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Why the Pentagon Needs a New Map: War and Peace in the 21st Century
Thomas P.M. Barnett, a former Pentagon strategist, drops a bombshell: the Cold War map is dead. He argues the world is now split into two zones—the Functioning Core (globalized, interconnected) and the Non-Integrating Gap (disconnected, violent). The real threat isn't a rising superpower, but disconnection. Barnett reveals why the U.S. military is fighting the wrong wars, how economic and demographic flows tie us all together, and why the only way to win is to shrink the Gap. This isn't just theory—it's a radical rethinking of global security that explains conflicts from 9/11 to today. Watch to see the hidden map that shapes our world.
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