China’s Hunger for Raw Materials
Anyone who has watched the price of commodities rise knows that China is somehow involved in pushing up the prices — not because it is involved in any deep conspiracy, but because
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Anyone who has watched the price of commodities rise knows that China is somehow involved in pushing up the prices — not because it is involved in any deep conspiracy, but because
Recently the Economist published an article about Unilever, the world’s second largest consumer goods company, and how it nearly lost its considerable advantage in emerging markets [“The Legacy that got left on
One of the continuing debates in the environmental world is about the use of fertilizer. Some environmentalists lament that fertilizers are actually killing the land they are supposed to enrich and that
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 created a number of horizontal scenarios that changed the world forever. Anyone who travels bumps up against some of these changes on a routine basis.
When I first founded Enterra Solutions, one of the emerging characteristics of the information age that intrigued me was its increasing complexity. It was clear to me that there was a growing
The recent problems with food and toys coming out of China have created a situation where some industries that normally eschew regulation are calling for more of it [“In Turnaround, Industries Seek
There have been several articles over the past few months noting that China’s economy has progressed so rapidly that it is running out of skilled labor despite the millions of people in
Earlier this month, I wrote a post about potential water problems in the Middle East (Turkey, Kurdistan & Water). Almost all books or articles about possible strategic futures mention potential water crises
Science fiction has often been a catalyst for ideas. One of the futuristic gadgets carried aboard the various incarnations of the Starship Enterprise was its famous replicator. Fiction is quickly becoming fact
Tom Barnett points to a long and thoughtful post by Shawn Beilfuss on the role of logistics in stabilizing Gap states and integrating them into the Core (for background on this terminology,
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