Thomas Barnett's Globalization "Rule Sets"

The continual accumulation of experience (a polite way of saying "aging"), coupled with a voracious hunger to learn of fresh ideas and perspectives, does have a tendency to leave one a bit jaded as the years tick on. Every once in a while, though, a new view penetrates through the fog and calls all my gray matter to rapt attention. Thomas P. M. Barnett is one such.

During the holidays I was puttering around the house with C-SPAN on in the background, something I often do during the day. Out of the corner of my ear I heard Thomas Barnett talking about globalization, the "core" and the "gap", and his insightful perspective at making sense of the global situation, the stresses on world societies, and what he terms the "rule sets."

In short, don't wage war if you can't win peace. And he has a plan -- a remarkable one at that. Read about his ideas here: http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/media/CFRBriefTranscript.htm

or stream the c-span video from this link: rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter122004_barnett.rm?mode=compact. Enjoy -- it a fresh point of view that is remarkable for clarity, cogency, and importance.