The above three pipelines to China, India and the Koreas (should they be built) would make one third of humanity beholden to Russia’s energy resources and provide Russia inordinate power on the world stage, which could make its shenanigans in Europe a fond memory. However, the United States has failed to articulate an alternative vision for Asia’s energy security. And that’s another reason why the sanctions are doomed to failure.Macrobits by Marshall Auerback
Russia Uses The Natural Gas Weapon Again
Marshall Auerback
"Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland;
who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island;
who rules the World-Island controls the world."
— Halford J. Mackinder, Democratic Ideals and Reality, 1919, p. 194
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Another great piece of economic and geopolitical analysis by Marshall Auerback.
The kind of perceptive, non-ideological, clear cut stuff we won't easily find in mainstream media.
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