A VINGANÇA DA GEOGRAFIA

“To understand the coming struggles, all you need is a map of Eurasia…”, uma super actual problemática tratada na edição de Maio da Foreign Policy… Num país cujas elites se divorciaram da geografia (e da geo-política... e que esqueceram a história, com pretextos absurdos), como é este nosso, o texto da FP cai em cheio sobre muitas cabeças:

The Revenge of Geography
By Robert D. Kaplan

People and ideas shape world events, but geography still determines them. To understand the coming struggles, all you need is a map of Eurasia and the insights of the Victorian thinkers who understood it best.

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The Next Big Thing

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The Land of No Smiles

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The Dictator’s Handbook

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