The Biggest Game Changer
The real threat to the protection racket of the naval hegemon is the plumbing of Eurasian energy and commerce becoming land-based. This is technologically and economically feasible: rail powered by cheap natural gas can compete with sea borne transport, and pipelines are the cheapest way to transport energy. Despite the now sharply lower transport costs…
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