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The Century without an Indian Summer

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

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SSR #13: China, The Last Superpower

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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SSR #10: Europe, The Black Continent

This is the first of fifteen Sublime Strategic Reports (SSRs) covering global trends, regions, and geopolitics. I am going to start off by looking at Europe, defined as the region under the influence of Western Christianity and/or the European Union … Continue reading

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