Darkhole
13th July 2008, 02:15 AM
By Peter Zeihan
As students of geopolitics, we at Stratfor tend not to get overexcited when this or that plan for regional peace is tabled. Many of the world’s conflicts are geographic in nature, and changes in government or policy only rarely supersede the hard topography that we see as the dominant sculptor of the international system. Island states tend to exist in tension with their continental neighbors. Two countries linked by flat arable land will struggle until one emerges dominant. Land-based empires will clash with maritime cultures, and so on.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/new_era
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As students of geopolitics, we at Stratfor tend not to get overexcited when this or that plan for regional peace is tabled. Many of the world’s conflicts are geographic in nature, and changes in government or policy only rarely supersede the hard topography that we see as the dominant sculptor of the international system. Island states tend to exist in tension with their continental neighbors. Two countries linked by flat arable land will struggle until one emerges dominant. Land-based empires will clash with maritime cultures, and so on.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/new_era
Since you're fairly new, I'll explain instead of simply editing your post. We don't permit posting copyrighted material here in it's entirety. No more than a paragraph is suggested, along with a link (which you supplied) to the source so interested parties can go an view it. Please review Rule 4 and it's footnote. I've edited your quote down to an acceptable level as a guideline. Please don't do this again in the future, though. Thanks!