Tag Archives: resource depletion

The Century without an Indian Summer

Posted on July 8, 2010 by AK

How will the global South fare in our likely future of energy shortages, climate change and resource nationalism (and wars)? India has China’s population mass, but lacks its industrial dynamism and human capital. Africa has Russia’s energy and mineral wealth, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Sublime Oblivion | Tagged agriculture, bangladesh, china, climate change, collapse, culture, economy, education, energy, environment, futurism, geopolitics, global warming, imperialism, india, internat, military, pakistan, peak water, resource depletion, ssr, vision, water | 16 Comments

Sublime News #8 – #9

Posted on April 19, 2010 by AK

1. The revolution in Kyrgyzstan to be covered in Sublime News #10 – this issue is packed enough as it is. For now, read Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Resurgence (free Stratfor) for a summary. 2. Putin made a conciliatory speech on the 70th … Continue reading →

Posted in Sublime News | Tagged afghanistan, asia, authoritarianism, britain, caucasus, central asia, chechnya, china, climate change, coal, collapse, demography, economy, energy, Humor, hungary, imperialism, india, iraq, islam, israel, kyrgyzstan, liberasty, mexico, middle east, military, news 2010, north korea, palestine, peak oil, poland, resource depletion, rise of the rest, Russia Resources, russophobes, shale gas, thermoeconomics, turkey, ukraine, usa, venezuela, volcanos | 9 Comments

Sublime News #7

Posted on April 4, 2010 by AK

1. The Moscow terakts. Frankly, there is little point to me adding more to the excellent coverage / meta-commentary provided by Mark Adomanis (1, 2, 3), Sean Guillory (1, 2, 3, 4), A Good Treaty (1, 2), Leos Tomicek (1), … Continue reading →

Posted in Sublime News | Tagged britain, economy, geoengineering, germany, greece, history, iraq, liberasty, life, military, north korea, nuclear, poland, resource depletion, Russia Resources, russophobes, serbia, stalin, terrorism, venezuela, water, western hypocrisy, western media | 26 Comments

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 →

Posted in Sublime News | Tagged britain, china, climate change, corruption, demography, geopolitics, hi-tech, Humor, latin america, liberasty, military, morale, news 2010, peak oil, politics, resource depletion, Russia Resources, russophobes, turkey, ukraine, usa, war | 11 Comments

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 →

Posted in Reviews, Sublime Oblivion | Tagged agriculture, climate change, collapse, economy, energy, pollution, resource depletion, review, Reviews, vision | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion | Tagged agriculture, authoritarianism, china, climate change, coal, culture, energy, environment, finance, geopolitics, imperialism, international relations, japan, military, morale, politics, resource depletion, ssr, usa, vision, water | 12 Comments

Interview @ Siberian Light

Posted on December 7, 2009 by AK

Posted in Da Russophile | Tagged collapse, core article, human rights, imperialism, interview, liberasty, life, me, morale, philosophy, politics, putin, rant, resource depletion, Russia Resources, russians, russophobes, singularity, soviet union, usa, western hypocrisy, western media | Comments Off

Russia’s Sisyphean Loop

Posted on November 17, 2009 by AK

Anatoly Karlin @ www.SublimeOblivion.com PDF version | DOC version Russia’s Sisyphean Loop The Eternal Return to the Future? In this article I attempt to explain Russia’s historical cycles of failed Westernization and to project its future socio-political trajectory. First, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion | Tagged authoritarianism, communism, core article, corruption, culture, demography, economy, geopolitics, history, imperialism, jews, liberasty, medvedev, military, morale, poland, putin, resource depletion, Russia Resources, russians, soviet union, stalin, vision, western hypocrisy, western media | 5 Comments

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The Century without an Indian Summer

Sublime News #8 – #9

Sublime News #7

Sublime News #1

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

SSR #13: China, The Last Superpower

Interview @ Siberian Light

Russia’s Sisyphean Loop

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