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| Implosion: The End of Russia and What It Means for America, |
| 2014-03-18 |
| Ilan Berman talked about his book, Implosion: The End of Russia and What It Means for America, in which he predicts the collapse of Russia due to internal social and demographic decline and external challenges from China. He talked about the impact that this will have on global stability. Mr. Berman spoke at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC In this speech last year he predicts Russia moving West to get land to make up somewhat for it's expected loss of Siberia by demographics. He predicts that in 10 years the PLA will cross the border without a shot fired into a %90 Han populated Siberia. Video lecture at the link. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #7 No??? Yokay, howzabout 1960s-70's = 2014 TOM CRUISE'S NEW MOVIE "LIVE, DIE, REPEAT"??? D *** NG IT, TOM CRUISE = "THE [Counter-] INVASION WILL FAIL - WE LOSE EVERYTHING"! * NOSTRADAMUS = "... ... NONE SHALL SEE THE POWER OF ASIA DESTROYED UNTIL THE SEVEN/SEVENTH HOLDS THE LINE". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-03-18 19:58 |
| #6 IMO an "imploded" Russia will be a toss-up between [Neo-Mongol?] Rising China + Nuclear Islam [Nuclear Islamism]. Not counting any OWG Co-Superpower Nuclear Iran, or even anti-Iran ME Sunni Nuclear States, both the Global Jihad/Caliphate-happy Hard Boyz as well as legit Muslim Govts will gain access to Russia's nuke arsenals + other. We may see a mostly or wholly Islamic Nuclear Russia or States wid Arab characteristics, whilst in East Asia we may see n Islamic Asia wid Asian = Asian-Arab characteristcs. [Lest we fergit, RISE OF THE "RED STAR TURBANS" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-03-18 19:53 |
| #5 In related news. John Kerry and Barak. Obama said if this annexing of Crimea is allowed to stand by the international community then the Obama administration would consider annexing Texas. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-03-18 17:32 |
| #4 Kinda sad and scary. For as long as I can remember, Russians have been the enemy. But I think I'd rather deal with Russians than some of the folks who are waiting in the wings to take their place. Russians, at least in their Soviet phase, understood the concept of MAD. Underneath the course, aggressive exterior they could be logical at times especially when we had presidents with the wisdom and guts to stand up to them. I'm not so sure about some of their neighbors. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-03-18 15:47 |
| #3 Putin should be encouraging immigration into Siberia from any nation that doesn't share a border or have a claim to the area. Latin America, India, Africa. Make it low tax and crime-safe (last parts hard I suspect) and watch it grow. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-03-18 15:40 |
| #2 90% Han populated Siberia Helped by Putin's rationale for the Crimea anschluss. (of course it has nothing to do with principle, it's about power, but they all need something to cover for what little sense of guilt that may exist in their dark little hearts, oh, and for the apologists) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-18 11:05 |
| #1 Oh no... Its the Mongol Invasion of Russia and Genghis Khan redox II all over again... The role of Genghis will be played by Pudgy, plausible deniability and all, don't you know. |
| Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for tse Tung9076 2014-03-18 10:43 |