There is no battle space the U.S. Military cannot access. They said we couldn't do Afghanistan. We did it with ease. They… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Once Europe's colonial empires were sent into deep decline, thanks to World War II, America became globalization's primary replicating force, integrating Asia into its… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
There is no battle space the U.S. Military cannot access. They said we couldn't do Afghanistan. We did it with ease. They said we… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
To ask a country with 750 million people living on less than a dollar a day to optimize their development for the environment as… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Most Americans have little idea of how far our nation's worldwide standing had fallen by the end of the Bush administration; no matter how… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this question...What Makes… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Some Western demographers have posited, due to the female shortage created by the one-child policy, that China will be forced to field a vast… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
During the cold war, it was easy for the Pentagon to justify its budget, as the Soviets essentially sized our forces for us. We… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
I don't think, post 9/11, we're going to wait for real obvious things like Country A attacking Country B - because Country A doesn't… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
An economically confident America has - since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century - tended toward global engagement. It… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
