Walberg Eric. Postmodern imperialism: geopolitics and the great games

Clarity Press, Inc., 2011. — 300 p.The Great Games: Imperialism in Central Asia
and the Middle East
Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Middle East
The games as variants of imperialism
Goals
Strategies
GGI: Competing empires
Beginnings of GGI and goals
Ideology
Rules of the game and Strategies
Finance Strategies
Military-political Strategies
Institutions
Hard power
Soft power
Control of world resources
Endgame 1914–45
Empire against Communism
Beginnings of GGII and goals
Ideology
Rules of the game and Strategies
Finance Strategies
Military-political Strategies
Decolonization, institutions (UN, EU, NATO,
Pactomania, CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission),
Hard power (War, Black-ops, Arms race, MAD),
Soft power (Aid, Culture, Islamists, Drugs)
Control of world resources
Endgame 1979–91
US-Israel—Postmodern imperialism
The struggle to establish the new GGIII goals
Ideology
Rules of the game and Strategies
Financial Strategies
Military-political Strategies
Imperial Doctrines, institutions (UN, NATO, pre/ postmodern states)
Hard power (Wars, Military bases, Missile defense,
Cyber warfare, Arms production, Nuclear weapons, Proxies)
Soft power (Aid, NGOs, Color revolutions, Co-opting
regimes, Anti-piracy, Drugs, Domestic repression)
Control of world resources
Appendix: Critique of ‘New NATO’ literature
Israel – Empire-and-a-half
Judaism and Zionism—goals
Jews and the state through history
Ideology
Rules of the game and Strategies
Financial Strategies
Money and Finance
Oligarchs and Mafia
Military-political Strategies
Doctrines
Hard power (Wars, Arms production, Nuclear
weapons, Terrorism/ mercenaries/ Mafia)
Soft power (Politicide and co-opting the PLO, Use of
Islamists, Spies/ assets/ sayanim/ gatekeepers, Israel
lobby, Media manipulation, Culture wars)
Penetrating US imperial strategic thinking
Control of world resources
Endgame
Appendix: The Israel lobby and ‘Dog wags the tail’ debate
Many players, many games
Major players
The US and Israel, The Middle East, Central Asia,
Russia, China, Japan , India, Europe
Popular forces of resistanceCritique of ‘New Great Game’ literature
GGIII Alliances
The ex-Soviet Central Asian republics in GGIII