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Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Commenting on a recentish NYT report on foreign fighters flooding into Pakistan to support al Qaeda and Taliban militants, Thomas Barnett observes, Spray one apartment and the bugs move over to the next. Wherever there’s the least resistance or the most opportunity, you find them clustered. The Anbar awakening ruins al Qaeda’s long-term chances in Iraq, and so the clustering refocuses...
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Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Thomas Barnett of Strike Anywhere sat down for a lengthy interview with French website, Bang Bang . (Though the site is French, the interview itself is in English.) Thomas discusses everything from the recent American Hardcore film to the future of recorded music, at least for Strike Anywhere: Seems like labels and bands are scrambling to find the gravity in their lives, to figure...
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Journal (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
(h/t Thomas Barnett ) It's fascinating how almost every negative economic or environmental development is followed by some reporter or commenter predicting doom. We're doomed because of global warming, doomed because of "overpopulation," doomed because of rising oil prices, etc. Isn't this paranoia? Anyway, people are predicting "doom" for China because the cost of transportation of manufactured...
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Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
ARTICLE: Iran: The Threat, By Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, Volume 55, Number 12, July 17, 2008 Here's the part about Tom: Until his resignation in March, Fallon often contradicted and undermined the tough talk of the administration,...
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Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
In a lengthy interview which saw Thomas Barnett talking about human rights festivals, fans' ideals, political agendas, the boring life of selfishness, the beauty of Peggy's Cove and more, Barnett noted the band's upcoming recording plans: Since none of us live in the same cities anymore, it would be [nearly] impossible to get together and rehearse and write for too long. So I think...
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Global Guerrillas (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... uncertainty of the upcoming US elections, makes an attack by Israel on Iran almost certain. NOTE: Thomas Barnett is thinking along similar lines with " All systems go for war ."
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OS Galaxy (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Don`t plan for war unless you plan for the peace -- Thomas Barnett: The Pentagon's new map for war and peace. This Barnett guy is quite a character, and he`s as direct as they come. He describes a "system administrator" force that needs building to put countries back together and connect them to the global economy after the fighting is over. It`s a force we obviously don`t have...
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Phil Windley's Technometria (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
David Eaves posted a piece overlaying the Firefox 3 Pledge Map and Thomas Barnett's map that divides the world into the "the functioning core" and the "non-integrated gap." As you might expect, there's a high correlation. People in the...
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Rational Security (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
"...everyone who wants to make a difference should just go ahead and get their own foreign policy and stop waiting on change from above."-- Thomas Barnett Inspired by my friend Gunnar Peterson, I've committed to begin funding Kiva Micro-loans in...
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Fresh Bilge (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
... of Lind made me momentarily doubtful. Further down Robb’s page, however, I encountered links to Thomas Barnett — a utopian technophile and American exceptionalist whom have mentioned and linked once or twice in the past. Evidently Robb’s ideology falls somewhere between Lind and Barnett, which I regard as a good place to be. Ahem. So allow me to recommend his weblog for your...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
WASHINGTON — A key Democratic senator on Tuesday urged the Justice Department to block the purchase of two U.S. meatpackers by Brazilian beef processor JBS Swift. The acquisitions would make JBS Swift the largest beef processor in the U.S. and could harm domestic cattle ranchers and beef consumers by substantially reducing competition, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., wrote in a letter to Thomas Barnett,...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
... prior to a final decision," Chilton said in a prepared statement.Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Barnett said the DOJ is pleased with Copenhaver's decision."The Antitrust Division's lawsuit seeks to protect consumers, remedy the competitive damaged already done in Charleston, and ensure that the long-standing competition between The Charleston Gazette and the Daily Mail is...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
... prior to a final decision," Chilton said in a prepared statement.Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Barnett said the DOJ is pleased with Copenhaver's decision.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
... prior to a final decision," Chilton said in a prepared statement.Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Barnett said the DOJ is pleased with Copenhaver's decision."The Antitrust Division's lawsuit seeks to protect consumers, remedy the competitive damaged already done in Charleston, and ensure that the long-standing competition between The Charleston Gazette and the Daily Mail is...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
What are the geopolitics of open source? To find out I thought it would be interested to see how Thomas Barnett’s map meshed with the Spread Mozilla Firefox 3 download pledge map. Some brief background for those not familiar with “The Pentagon’s New Map.” It is a map that sits at the heart of a book of the same title written a few years ago by Barnett. It is a compelling take on...
