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■"2 Big Appetites Take Seats at the Oil Table: China and India Compete for Energy Resources in Places Others Shun," by Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 18 February 2005, p. C1.
Oh do we fret now that two long-time socialist states have embraced capitalism and growth in a big, big way. What were we thinking? Now they're a real threat!
People have this all backwards. By connecting to disconnected states that the Old Core shuns, New Core India and China don't threaten us, but give us new opportunities to change these countries and our relationships with them. This is definitely the case with Iran, but all we see is their "obstructionism."
We're talking 37 percent of the world's population with skyrocketing energy demands. People who think this will remake energy markets and environmentalism are correct, but that's not all. It will remake political and security relationships. We can adjust to that reality, or we can idiotically try to fight it or demonize it.
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