http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2009/12/30/2010%e2%80%99s-geopolitical-hotspots/ Prieur du Plessis’s international investment blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2009/12/30/2010%e2%80%99s-geopolitical-hotspots/comment-page-1/#comment-21291 dblwyo Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:28:17 +0000 http://www.investmentpostcards.com/?p=15399#comment-21291 Thanks, Prieur. Obviously you and Mr. Mauldin are singing out of more than one page. If we've learned anything, among many, in 2009 it should be that politics and geo-politics can upset all our apple carts. The ME is a tinderbox but the good news is that we're moving on after decades of not-so-benign neglect. It's my opinion that this is the most dangerous area of the world and the most urgent and important foreign policy challenge. For a "structural analysis" of the instabilities you and your readers might find this useful: <a href="http://llinlithgow.com/PtW/2009/12/vicious_cycle_risks_instabilit.html" rel="nofollow"> Vicious Cycle Risks: Instabilities, Upsets and the ME Outlook</a> It draws on a larger body of work on governance, foreign policy and the ME that's online at Scribd if anybody's interested. Thanks, Prieur. Obviously you and Mr. Mauldin are singing out of more than one page. If we’ve learned anything, among many, in 2009 it should be that politics and geo-politics can upset all our apple carts.
The ME is a tinderbox but the good news is that we’re moving on after decades of not-so-benign neglect. It’s my opinion that this is the most dangerous area of the world and the most urgent and important foreign policy challenge. For a “structural analysis” of the instabilities you and your readers might find this useful:
Vicious Cycle Risks: Instabilities, Upsets and the ME Outlook
It draws on a larger body of work on governance, foreign policy and the ME that’s online at Scribd if anybody’s interested.

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