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Indeed, what is at work in the recent return of realism is the revenge of geography in the most old-fashioned sense. In the 18th and 19th centuries, before the arrival of political science as an academic specialty, geography was an honored, if not always formalized, discipline in which politics, culture, and economics were often conceived of in reference to the relief map. Thus, in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, mountains and the men who grow out of them were the first order of reality; ideas, however uplifting, were only the second.
And yet, to embrace geography is not to accept it as an implacable force against which humankind is powerless. Rather, it serves to qualify human freedom and choice with a modest acceptance of fate. This is all the more important today, because rather than eliminating the relevance of geography, globalization is reinforcing it. Mass communications and economic integration are weakening many states, exposing a Hobbesian world of small, fractious regions. Within them, local, ethnic, and religious sources of identity are reasserting themselves, and because they are anchored to specific terrains, they are best explained by reference to geography. Like the faults that determine earthquakes, the political future will be defined by conflict and instability with a similar geographic logic. The upheaval spawned by the ongoing economic crisis is increasing the relevance of geography even further, by weakening social orders and other creations of humankind, leaving the natural frontiers of the globe as the only restraint.
So we, too, need to return to the map, and particularly to what I call the “shatter zones” of Eurasia. We need to reclaim those thinkers who knew the landscape best. And we need to update their theories for the revenge of geography in our time.
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My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than other factors. Quite obviously, power will continue to play a central role in global politics, as it always does. But usually there is something else behind conflicts. In the 18th century in Europe, the issues to a large extent involved questions of monarchy versus the emerging republican movements, first in America and then in France. In the 19th century, it involved states identifying themselves through nationalism. In the 20th century, ideology came to the fore, largely, but not exclusively, as a result of the Russian Revolution. We had fascism, communism and liberal democracy competing with each other. Well, that’s pretty much over. Liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice. So the question really is what will be the central focus of global politics in the coming decades? My argument remains that cultural identities, antagonisms and affiliations will not only play a role, but play a major role in relations between states. The full interview is here.

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Every citizen in the City of Richardson will be able to access 756 Kbps of internet connectivity for free, from anywhere in the city. They will be able to access the internet from their homes, schools, restaurants and parks using standard wi-fi connections which are now installed on almost every notebook computer. That is almost as fast as many so-called high speed broadband connections that one pays dearly for today, and several times faster than the various hotspots at your local coffee shops. And I should note that the tax-payers of the City of Richardson are not paying one penny for this, and in fact are going to see additional revenues as a benefit. ... At the beginning of this letter, I suggested that this would be one of the fastest worldwide rollouts of a technology ever seen. It was just 20 years ago that the first cellular systems were being built. The rollout for mesh wireless systems is going to make that look slow. There are several reasons I make this assertion. But they all center on the facts that installing mesh systems will be cheaper and easier than any previous system and the economics in both the developed and especially the developing world will be so radically compelling. Throw in the fact the any astute politician will want to be at the front of this parade (They will all want to say, "I was the man who helped bring free internet to everyone!") and the groundwork is laid for rapid deployment. In Richardson and elsewhere, MeshLinx is offering the basic infrastructure for free. This avoids all the time consuming, political budget battles in the cities. When a service is offered for free, much of the mandated competitive process is eliminated. Next is the low cost of installation of the system. As noted above, Richardson is a city of roughly 100,000 people living in 27.4 square miles. It will "only" cost about $2,000,000 today to lay the wireless blanket I mentioned above. It will cost a great deal less in the future, as MeshLinx is building the pods at a pace of 100 a month today. The maximum output of the US pilot assembly line is 500 a month. When the demand exceeds this (and it will in a very short time) discussions have been held to move volume production to China. Of course, the world will need tens of millions of pods. The cost for a pod will be a fraction of today's cost, with that installation number for a city like Richardson soon being half (or less) the cost of today. What does that $1 or 2 million get you? The infrastructure to be an internet connection, telephone, security, entertainment provider and a whole lot more company. As noted, it will get cheaper as the number of pods being made each month rises, thus lowering their costs dramatically. This technology does have scale. The cost of physically putting up a pod is not a large part of the equation, as you simply need to run a power line, attach a few bolts to a mount on the side of a building or light pole and then off to the next point. Think about the 40,000 homes and businesses in Richardson. If and (hopefully) over time when 10% decide to pay $50 a month for 10-20 Mbps high speed internet access you could see a revenue of $2.5 million a year just from internet access. Now add in all the other income possibilities (phone, entertainment, security and don't forget advertising revenue on the free service!). Think about your town or country. What would service like this be worth? If you are a small city that does not have high speed connections available, how many businesses that could bring jobs do not come your way because they need reliable communications for their work and their employees? If you are in a developing country, where internet access is difficult and expensive, it will open whole new vistas. Couple that with the various programs which want to give cheap laptops to kids in poor countries, and you could see significant social progress in a generation. Here is the link.

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

The Tatmadaw-linked US Capitol lockdown points to nuclear powered-drones?

This post should be read together with my last post.

As the title suggests, I am into completely uncharted territory.To assuage myself,I have been googling for some links to support this post.All I could find are the some security analysts whose unconfirmed 'information' support my viewpoint.But I do not want to name those analysts.

The best I can do is to re-read a past post of mine to make my point that this post is not the first time I tried venturing into risky but rewarding piece of writing.Let's go to a relevant section of my past post.

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Now,the decisive question--

Does the date 11th Dec 2018 bring the narrative of the predators towards the New Lazang sector along the India Burma border?

now,the surreal question--

Did the predators attack the elite commandos of the India's military in the battle of 11th Dec 2018?

This question makes me all shaken up to the core of my being.So far,I have been simply coming to a point where my objective deductions make me travel to.But this particular deduction makes me stunned.

Is this scenario of predators as the tools of war possible?

Is it biological warfare?

This is terrifyingly disorienting for me.

But I should not end abruptly.I should return to the mundane affairs of this update.We have the last question--

Does this possibility of the predators as the tools of war make our first groups within the Manipuri society sense that the existence of the predators would tilt the competition decisively against them?

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The above reproduction is from a post,entitled,'11th Dec 18--the day of the 2nd battle of the 1st war of Kurukshetra?(updated)',dated 13th Dec 2018.

We should not take the points raised in the above reproduced part of my past post lightly.There are two reasons:

(a) The US Defense Department officials,in their press briefings,accused China of trying to biologically 'enhance' their soldiers.

(b) Now,Elon Musk's Neuralink have already implanted a chip inside a monkey's brain.The monkey can play video games by itself.

Now,I will summarize how I come to the idea of a nuclear powered-drones.

(1) If we re-read my last post,it is to be noted that we expect a lot of bloodshed in the aftermath of the casualties in the Tatmadaw side in the Nampalong battlefield.

The next day itself we saw a heavy blood shedding in central India.

But the scale of bloodletting seen there is almost normal now-a-days.

(2) So,(1) is not the story the 'Tatmadaw-US Capitol' narrative had to tell the world.

So,what's the story?

Where do we find it?

These are the questions that kept me fixated to the news sources I trust most.

(3) Suddenly,I have found something interesting.

The story was the payment of one million dollar as the commission for the Rafale deal.As I read the news I became disappointed as it had now pointed out the payment was meant for miniature model of Rafale.'What is this story',I said to myself.

(4) Then,it happened.

Out of blue,one topic became trending in Twitter.

The topic is like this: "The Government of India will give one billion US dollar in cash if anyone come forward to 'make-in-India' chips in India".

This is the trigger to make me think of drones and Meng Wanzhou.

Meng Wangxhou is the CFO of Huawei,who is under arrest in Canada.Canada arrested her as its Southern neighbour officially want her extradited to their land,the US.The arrest and the ongoing trial of Meng hanzhou is the only tangible episode where one put his/her finger on the much-trumpeted US-China rivalry.

Meng and chips are connected.This we can understand graphically if we know that Huawei was forced to sell off it sub-brand,Honor.The reason is that Huawei cannot find any vendor to supply enough chips.All the chipmakers have parts which has patented US tech.And US government had blacklisted Huawei.So,any chipmaker selling chips to Huawei is liable to be prosecuted under the US laws.

Here,we must note that China is the only country in the world which is producing chips not containing US-patented tech.But their products are not state-of-the-art yet.The current and competitive phones(like Huawei make) need the state-of-the-art chips.

(5) But drones? What about drones?I know drones have chips but it is a weak connection.Another link is the miniature model of Rafale.This second link is also weak. I am looking for robust connection.

Again,I kept reading news minutely,trying to seek out the unexpected and veiled details.

(6) Again,it happened.

I was reading the news of Russian forces amassing its troops and weaponry along the Ukraine border.It started on the 1st of April 2021.Right now,heavy fighting is reported around Donbass.

The situation becomes so dire that the US Army chief is forced to have telephonic discussion about the matter with his Russian counterpart.

As the mass transportation was happening several security analysts have quoted unconfirmed sources as saying that Russian have now successfully miniaturize nuclear propulsion so that that their mobile SAM units can be re-fueled only once in six months.If it is true it is a huge development.

We should not wave aside their report.

Every nation has secretly working on miniaturization of nuclear proplusion.Even some US space startups has put their money on the nuclear-powered rocket engine--they are not aiming for some distant future but ,are aiming for workable prototype within some years.

Has the Chinese beaten them all in the race of manufacturing of deployment ready nuclear-powered drones?

This is a huge question.

But if we go back to the points mentioned in (a) and (b) above,we can safely say that the possibility is quite real.

In this backdrop,we should drag in the special relationship between the 'Unseen actors' and China.

As in the case of the predators,the nuclear-powered drones must be deployed first by the 'Unseen actors'.

As was discussed in my last post,we had expected attacks on the base areas of the rebel groups of Manipur,who,along with New Delhi,pulled the strings to attack the Tatmadaw in and around Namphalong.

My gut feelings tell me those attacks had already happened,inflicting heavy losses to the bases located along India-Burma border.

These rebel groups,secretly aligning with India.are now severely weakened,both morally and militarily.

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