Parag Khanna Maps the Future of Countries
Personally, I strongly agree with Khanna with his statements about the future of countries. I believe that in today´s world countries are “invading” other nations by imposing culture, a large number of immigrants and exporting local products into other markets. The example that Khanna gives about China is the best one; this is because the “Asian giant” is invading Mongolia, Eastern Russia and other countries because it is the world’s most populous country. And because of its huge number of immigrants and its economic power, Chinese people now own more than half of Mongolia’s mines and control the economy of Siberia’s agriculture.
In what I don’t agree with Parag Khanna is in the solution proposed to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He establishes that a “bridge” built between Gaza and the West Bank (the two territories in which the Palestinian authority has power) is built. By simply thinking about it, it seems a great idea; but what if we go deeper into the issue, Israel cannot allow that to happen:
First because of a matter of national and international security, I am stating this because if Israel allows a bridge of land to be controlled over Palestine, the weapons that are being illegally introduced into Gaza port are going to have a free pass entry into the West Bank, therefore Iran.
Also because giving the Palestinians a bridge between its two territories means losing a meaningful percentage of land that belongs to Israel. A piece of land that links the southern and northern parts of the country and thousands of people live and transit the area every day. Therefore, Israel is not going to simply hand out the land in order for the Palestinians to divide the country in two. In my personal opinion this is ridiculous.
The Essay on Israel & the Palestinian Territories Conflict
I. Topic Background The Israel/Palestine conflict ultimately boils down to religious tension, and is part of the larger Arab/Israeli conflict. In 1948, the U.N. partitioned the region of Palestine into two states, one Jewish, and one Arab, to address the ongoing Jewish-Arab tension. Jewish leaders accepted the plan, the Palestinian government did not, and the result was a short-lived civil war ...
He states that oil is a crucial factor in which the world is handled today, I believe this is absolutely true due to the fact that countries that are rich in the “black gold” are now in ways of becoming economic powers. The example that he gives of Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan, countries that some decades ago were remote, forgotten corners of the world are now known oil giants, therefore economic powers.
In relation to the class topics, we see clearly how tariff barriers, exports and imports have a huge impact in the present world’s economy. China would not be an emerging economic superpower if we exclude these factors.
By concluding I can state that the world is becoming more globalized each day, consequently people are leaving their homes and living in huge metropolises. This is the result of the huge population density in Western Russia (more than 130 people per square mile) compared to the low index in the east part of the country (1 to 15 people per square mile).
And many more places in Earth.
