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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Geostrategic Projection

EU 2023 ..

Into Europe: The Blue Banana is Europe's first economic corridor. As well as being home to Europe's main financial and political centres, it was the first place where economic integration took place in the European single market. Now other economic corridors are emerging outside of the bloc and the European Union is financing infrastructure Giga-Projects as part of the Trans-European Transport Network. They to connect the economies of its different member states. These economic corridors are connecting Europe together, providing new opportunities for European and International Trade, particularly with Africa.

The Blue Banana (also known as the European Megalopolis or the Liverpool–Milan Axis) is a discontinuous corridor of urbanization spreading over Western and Central Europe, with a population of around 111 million. The concept was developed in 1989 by RECLUS, a group of French geographers managed by Roger Brunet.

It stretches approximately from North Wales through the English Midlands across Greater London to the European Metropolis of Lille, the Benelux states and along the German Rhineland, Southern Germany, Alsace-Moselle in France in the west and Switzerland (Basel and Zürich) to Northern Italy (Milan and Turin) in the south.

The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is a planned network of roads, railways, airports and water infrastructure in the European Union. The TEN-T network is part of a wider system of Trans-European Networks (TENs), including a telecommunications network (eTEN) and a proposed energy network (TEN-E or Ten-Energy). The European Commission adopted the first action plans on trans-European networks in 1990.

TEN-T envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways, inland waterways, airports, seaports, inland ports and traffic management systems, providing integrated and intermodal long-distance, high-speed routes. A decision to adopt TEN-T was made by the European Parliament and Council in July 1996.[2] The EU works to promote the networks by a combination of leadership, coordination, issuance of guidelines and funding aspects of development.

These projects are technically and financially managed by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which superseded the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency Agency (TEN-T EA) on 31 December 2013. The tenth and newest project, the Strasbourg-Danube Corridor, was announced for the 2014–2020 financial period.

In addition to the various TENs, there are ten Pan-European corridors, which are paths between major urban centres and ports, mainly in Eastern Europe, that have been identified as requiring major investment.

The international E-road network is a naming system for major roads in Europe managed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. It numbers roads with a designation beginning with "E" (such as "E1").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European_Transport_Network .

Belt and Road Initiative .
Demographics of Europe .
Four Motors for Europe .
Golden Banana .
List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP .
Northeast Megalopolis Similar region in the United States .
Berlin–Palermo railway axis .
Messina Bridge .
Transport in Europe .
TRACECA .

Energy Geopolitics Eastern Mediterranean

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24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

22-12-5 German Development Model: Rise, Merkel, Ru, Crisis, Scholz, Xina - gtbt > .

22-9-27 Energy Crisis: Pain or Opportunity? - gtbt > .

22-3-17 Why The Middle East Won't Survive Without Oil - OBF > .

22-2-24 Global Power Rivalry | Michael Buckley > .

22-1-27 How Erdoğan Destroyed Turkey (doc) - My Take > .

22-1-15 Why Turkey Is Not Fixing It's Hyperinflation Problem - EcEx > .

22-1-10 Mapping Rise of Turkey's Military Reach - CaspianReport > .

2021 Are the Aegean Islands Greek or Turkish? - Mahanology > .

2021 True Goals of NATO? - Mad Mac > .

> Dutch Disease - Extractive Folly >>

24-11-4 'Dutch Disease' is Destroying Russia's Economy - Warburg > .

24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

> Energy >>

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

Erdostan - Auver >> .

Turkey - Graydations >> .

Turkey - Present >> .

Receptistan - Praeparet >> .

Oil - Curse - Penny Wyse >> .

Turkey’s Mediterranean policy has been framed in large measure by the ‘Blue Homeland’ doctrine, driven by its growing energy deficit and a desire for greater geopolitical influence in the region. Meanwhile, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Lebanon and Cyprus, led by their own economic and geopolitical drivers, have developed a common strategy to counter Turkey. Fiona Mullen discusses how increasing tensions over offshore resources and freedom of navigation, together with regional challenges such as migration and terrorism, impact on energy and geopolitics in the East Mediterranean.

Full panel discussion > .

⧫ Energy, Fuel ..

⧫ Essential Resources ..

Politics of Interdependence ..

Energy as Currency

21-10-26 Chinese Blackouts Reveal Importance of Energy to Global Economy - EcEx > .

24-2-7 Dodging Dutch Disease - Norway Becoming the Rich - Real > .

24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .

23-8-11 Saudi Arabia's Challenging Geography - Real > .

23-8-7 Germany's Gamble: Why Ostpolitik P00ti Policy Backfired - Spaniel > .

23-7-25 Why US Troops Fought Wagner Mercenaries in Syria - T&P > .

23-7-22 Saudi Arabia’s Catastrophic “Everything” Problem - Real > .

23-3-13 Iran, Xina, Saudi Arabia - Influence Wangling - Update > .

23-1-2 Dutch Disease | Resource Wealth, Currency Inflation, Economy | EcExEss > .

22-12-14 Xi’s Saudi trip & Sino-Arab relations; X-¥ oil vs petrodollar - Lei > .

22-12-8 Xina seeking Saudi ties - Update > .

22-11-25 Why Saudi Arabia is Gladly Helping Russia - T&P > .

22-10-11 Gulf States, "Dutch Disease", Big Dumb Mega Projects | EcEx > .

22-12-5 German Development Model: Rise, Merkel, Ru, Crisis, Scholz, Xina - gtbt > .

22-9-27 Energy Crisis: Pain or Opportunity? - gtbt > .

22-9-19 How Guyana Could Become Richest Country in Latin America - VisPol > .

22-7-5 How Norway Became Insanely Rich - Dodging Oil Curse - Casual Scholar > .

22-6-22 Oman (ME's Switzerland) - Guarding Gulf, Strait of Hormuz - Explore > .

22-5-8 Massive global energy disruptions are coming. Brace yourself! - Just > .

22-3-26 Why Russia’s War Drove Up US Gas Prices - CNBC > .

22-3-17 Why The Middle East Won't Survive Without Oil - OBF > .

22-2-22 Petropiracy - Angola vs Somalia - PolyMatter > .

22-2-24 Global Power Rivalry | Michael Buckley > .

21-12-6 Energy crisis: Green Transition → Global Economic Recession? | DW > .

> Dutch Disease - Extractive Folly >>

24-11-4 'Dutch Disease' is Destroying Russia's Economy - Warburg > .

24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

> Energy >> > Oil & Gas >>

24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

Oil - Curse - Penny Wyse >> .

Coming Resource Conflicts ..

Energy as Currency ..

Energy Crisis - CoV+ ..

Energy Geopolitics Eastern Mediterranean, 21st ..

Fracking & Oil Supply ↠

Methane Ice - Seabed Extraction ..

Nordstream 2 Pipeline ⇻

North Sea - Fisheries, Oil, Protection, Wind Farms ..

Oil Reserves - 21st ..

Petroleum - Oil's History ..

Politics of Interdependence ..

Shale & Natural Gas ↠

Stumbling Economy, Coal Shortage - CCP ..

European Trade to Xi's Imperialism

2019 European Trade, History & Economics of China, Xi's Ambitions; tRUMP's Fail > .

23-9-25 Xi's Transforming Xina [for the worse] - Xina's Changing Trajectory - Dig > .

23-9-24 $6.5T Problem: BRI, Unproductive, Decaying Infrastructure | EcEx > .

23-9-16 "Belt & Road to Death" - [XiXiP targeted corrupt governments] - Obs > .

23-9-7 Kidnappings, ghost towns: 10 years of Xi’s BRI masterplan | Tele > .

23-8-27 [Xinese Imperialism = $8T BRI Silk Road Game] | Epic > .

23-1-23 BrexTWIT as deterrent | Europeans More Optimistic About EU > .

23-1-20 Xi's Biggest Errors - Kevin Rudd | Update > .

22-12-6 Biden's Pro-American Present for Europe - PZ > .

22-10-25 Xina's Q3 details - Update > .

22-10-24 Xina's Ailing Q3 Economy | Li Qiang - Update > .

22-10-15 Xina's Economy is in Bad Shape - ColdFusion > .

22-8-25 Xi vs Li: Xina’s dual-leadership after the 20th Party Congress? - Lei > .

20-10-8 Han Supremacist Problem - Asianometry > .

22-4-26 Political struggle of central vs local governments & debts - Lei > .

22-3-28 China's Economic Rise—End of the Road - cfr > .

22-3-16 China: "No. 1 Threat" to the West | Heinrichs - JoAnd > . full > .

21-9-20 China is NOT a Modern Miracle | Anne Stevenson-Yang - geopop > . (full)

21-11-13 G+ What does Xi Jinping want? | Inside the Mind of Chinese President > .

2021 Xi Presents his Own Ideology as Natural Next Path. Deng Despised | Digging > .

21-10-26 Chinese Blackouts Reveal Importance of Energy to Global Economy - EcEx > .

2021 Is China using Debt to Control Africa? - VisPol > .

22-2-24 Global Power Rivalry | Michael Buckley > .

21-11-12 How Has Brexit/BrexTWIT Been Going? - EcEx > .

21-7-24 Global Britain: Old Idea. Ripe for Comeback? Royal Navy - Explore > .

Deng Xiaoping - Biographics > . skip ad > .

> I-P Coalition of the Willing >>

23-7-31 Ċold Ŵar 2: Biden placing spies & jets in Australia to deter Xina | Tim Cross > .

> Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>

Up Xit Creak [sic] - Present Tense >> .

Coming Resource Conflicts ..

Chinese history going back a few thousand years, from the many Dynasties of the Han, Yuan, and Qing to the Century of Humiliation, to the brutal civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang, to the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, to where we are now, which is China as a world power that actively challenges America's role in the world. The (debt-trap diplomacy) Belt and Road initiative that builds a new silk road, the Chinese Dream policy, and doctrine, the String of Pearls strategy, its influence of Australian and European politics, and the way it created and opened markets in African nations such as Kenya.

Euro Switch

22-5-9 Macron's Plan to Revive France - VisPol > .

23-1-3 Macron's Neo-Gaullism - plans for hegemony - Caspian Report > .

22-12-30 Most disappointing politicians - VisPol > .

21-11-26 Poland to double the size of its military - Caspian > .

EU 2023 ..

Officially joining the Euro is a difficult process, something that Bulgaria and other countries are currently learning. As such a couple of countries have decided to just use it it illegally, without the EU's permission. The video tracks Bulgaria through the process of joining, explaining why some just give up and adopt the euro unilaterally.

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...

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Saturday, July 24, 2021

ECE - Economic Corridors - Europe

Energy Geopolitics Eastern Mediterranean

Energy as Currency

European Trade to Xi's Imperialism

Euro Switch

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum