Part 1 Several factors converged to start the colonial empires of Europe. In 1453, the Ottomans conquered Constantinople (Istanbul). The Silk Road transporting goods between east and west intersected Istanbul-which gave it a huge advantage in global trade. In 1493/5 the Muslims and Jews were thrown out of Spain, when the Christian ruler. Ferdinand defeated […]
Rockefeller’s New World Order In 1992, a Pentagon document titled “Defense Planning Guidance “was leaked to the New York Times. It was not to be for public viewing, and was hastily buried. It was drafted by then Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and his assistant Paul Wolfowitz, both of whom would be key figures in the 8-year […]
Following World War 2 and the defeat of Germany, the very word geopolitics became taboo as it was linked in many eyes with Hitler, and the Nazis. Geopolitics however is larger than that, the study of integrating politics, economics, and geography. The father of British geopolitics, Sir Halford Mackinder, first unveiled his concept of that […]
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