Further Fractures in Geo-Political Alliances: Turkey-Russian Connection
Eighteen years ago, in a book called ReORIENT, Andre Gunder Frank predicted the global economy would shift to China. World-systems theorist Giovanni Arrighi predicted the same thing in his book, Adam Smith in Beijing. What we are seeing now is a shift of focus not just on China but on the countries aligning with it. Russia, Germany and as this article points out, now Turkey.
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Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.