Geopolitical Fault Lines

War Prevention Depends on Respecting Invisible Geopolitical Fault Lines

[Initiallly published In CounterPunch on April 26,2023, later substantially modified.] If we look back on the major wars of the prior century and forward to the growing menace of a war fought with nuclear weaponry, there is one prominent gap in analysis and understanding. This gap is to my knowledge rarely acknowledged, or even discussed, […]

Geopolitical Fault Lines in a World of Sovereign States and a Few Great Powers

[PREFATORY NOTE: A much modified earlier version of his post was published online by Transcend Medea Service (TMS) on April 17 2023; a longer post to address complexities of the Ukraine Crisis and Looming Tensions as to the future of Taiwan. ] The Ukrainian Point of Departure: Mishandling the Aftermath of the Cold War The […]