the shadows of an empire in decline

Chinese state and capitalist class building Eurasian land bridge connecting East, Central, South, and Southeast Asia with Europe and Russia via hundreds of billions of dollars worth of high-speed rail, highways, and oil pipelines. ..

steven pinker on the alleged decline of violence

This optimistic theme coincides with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s ongoing wars on at least four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America) and the US military’s spread to more than eight hundred bases worldwide; the US-led NATO bloc’s rapid post-Soviet growth and..

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