Thomas P.M. Barnett
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| Esquire Articles The Man Between War and Peace Esquire, March 2008 If, in the dying light of the Bush administration, we go to war with Iran, it'll all come down to one man. If we do not go to war with Iran, it'll come down to the same man. He is that rarest of creatures in the Bush universe: the good cop on Iran, and a man of strategic brilliance. His name is William Fallon, although all of his friends call him "Fox," which was his fighter-pilot call sign decades ago. John Robb: Keeping up with Terrorists Esquire, December 2007 John Robb's "Global Guerrillas" of the twenty-first century don't aspire to defeat our militaries nor topple our governments, but merely to bankrupt both, hollowing out the West's institutions to the point where Osama bin Laden's vision of the future -- that is, his feudal order -- carries the day. Tom's 6 of the 2007 Esquire 100 Esquire, September 2007 Nos. 5 Through 9: The Next Five States No. 40: Sea-Traffic Control The Americans Have Landed Esquire, July 2007 A few years ago, with little fanfare, the United States opened a base in the horn of Africa to kill or capture Al Qaeda fighters. By 2012, the Pentagon will have two dozen such forts. The story of Africa Command, the American military's new frontier outpost. [And be sure to check out our Americans Have Landed page with many resources related to this article.] The State of the World: Author's Commentary Track: In this exclusive post, writer Thomas P.M. Barnett reassesses and updates his overview of the global geopolitical situation.Esquire, May 2007 Mark Warren, my editor at Esquire asked me to write a blog post on "The State of the World" in order to extend or update it a bit. So... This behemoth weighs in at roughly 6,500 words -- 500 longer than the actual piece. Oh well, Marty Scorsese always out-blabs his own movies when he does commentary, but that’s the whole idea, is it not? The State of the World: A special, in-depth examination of a post-Bush world, covering the good, the bad, and the unknown. Esquire, May 2007 Now that the Bush presidency is over, it's time those of us left behind assess the damage and seize the opportunities. There's plenty of both. But there's no time to waste, so let's get started: the good news, the bad news, and the news that could change everything. No. 042: The Country to Watch Esquire, October 2006, p. 177 Let me give you the four scariest words I can't pronounce in Arabic: Egypt after Hosni Mubarak. Osama picked the time (9/11), and Bush picked the venue (Iraq), but this fight between radical Islam and globalization's integrating forces was preordained the day Deng Xiaoping set in motion China's economic rise almost three decades ago. You can't rapidly add billions of new capitalists to the global economy and pretend the Islamic Middle East will remain queerly disconnected forever, somehow fire-walled from that borglike assimilation. The Monks of War.
If official Washington has trouble learning from its mistakes, the
generals fighting the war in Iraq have no such luxury. And there are
many lessons to learn. The Chinese Are Our Friends. .
. despite everything you hear from the fearmongers at the Pentagon.
Don't listen to them. The Sino-American partnership will define the
twenty-first century
Donald Rumsfeld: Old Man in a Hurry (The
inside story of how Donald H. Rumsfeld transformed the Pentagon, in
which we learn about wire-brushing, deep diving, and a secret society
called the Slurg)
Dear Mr. President, Here's How
to Make Sense of Your Second Term, Secure Your Legacy, and, oh yeah,
Create a Future Worth Living
Mr. President, Here's How To
Make Sense Of Our Iraq Strategy
The Pentagon's New Map
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