I have been replaced, and this is a very good thing . . .
From: Manuel Sandoval
To: asktom@thomaspmbarnett.com
Date: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:02:36 PM EDT
Subject: Emergence of new rule sets
Seems the EU is trying to introduce Russia and Kazakhstan to new international rule sets. As the story points out, the move by the EU while mostly symbolic demonstrates the emergence of new rule sets for addressing the spread of diseases in animals before they can mutate to humans. Following your theory, this example demonstrates how Rule Sets can move from the Old Core to the New (and emerging) Core and even the Gap (Kazakhstan).
EU imposes ban on poultry imports from Russia & Kazakhstan
06.08.2005, 16.13
PARIS, August 6 (Itar-Tass) - The European Union is planning to impose a ban on importing poultry and feather goods from Russia and Kazakhstan, a high-ranking European Commission official told Itar-Tass on Saturday.
The ban will take effect late next week, he specified.
The European Union wants to protect itself from a potential chicken flu threat. Several cases of that disease have been registered in the east of Russia. The World Health Organization fears that the virus may mutate and become dangerous for humans.
The upcoming ban is symbolic in many ways because neither Russia nor Kazakhstan are exporting huge quantities of poultry and feather products to the European Union at the moment.
The European Union has compiled a blacklist of countries that are banned from exporting poultry to the EU states. Russia and Kazakhstan will be blacklisted next week.
The whole point of enunciating the vision--for the visionary, that is--is to make yourself irrelevant. You're no longer needed. People get the logic on their own, make their own connections, wield their own logic.
Nicely done, Manuel.
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