Thursday, April 06, 2006
MA THESIS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PLAN TO WRITE ON ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, ENERGY SECURITY, MILITARY RESTRUCTURING ...
. Thomas P. M. Barnett
Check out Thomas Barnett's blog. Barnett is a "grand strategist". In other words, he concentrates on "macro" issues, not on details. Nevertheless, his two books have caused quite a stir in the U.S. defense community (*).
Essentially, Barnett argues that connectivity, the driving force behind the process of globalization, determines the overall security outlook. "Show me a country that is disconnected from the world economy", says Barnett, "and I will show you a security problem".
In his view, the world is divided into a connected Core (OECD countries), an increasingly connected New Core (India, China, Brazil, etc.) and a disconnected Gap (Africa, the Middle East, parts of Asia and Latin America). With this framework in mind, Barnett regularly makes bold forecasts in the fields of asymmetric warfare, conflict resolution, energy security, and (especially) military restructuring.
(*) The Pentagon's New Map. War and Peace in the Twenty First Century (New York: Putnam, 2004) and Blueprint for Action. A Future Worth Creating (New York: Putnam, 2005).
. Thomas P. M. Barnett
Check out Thomas Barnett's blog. Barnett is a "grand strategist". In other words, he concentrates on "macro" issues, not on details. Nevertheless, his two books have caused quite a stir in the U.S. defense community (*).
Essentially, Barnett argues that connectivity, the driving force behind the process of globalization, determines the overall security outlook. "Show me a country that is disconnected from the world economy", says Barnett, "and I will show you a security problem".
In his view, the world is divided into a connected Core (OECD countries), an increasingly connected New Core (India, China, Brazil, etc.) and a disconnected Gap (Africa, the Middle East, parts of Asia and Latin America). With this framework in mind, Barnett regularly makes bold forecasts in the fields of asymmetric warfare, conflict resolution, energy security, and (especially) military restructuring.
(*) The Pentagon's New Map. War and Peace in the Twenty First Century (New York: Putnam, 2004) and Blueprint for Action. A Future Worth Creating (New York: Putnam, 2005).
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