tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post2898611957312002585..comments2023-05-15T07:11:30.874+02:00Comments on Leherensuge: Geopolitics of the 21st century: shares of global wealth in 2015Majuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-59551583490630166252010-07-15T10:15:28.304+02:002010-07-15T10:15:28.304+02:00Both Italy and Germany were born as the polities w...Both Italy and Germany were born as the polities we know today with little time difference in the second half of the 19th century and in relation with similar overall processes (rise of romantic nationalism, Napoleon III). While these processes are intertwined from the overall perspective, they are fairly independent from each other anyhow. <br /><br />Similarly I understand that the two overpopulated Asian powers share a lot of elements in their rise (decolonization, "socialism") in the overall perspective but, similarly, they are quite different from each other. Unlike Germany and Italy, they are more directly confronted (though Italy was indeed confronted with Germany's preferential ally: Austria-Hungary, what probably decided its alignment in WWI). <br /><br />The parallels are limited but I think that they are valid anyhow. Overall, regardless on one-to-one comparisons, there are a lot of similitudes with the situation a century ago. <br /><br />Maybe the main difference I have not mentioned is that, unlike Britain, who eventually could cushion its own decline by falling to the arms of its "rebelliuous daughter" the USA, the North American republic has no apparent heir to cushion its own predictable fall. <br /><br />However things do not need to be an exact parallel, not at all. Actually in other articles I have compared the USA with Habsburg Spain, specially for its excessive militarist expenditure and trying to achieve global hegemony and face therefore too many "threats" in too many fronts at the same time, something Britain generally avoided. <br /><br />Another comparison I have found is with the late USSR, for similar reasons: inability to reform itself ahead of the challenges, excessive waste in military adventures.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-29667162273182793822010-07-15T09:56:01.197+02:002010-07-15T09:56:01.197+02:00Not sure I understood many points here. To begin w...Not sure I understood many points here. To begin with what does the following mean?<br /><br /><i>much like Italy became relevant in parallel to Germany, India has done the same in parallel to China.</i>Manju Edangamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474338169829802934noreply@blogger.com