Brief Reminder: From the diamond to the hourglass
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:03AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Brief Reminder, Pentagon's New Map

Classic PNM slide:  our capabilities "thick" at the state level during Cold War, but in post-Cold War era, we tend toward the extremes (renewed fear of system-level weapons and focus on non-state-actors).

RMA refers to the Revolution in Military Affairs; GWOT refers to Global War on Terror.

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