Human Civilization in Danger
This from an old friend, now a vascular surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, writing on the dangers of autocratic and rogue governments coming to dominance.Recent article on China mentioned that with their economy in bad shape Xi is switching his overall goal from economic dominance to pure power.
With China, North Korea, Russia, Iran and also possibly India, Turkey and Brazil it looks like autocratic leadership is on the rise and it seems really very dangerous out there in the world. The evolution of weaponry also has made global involvement a fact rather than a choice. It seems like it was likely clearer and more straightforward when the world had the US and the Soviet Union squared off and both understanding that doing something really bad would have been very stupid. Now often stateless terrorist groups acting alone or sometimes acting as proxies for others, they seem to feel that there is no real need on their part for restraint.
Also, by economically isolating some of them we may be pushing them to work together in direct opposition to our goals.
