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- A gracious meeting
Robert D. Kaplan speaking at the 92nd St. Y on 68th Street
Today was the day. Curzon, Ana, J.Kende and I made it to see The Man speak on Imperial Grunts. It was a pretty good crowd, no riff-raff (like in DC). Afterwards he signed books and we approached him. Curzon revealed who we were and, [...]
- Does poverty lead to military service?
Prompted to explain their reasons for joining the military, frequent ComingAnarchy.com commenters Eddie and Lirelou gave their reasons here that are too good to languish in the comments section. The question: does poverty make people join the military? Both answered in the negative, citing specific alternatives (in bold).
Eddie Beaver:
“I joined the Navy because [...]
- The race begins
Manhattan from West New York
Robert Kaplan has spoken often on the importance of writing down one’s first impressions when travelling to a new destination. After pulling an all-nighter out of Quebec and getting yanked off the bus at US customs (seems my passport raised some flags, particularly my Islamic Republic of Iran visa) I arrived [...]
- Lebanon Update
I’ve just returned from a few days in Lebanon seeing Beirut, Byblos, Tripoli, Tyre and Baalbeck not to mention no shortage of terrorist propaganda. Once one gets into southern Beirut, it begins. Naturally, most of it was from Hizballah but I also saw posters from the banned (though not in Lebabnon) Hizb ut Tahir as [...]
- The Even Uglier Truth about Mugabe
Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe has destroyed property rights and human rights, yet so many African leaders are understanding, even supportive, of his rule. Why?
We saw the first hints earlier this month:
Namibia expropriates first farm
2 September 2005Mrs Wiese and the 60 black workers and their families living on the farm will have [...]
- Blogger Socialization Alert
Tomorrow morning, Younghusband will arrive in the Big Apple after a long and grueling overnight bus ride from his native Canada. It will be his first time in New York City. I live in the area, and we’ll be hanging out in area for a few days, hearing Kaplan speak on the 27th.
Younghusband [...]
- Dr. Barnett’s Kaplan Jihad
Thanks for the heads up Joe—Barnett takes no prisoners in his latest on Kaplan. Time for a Fisking.
Kaplan’s “classic imperialism” is just “preparing the battlefield” by good SysAdmin work
...But since Kaplan pretty much doesn’t see any of that good stuff happening, he constantly paints this picture of neverending “imperialsm” that merely extends the “keep [...]
- Latin America at our doorstep
For the past few decades, the wealthy in places like Colombia and Venezuela hire personal security companies to guard them from potential kidnappers. Ransom payments are an easy way for the perpetual poor to make a buck, and it’s almost like a side business (check out the film Proof of Life). But just [...]
- Kaplan in DC
Fellow Kaplan enthusiast Phil reported in to Coming Anarchy today with an account of his trip to see The Man speak in DC. Here is a brief quote:
I went to Politics and Prose Bookstore in DC last night to see Robert Kaplan speak about his new book “Imperial Grunts.” It was a good experience. ... [...]
- Enslaving the peasants to save them
Nepal’s Maoists are growing bolder and abducting increasingly numbers of the country’s rural young.
Suspected Maoist rebels have abducted 60 students from a secondary school in Northwest Nepal, the police said on Thursday, reports `The Asian Age’.
The students were abducted on Wednesday from Saraswati Secondary school in Dolpa district, 475 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu, and forcibly [...]
