Comments on: Becoming a Micropower

By: vijay

vijay — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:36:23 +0000

Some insight into micropowers and macropowers.
After hearing them I saw Chirol’s ‘Strategic Real Estate’ flow diagram. I think Europe is a micropower!???

Must see and hear the conversation between
Noam Chomsky and Robert Trivers.
Posting the link below.

http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/09/seed_video_feature_noam_chomsk.php

By: Mutantfrog

Mutantfrog — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:09:07 +0000

“groups like Hizballah and Iraqi insurgents deny Israel and the US victories”

Israel is a strange case. Sure, their hard power (military) is vital to their survival, but, particularly in their early history, they also relied on many of the “micropower” strategies that you ellucidate.

“Be a small state actor in control of some amount of territory.”
Not to be pedantic, but you need to define “small” as used here. Small territory? Small population? Small economy? Small military influence? After all, your example country of Ukraine is larger in some ways than any of its non-Russian neighbors.

By: Chirol

Chirol — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:57:58 +0000

John: I think so.

By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Georgia: Little Engine that Can?

ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Georgia: Little Engine that Can? — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:52:13 +0000

[...] I recently discussed the emerging concept of micropowers, building on a discussion started by Moises Naim and John Robb. [...]

By: Registan.net

Registan.net — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:14:42 +0000

Georgia’s Salesman

Georgia is quite lucky to have Mikheil Saakashvili at the helm. If nothing else, the man is quite effective at selling a certain image of Georgia to the West that has enhanced Georgia’s international profile and put in well on the path to becomin…

By: John Robb

John Robb — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:49:29 +0000

Is there any room in this definition for the coercive micropower? The state that isn’t a node in the flow but can disrupt the flow of others?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:19:56 +0000

There is a lesson here for those of us of transhumanist orientation.

By: Chirol

Chirol — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:07:40 +0000

You’re absolutely right. I’d scribbled s.th to that effect in my notes. They need to be ethnically and/or religiously homogenous.

By: Shloky

Shloky — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:41:20 +0000

I think there may be something to be said regarding the ethnic/religious makeup of these micropowers (as stated in the CIA World Factbook)-

Georgia –
Religion: Orthodox Christian 83.9%
Ethnic Group: Georgian 83.8%

And Ukraine’s majority ethnic group – Ukrainian 77.8%