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Samo Burja: Bismarck Analysis and geopolitical uncertainty

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

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Russia and the 20th Century

Russia's gea politics demands its expansion to hit natural boundaries so it can more easily defend its vast borders. One of the big technological factors that will determine a lot about the geo politics of the next forty years is liquefied natural gas. Oil has been one of the most globilizing forces in world history. It makes sense to have a global energy market in oil, but not hydro or electric power. Natural gas poured onto an ocean tanker cannot be shipped on these pipe lines around the world. And building of pipe lines has been very much discussed in euroan gea politics.

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