There are many people issuing dire warnings about out of control AI, Artificial Intelligence, but there are others, such as Ray Kurzweil and, especially, Ben Goetzel of MIRI, Larry Page and Eric […]
Ideological Wars and How to Lose Friends
Wars have generally been waged by countries against countries, or levied against a country’s leader, but much like Huntington’s thesis in his book, Clash of Civilisations, the current wars in the Middle […]
Sanctions, are they successful?
Sanctions seldom work and, if pursued, they can have unintended consequences. One of the best examples was the oil embargo imposed by the United States on Japan in 1941, which prompted Japan […]
China and Russia, a symbiotic alliance
There are daily references to the “new” Cold War but, is it a new Cold War or simply a continuation of one that was put on hold? The animosity toward and […]
Human Evolution, next step, ASI
As the introduction to this blog states, it will deal with a number of issues, all of which impact on global geopolitics and until now one subject has been sorely neglected, that […]
The Monroe Doctrine 21st Century Version
The Monroe Doctrine, laid out in 1823 by the then US President James Monroe, warned European powers not to interfere in Latin American affairs. Latin America was considered to be America’s backyard […]
The Politics of Fear or, Cry Wolf
Several articles have featured the title “Politics of Fear” recently and fear, it seems, as in Orwell’s 1984, has always played a deciding role in conflicts in American society and politics but, […]
Global Implications of Artificial Intelligence
An article titled The Robots are Coming for your Job was published in the University of Virginia magazine. The author, Darden School of Business Professor Dr. Hess, postulates that close to two-thirds […]
America, a War Economy
In 1967, a book, The Report from Iron Mountain, was published and it details the analyses of a government panel that concludes that war, or a credible substitute for war, is necessary […]
Canada, the US and Schadenfreude
The reaction by Obama and Harper to the recent shooting in Canada struck me as Schadenfreude. For both, the shooting served to justify their intervention in the Middle East and Obama can […]
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