Thursday, October 12, 2006
CHIROL'S MICROPOWER
Chirol at Coming Anarchy artfully expands on the Micropower discussion that went down recently at Global Guerillas, also adding a visual homage to Valdis Krebs. I'm not sure Ukraine can be regarded as " micro" given its size, population and economic potential, but I think Chirol is illustrating possible strategic behaviors for a state as much as he is categorical characteristics of micropower status.
A future discussion of geographic micropowers that are economic macropowers, like Singapore or the U.A.E. , is warranted. Small states can acquire considerable amounts of economic " hard power" - or for that matter, illicit, " black globalization" flows via tight bank secrecy laws or porous borders. ¶ 6:05 PM
Chirol at Coming Anarchy artfully expands on the Micropower discussion that went down recently at Global Guerillas, also adding a visual homage to Valdis Krebs. I'm not sure Ukraine can be regarded as " micro" given its size, population and economic potential, but I think Chirol is illustrating possible strategic behaviors for a state as much as he is categorical characteristics of micropower status.
A future discussion of geographic micropowers that are economic macropowers, like Singapore or the U.A.E. , is warranted. Small states can acquire considerable amounts of economic " hard power" - or for that matter, illicit, " black globalization" flows via tight bank secrecy laws or porous borders. ¶ 6:05 PM
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Appreciate the words of praise and links. Just happy to be in the same discussion as great minds like yours and John's.
Absolutely about Singapore and UAE. Since economics is my weak point, it usually slips my mind to go into that area.
Those are good examples also worth looking into. I'm aware that I left a number of questions open. One example is what you pointed out, with micro, are we talking about power or size, or both. Ukraine has never really been much of a power anyway, and on the world stage is indeed micro so to say.
However, perhaps a better definition is power in relation to the country's size and resources.
Look forward to more thoughts on the matter from you. I'll be adding more with Georgia as an example probably tomorrow. Been sick and thus a little slow but the post is almost finished, also with more nifty graphics.
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Absolutely about Singapore and UAE. Since economics is my weak point, it usually slips my mind to go into that area.
Those are good examples also worth looking into. I'm aware that I left a number of questions open. One example is what you pointed out, with micro, are we talking about power or size, or both. Ukraine has never really been much of a power anyway, and on the world stage is indeed micro so to say.
However, perhaps a better definition is power in relation to the country's size and resources.
Look forward to more thoughts on the matter from you. I'll be adding more with Georgia as an example probably tomorrow. Been sick and thus a little slow but the post is almost finished, also with more nifty graphics.
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