Tag Archives: Geopolitics

Stratfor: China’s Expanding Maritime Claims

Posted on January 22, 2013 by macromon

This is really good stuff and what we see as the biggest swan risk of 2013 “China is using its presence to make a case in any future international mediation that possession is nine- tenths of the law and China … Continue reading →

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Stratfor: Robert D. Kaplan on the Rise of Asia

Posted on December 16, 2012 by macromon

Given today’s landslide election in Japan, which returned Shinzo Abe back to power, we leave you with some great analysis by Stratfor’s Robert Kaplan. I think we have been too long taking Asia’s stability for granted…I can see signs of … Continue reading →

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Stratfor: Demographics and Geopolitics

Posted on October 1, 2012 by macromon

Good piece by George Friedman on global demographic trends.  The solution to declining populations?   Technology. …today, countries like Germany and Japan are facing massive population busts… It’s not the falling population that’s the problem…worst of all, it’s a falling and … Continue reading →

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