Southern US border states suffer from idential fiscal, social problems as soutern Mediterranean.

High demography, Vertical drawn weak states, horizontal population belts & ethnic based sectarian URAN war is the future.

Middle East policy is unfolding in fits. Here's what Moscow has proved to everyone.

Non existant irrigation, poor seeds vulnerable to drought, and intrastate conflict drive mass starvation in the African Trans-Sahel region.

Mozambique needs functioning captial financial markets to defeat its resource curse.

IMF loans, subsidies, Gulf Petrol monarchy financing abroad all help al-Sisi defeat a domestic insurgency.

OPEC cartel cannot equal 12 million bar. per/day like US exporters. OPEC is finished like the rest of the Petrol Monarchies.

Cuba & Russia remain Venezuela's protectors, hurting them means helping Venezuela.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-offbeat-genius-of-a-great-american-spy-11548478837

End mandates impacting unemployment (Humphrey/Hawkins) mandates; keep prince stability instead.