xi rather than China. Excellent discussions here, btw.

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