Our good friends at Neweurasia.net have posted their latest cross-blog survey Central Eurasia in 2021. Featured are a number of articles that cover a wide range of topics including terror in Xinjiang and a prosperous Tajikistan. Unfortunately there isn’t anything on Turkmenistan (yet?), which is going to be in some serious near-term flux. 15 years is a long time out for forecasting; basically anything could happen, but these articles will clue you in to some of the long-term trends of the region.
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James
December 21, 2006
3:16 pm
Yeah, Peter was about to finish the Turkmenistan post when that news flashed across his screen. He is writing a new one in light of today's events.
John Konop
December 21, 2006
9:25 pm
This is an editorial on the web site economy in crisis. Do you think Americans should be concerned with our kid's future due to poorly negotiated trade and immigration policy?
PREPARE YOUR KIDS FOR THE FUTURE — AS A SERVANT
EC-In 1994, more than 1 in 8 jobs in America was in manufacturing. In 2014, if US government (Bureau of Labor Statistics) projections are to be believed, that figure will have slipped to less than 1 in 12.
The government is actually telling us in black and white that the policies that they are enacting will decrease absolute and relative manufacturing employment to levels below that of the 1950's "“ over 2 million jobs below. In the 1950's, 30% of US employees were in manufacturing "“ almost one in three jobs! This country was a relative manufacturing superpower.
In less than 20 years since America put in place some of its most self-devastating policy decisions (NAFTA, WTO, CAFTA, etc.), this country will have almost completely converted from a self-sufficient sovereign state, capable of manufacturing what it needs to sustain and protect itself, to a country of servants "“ serfs, working at the behest of foreign employers or engaged in the sales, marketing, and distribution of foreign-made goods "“ working at their discretion, for wages they determine, and forced to pay their prices for needed goods. This is the definition of a servant.