DECK 13 Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
Q
What are the Challenges Facing Humanity?
A
- Climate change
- Rise of autocracy, erosion of democracy and human rights
- Nuclear Proliferation, saber rattling
- Poverty
- Pandemics
2
Q
What is needed to understand ENERGY?
A
Knowledge of History, institutions, politics, and geopolitics
3
Q
What are some lessons from history?
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- Autocracies, one-party states, dictatorship can sustain themselves for lengthy periods
- Recovery of freedom can be costly (WW2 deaths were about 50 million)
4
Q
What are some constraining power, checks and balances?
A
- Freedom of speech and an independent media
- Separation of religion and the state
- Separation of powers
- Widely distributed private property
- Principle of subsidiary
5
Q
How can we understand long-term geopolitical forces and risks
A
Institutional Structures
6
Q
Talk about Autocracy
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- Autocracies are aligning to oppose democracies
- XI jinping has further concentrated power
- Iran repression of women and dissenters
7
Q
Talk about Democracies being at risk
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- Hungary, Victor Orban
- Turkey, Erdogan
- India, Modi and the rise of Hindutva
8
Q
What are some examples of concentration of power in non-democracies?
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- Russia under Putin
- China under Xi Jinping
9
Q
What are some examples of energy as a central strategic objective?
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- Japan and Pearl Harbour
- Nazi Germany and the oilfields of Caucasus
- Post WW2, the Cold War and Middle East Oil
- 21st century and rare earths
- Russia and natural gas supplies to Europe
- Russia tries to destroy as much energy infrastructure in Ukraine as possible
- China, rare earths, supply chains
