Joel Kotkin believes that continued population growth in the US, projected to reach 100 million more people by 2050, will drive economic growth and a more diverse future. As the population expands, people will flock to stable urban and suburban areas. Parag Khanna argues that China and the EU will emerge as global powers in the coming decades, while America's credibility has declined due to its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Khanna predicts China will form new trade networks that will make it and its partners more prosperous at America's expense.
The Decline and Fall of the American EmpireCODEPINKAlert
As our government debates whether we can "afford" COVID relief, a Green New Deal and universal healthcare, we would be wise to recognize that our only hope of transforming this decadent, declining empire into a dynamic and prosperous post-imperial nation is to rapidly and profoundly shift our national priorities from irrelevant, destructive militarism to the programs of social uplift that Dr. King called for.
1). In The Sources of Soviet Conduct George Kennan (under the al.docxNarcisaBrandenburg70
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In "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" George Kennan (under the alias "X") argues that the United States was fundamentally challenged as a nation-state by the Soviet Union. In trying to account for Soviet conduct, Kennan says a lot about the nature of the United States and its role in the world. Indeed, at the end of the essay he implies that the U.S. holds a moral and political leadership over the rest of the world. Kennan's view of the U.S. is both popular within U.S. politics and as relevant today as it was in the 1947. What can we draw from Kennan to better understand the U.S. role in the world today; and what elements of Kennan's analysis pose challenges to global governance?
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As we face up to the costs both of fundamentalist terrorism and of fighting it, must we not ask ourselves how it is that when we see religion colonize every other realm of human life we call it theocracy and turn up our noses at the odor of tyranny; and when we see politics colonize every other realm of human life we call it absolutism and tremble at the prospect of totalitarianism; but when we see market relations and commercial consumerism try to colonize every other realm of human life we call it liberty and celebrate its triumph? There are too many John Walkers who begin by seeking a refuge from the aggressive secularist materialism of their suburban lives and end up slipping into someone else’s dark conspiracy to rid the earth of materialism’s infidels. If such men are impoverished and without hope as well, they become prime recruits for jihad."
First, does a market based society alienate those marginalized from it; and if so, then is this a sufficient condition to foment terrorism, whether based on Islam or more domestic variants found in the U.S.?
3). Huntington writes, "It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Nation states will remain the most powerflil actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future."
Do you agree with Huntington's hypothesis? Why or why not?
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Experts of international relations feel that irrespective of Pakistan’s regional GDP of US$820.1 billion which is the highest in South Asia, Americans and US Allies, in view of their most disappointing experiences in Iran and Iraq, will never allow Pakistan to become a regional investment center to cover the markets of affluent but troubled Gulf, potentially very dangerous Central Asian Republics and poor in average per capita income but large mass of consumers in South Asia. Their territory of priority is India because they can rely on India against China and Muslim countries of Central Asia and the Gulf region. They want to bring India at par with China in military and economic strength to have a reliable strong ally in the fastest growing economic region of the world. The only One Point Agenda for bi-lateral and multi-lateral dialogue between Muslim heads of state and governments must be Unity at Any Cost! Muslim countries must immediately discuss their genuine and in-genuine differences among themselves either directly or through impartial Muslim countries. Only unity will enable them to survive in the post cold-war twenty first century. They must remember Malaysian Prime Minister’s advice, though for a different reason and from a different platform, “it is better to hang together instead of getting hanged individually.”
The Decline and Fall of the American EmpireCODEPINKAlert
As our government debates whether we can "afford" COVID relief, a Green New Deal and universal healthcare, we would be wise to recognize that our only hope of transforming this decadent, declining empire into a dynamic and prosperous post-imperial nation is to rapidly and profoundly shift our national priorities from irrelevant, destructive militarism to the programs of social uplift that Dr. King called for.
1). In The Sources of Soviet Conduct George Kennan (under the al.docxNarcisaBrandenburg70
1).
In "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" George Kennan (under the alias "X") argues that the United States was fundamentally challenged as a nation-state by the Soviet Union. In trying to account for Soviet conduct, Kennan says a lot about the nature of the United States and its role in the world. Indeed, at the end of the essay he implies that the U.S. holds a moral and political leadership over the rest of the world. Kennan's view of the U.S. is both popular within U.S. politics and as relevant today as it was in the 1947. What can we draw from Kennan to better understand the U.S. role in the world today; and what elements of Kennan's analysis pose challenges to global governance?
2). "
As we face up to the costs both of fundamentalist terrorism and of fighting it, must we not ask ourselves how it is that when we see religion colonize every other realm of human life we call it theocracy and turn up our noses at the odor of tyranny; and when we see politics colonize every other realm of human life we call it absolutism and tremble at the prospect of totalitarianism; but when we see market relations and commercial consumerism try to colonize every other realm of human life we call it liberty and celebrate its triumph? There are too many John Walkers who begin by seeking a refuge from the aggressive secularist materialism of their suburban lives and end up slipping into someone else’s dark conspiracy to rid the earth of materialism’s infidels. If such men are impoverished and without hope as well, they become prime recruits for jihad."
First, does a market based society alienate those marginalized from it; and if so, then is this a sufficient condition to foment terrorism, whether based on Islam or more domestic variants found in the U.S.?
3). Huntington writes, "It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Nation states will remain the most powerflil actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future."
Do you agree with Huntington's hypothesis? Why or why not?
.
Experts of international relations feel that irrespective of Pakistan’s regional GDP of US$820.1 billion which is the highest in South Asia, Americans and US Allies, in view of their most disappointing experiences in Iran and Iraq, will never allow Pakistan to become a regional investment center to cover the markets of affluent but troubled Gulf, potentially very dangerous Central Asian Republics and poor in average per capita income but large mass of consumers in South Asia. Their territory of priority is India because they can rely on India against China and Muslim countries of Central Asia and the Gulf region. They want to bring India at par with China in military and economic strength to have a reliable strong ally in the fastest growing economic region of the world. The only One Point Agenda for bi-lateral and multi-lateral dialogue between Muslim heads of state and governments must be Unity at Any Cost! Muslim countries must immediately discuss their genuine and in-genuine differences among themselves either directly or through impartial Muslim countries. Only unity will enable them to survive in the post cold-war twenty first century. They must remember Malaysian Prime Minister’s advice, though for a different reason and from a different platform, “it is better to hang together instead of getting hanged individually.”
2. Joel Kotkin The Next Hundred Million Kotkin believes that our sharp projected increase of 100,000,000 by 2050 will be the best indicator of long term economic growth. This expansion of our populous will lead to a more diverse and dynamic future for a prosperous America.
3. As the population grows, citizens will flock to stable urban environments to seek out a life dependent on auto-transport and urban-sprawl shopping centers. A swarming to the heartland of America will define it’s 21st century.
4. Kotkin’s predictions for the future of this country are primarily dependent on its most core values and social structure: the family. His viewpoint on what is to come depends on the building blocks of the possible outcome of tomorrow.
5. Parag Khanna’s The Second World This latent global horizon that Khanna describes in great detail outlines China and the European Union’s emergence as global powers in the decades to come. This book is the culmination of Khanna’s travels in foreign lands and conversations with influential and educated men of those lands.
6. Khanna explores all the countries ‘too small to think about’ and breaks them down to what they’re made of, what they have going for them and what their future could hold if they follow the trends of the past and present. His accounts are always optimistic for struggling countries and he has faith in the world, but not America.
7. America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have lead to its loss of credibility as a world power. Largely America can not be trusted to make the right decision and will inevitably fall by the wayside as China forms a new silk road that will lead to prosperity and wealth for itself and its affiliates.