JOURNAL: Attacking Globalization

Global guerrilla warfare is focused on system and market disruption. This focus provides guerrillas with a quantity of leverage unachievable through any other means of attack. The lesson of Iraq (particularly since it is similar to the Spanish Civil War as a harbinger of future conflicts), is that the systems under attack are all critical elements of globalization. A good list of the elements of globalization is provided by Thomas Barnett in his book, "The Pentagon's New Map." They include:

• Movement of people across borders. Employees of multinationals -- drivers, engineers, etc.
  
• Flow of resources. Oil, LNG, minerals, etc. from the places that have them to those that need them.
  
• International investment. Flow from the sources of capital to locations that need it.
  
• Security. An environment that supports international security efforts (which typically falls to the US).

Comments

[Valdis]

Barnett also makes a brilliant argument about how the disconnected are dangerous. The more you push them away, the more you isolate them, the more dangerous they become.