stoicobserver

Student of history and world politics.

[PanEuropeanMovement @EuropeanPan]

@Kaasburgers Oost Groningen was altijd communistisch, maar is nu één van de meest rechtse gebieden in het land samen met Limburg.

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

@elonmusk @SawyerMerritt What do you make of the old argument, that economic nationalism makes war more likely? For istance, less trade means less exposure to other ideas, and thus less "understanding how other people think and see the world".

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

Presumably, the #freetrade agreements EU-Mercosur and EFTA-Mercosur, which were seen as good as dead just a few months ago, now may get passed after all. Trade of all sorts of goods between LatAm-Europa/US will likely increase greatly.

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

Geopolitical thinker Nicholas J. Spykman argued in his 1942 Book “America's Strategy in World Politics”, that the US can compete with any other #Greatpower, as long as she can draw on the resources of Latin America. #Geopolitics #ColdWar 2.0

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

The Russian invasion of #Ukraine shattered the post-Cold-War order, where globalization ruled. And as we see the return of block-politics, one thing is sure: Western Investments will return to LatAm, as once again security trumps efficiany #UkraineRussiaWar

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

Presumably, the free trade agreements EU-Mercosur and EFTA-Mercosur, which were seen as good as dead just a few months ago, now may get passed after all. Trade of all sorts of goods between LatAm-Europa/US will likely increase greatly.

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

The Russian invasion of #Ukraine shattered the post-Cold-War order, where globalization ruled. And as we see the return of block-politics, one thing is sure: Western Investments will return to LatAm, as once again security trumps efficiany #UkraineRussiaWar

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

After the end of the Cold War, when globalization took off and efficiency was priviledged over any other consideration, Western investments in Latin America decreased and were poured instead into Asian (with China emerging as the big winner).

[stoicobserver @stoicobserver1]

Geopolitical thinker Nicholas Spykman argued in his 1942 book “Americas Strategy in World Politics”, that the US can sucessfully compete with any other world power, no matter how powerful, as long as she can draw on the resources of Latin America 1/2