ìThe troubling fight against an old killer: Malaria in Africa,î by Steve Sternberg, USA Today, 29 April, p. 8D.

Great map in story shows where malaria is worst. Except for southern Mexico, northern Brazil and India, all of the areas lie within the Gap. That trio effectively lie on the Seam, so no great surprise there. No Core state removed from the Seam has any issue with malaria.

My point: the Core-Gap divide is a map we look at every day without realizing it. This map exists in so many forms, tracking so many different parametersóit is simply undeniable as the overarching security paradigm of this age.