Monthly Archives: February 2010

Sublime News #2

Posted on February 27, 2010 by AK

1. In response to Gregor’s surprise over my lack of mention of the Dubai assassination – don’t think it’s important or that anything substantial will come out of it. Britain may make a media ruckus over the faking of their … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Demographic Resilience III

Posted on February 24, 2010 by AK

It’s official. Russia’s population grew by 23,300 souls in 2009, for the first time since 1995. The rate of natural increase remained slightly negative for Russia as a whole, though the Siberian and Urals Federal Regions actually saw positive natural population growth … Continue reading →

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Sublime News #1

Posted on February 22, 2010 by AK

I am beginning a new post category, Sublime News, in which I collate and comment on news bits and pieces that I find interesting over the past week. Whatever I write over the week will be automatically published every Saturday, … Continue reading →

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SSR #8: On Future War

Posted on February 18, 2010 by AK

This is the fourth post in my series of Sublime Strategic Reports (SSRs) covering global trends, regions, and geopolitics. In this issue I am going to look at the future of military technology and war strategy in a world of informatization, … Continue reading →

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Review of “Limits to Growth” (Meadows et al.)

Posted on February 16, 2010 by AK

If I could recommend just one book to someone with a business-as-usual outlook, someone who believes human ingenuity and free markets will always bail us out of any resource scarcity or environmental problem, it would be Limits to Growth: The 30-Year … Continue reading →

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The Endgame Begins

Posted on February 13, 2010 by AK

A year ago I predicted that there will be a “decoupling from the unwinding“, as “emerging markets” by and large ride out the temporary shocks of declining Western demand for their exports (China) and the interruption of Western credit intermediation … Continue reading →

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SSR #13: China, The Last Superpower

Posted on February 7, 2010 by AK

This is the third of my Sublime Strategic Reports (SSRs) covering global trends, regions, and geopolitics. After two hundred years of global ascendancy, the West is in rapid relative decline to (re)emerging Asia, which is mounting a steady “Great Reconvergence”. Likewise, the legitimacy … Continue reading →

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Collapse Ethics: Anarchy or Coercion?

Posted on February 4, 2010 by AK

The reaction to my article on the “ecotechnic dictatorship” garnered a vigorous response on this blog, and more of a vitriolic one elsewhere (see below for a summary). So let’s ask the question outright. Suppose that all your observations and … Continue reading →

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Human Sustainable Development Index

Posted on February 3, 2010 by AK

How should the ecotechnic dictatorship measure its progress and define its legitimacy to the people, since continued physical output growth is anathema? How can one reconcile a post-scarcity environment with the sustainably low level of physical throughput that we need … Continue reading →

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