The Spice Islands have been driving nations to go Island hopping and island shopping since 1512. If geopolitics is making you want to escape to a tropical island, better check out which islands are already caught up in geopolitics.
Fascinating - you managed to expand my knowledge of obscure islands of the world by factors and highlight the geo-political shenanigans the three powers are playing all in one essay. Thank you
Great article highlighting that "under the radar" the great game is still being played. I note that according to Peter Zeihan, China does not have a Blue Water navy of any consequence. So is this China playing a long game; if Zeihan is correct he reckons China doesn't have more than a decade or so before it craters and that seems too short to build such a navy.
One last thing regarding the comment on Greenland ice cores "They revealed that Greenland was not iced over in the past and led to the conclusion that global warming is caused by human activity and not part of a natural cycle." I read the scientific paper and found it too complicated for even my BSc Chemistry brain. I also don't understand the relevance of the comment above given most who are aware of plate tectonics know Greenland was further south and the planet was a lot warmer in the past.
Great series - thank you. So did Camp Century prove that manmade global warming is causing ice to melt, or did it illustrate that there have been many warming and freezing cycles which predates man's industrial era, the last refreezing may have been 1M or possibly more recent?
Astonishing how little we see of this stuff in the mainstream press and political discourse. Let's just keep kicking the can down the road on the important obstacles facing our future.
Fascinating - you managed to expand my knowledge of obscure islands of the world by factors and highlight the geo-political shenanigans the three powers are playing all in one essay. Thank you
Great article highlighting that "under the radar" the great game is still being played. I note that according to Peter Zeihan, China does not have a Blue Water navy of any consequence. So is this China playing a long game; if Zeihan is correct he reckons China doesn't have more than a decade or so before it craters and that seems too short to build such a navy.
One last thing regarding the comment on Greenland ice cores "They revealed that Greenland was not iced over in the past and led to the conclusion that global warming is caused by human activity and not part of a natural cycle." I read the scientific paper and found it too complicated for even my BSc Chemistry brain. I also don't understand the relevance of the comment above given most who are aware of plate tectonics know Greenland was further south and the planet was a lot warmer in the past.
thanks dr pippa, please keep em coming and ill keep on sharing em
An excellent roundup of modern power grabs. This has been happening under the noses of Western nations with little main stream reporting.
Great series - thank you. So did Camp Century prove that manmade global warming is causing ice to melt, or did it illustrate that there have been many warming and freezing cycles which predates man's industrial era, the last refreezing may have been 1M or possibly more recent?
Astonishing how little we see of this stuff in the mainstream press and political discourse. Let's just keep kicking the can down the road on the important obstacles facing our future.