Zeihan IS very interesting, if not always on-target. Accidental Superpower describes the incredible and largely unique geographic and other advantages that America has, and End of the World provides a look at something else I'd never considered: that the corrupt military over-reach America has been guilty of for more than a century had the major benefit of keeping the sea lanes almost entirely free of pirates, both national and independent, so that cheap and reliable trans-ocean shipping could allow for creation of the modern world and low-priced goods for the common man. Much of what we need is ONLY available from one or a few locations; without American overwatch and protection of the oceans, life in the last century would have been far less prosperous for almost everyone.
So. In the event of the collapse of Globalism. And subsequent collapse of U.S interest to patrol trade routes and sea lanes. What your saying is being a Pirate and Privateer could become a legitimate career path again.
Provided you target ships not controlled by the U.S or it’s small ring of Allies according to Zeihans prediction as it stands right now.
Well, provided you not target ships being watched over by whichever faction might be interested in them, assuming ANY faction has the resources to do more than the most sketchy surveillance and protection of the sea lanes in that area.
It takes a LOT of money and a LOT of hardware and operators to both surveil and especially to project the force needed to protect the sea lanes. THAT is why America is slowly pulling away from the job; it costs a lot and the US economy is no longer as large as the rest of the world's put together. Also, we're large and diverse enough economically and geographically that we can survive alone better than most any other nation, at least once we build some of our industries back.
I believe you're thinking of The End of the World is Just the Beginning and The Accidental Superpower EDIT: and The Absent Superpower, the book where he describes the booming energy sector etc.
Zeihan IS very interesting, if not always on-target. Accidental Superpower describes the incredible and largely unique geographic and other advantages that America has, and End of the World provides a look at something else I'd never considered: that the corrupt military over-reach America has been guilty of for more than a century had the major benefit of keeping the sea lanes almost entirely free of pirates, both national and independent, so that cheap and reliable trans-ocean shipping could allow for creation of the modern world and low-priced goods for the common man. Much of what we need is ONLY available from one or a few locations; without American overwatch and protection of the oceans, life in the last century would have been far less prosperous for almost everyone.
So. In the event of the collapse of Globalism. And subsequent collapse of U.S interest to patrol trade routes and sea lanes. What your saying is being a Pirate and Privateer could become a legitimate career path again.
Provided you target ships not controlled by the U.S or it’s small ring of Allies according to Zeihans prediction as it stands right now.
Well, provided you not target ships being watched over by whichever faction might be interested in them, assuming ANY faction has the resources to do more than the most sketchy surveillance and protection of the sea lanes in that area.
It takes a LOT of money and a LOT of hardware and operators to both surveil and especially to project the force needed to protect the sea lanes. THAT is why America is slowly pulling away from the job; it costs a lot and the US economy is no longer as large as the rest of the world's put together. Also, we're large and diverse enough economically and geographically that we can survive alone better than most any other nation, at least once we build some of our industries back.