The Latest Generation

Ep. 57 - Practical Geopolitical Theory


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A look at how the generational model might be useful in foreign policy - what interactions with other countries might be most beneficial, given that they are going through generational changes?

Mostly looking at the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia, but finding some options that seem generally useful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soviet_and_Eastern_Bloc_defectors - fully 45 are in the period between 1959 and 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Stalinization

""noted that his counterparts were obsessed with the historical parallel between 1941 and 1983. " - Able Archer 83 

https://www.airspacemag.com/space/apollo-why-the-soviets-lost-180972229/

“While NASA was a centralized, top-down system run by the federal government, the Soviet space program acted more like a socialist version of a competitive market. ”

https://www.space.com/10764-soviet-moon-rocket-secrets-revealed.html

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The Latest GenerationBy Patrick Bowman

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