The resources I’ve provided are by credible people, professionals,
educators… For example, Joseph M. Miller retired as a board member of the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange. One of his associates is a physicist who worked
for Control Data Corporation. The other, Marion Butler, has a background as a
CFO. Niall Ferguson holds a Chair in the history department at Harvard.
Pranab Bardhan is a professor of economics at Berkley. Carmen M. Reinhart is
a professor of economics at the University of Maryland. Most of the other
resources (enclosed below) were prepared by people with similar backgrounds.
Individually and as a group, their work appears to lead to the same general
conclusion. It is a very similar conclusion to the one found in Professor
Panarin’s paper.

Where I have profound disagreements with Panarin’s paper is the manner in
which he divides the US. (I have other problems with his paper, but that one
is like a sore thumb.) For example, Alaska will more probably fall under
Japanese, Chinese and even Canadian economic influence instead of solely under
Russian influence. Russia does provide oil to that region of the earth, but
Alaska has it’s own oil. Russia’s refining capacity is nothing to write home
about, either. Japan and China have monstrous shipping industries and possess
solid manufacturing and tech industries while Alaska has no dearth of raw
resources. These are raw materials that both countries desperately need.
Under the scenario espoused by Panarin, Russia has no pressing economic need
of those same raw resources.

Panarin’s paper seems to be founded upon a Russian nationalist – almost a
purely ideological – component, while ignoring real world economics. He also
completely ignores present, real world, geo-political considerations and
their impact on the Western Hemisphere. Panarin had some of the right data,
and somehow reached something approaching the right conclusion…but most of
his assumptions are suspect. That said, his conclusions are very similar to
those of quite a number of very credible people.

One question for you: How do you lead a pig? Answer: You smack it on the nose
and it will follow you exactly where you want it to go. Another answer: You
tie a string around one of its rear legs and pull in the opposite direction
from the one that you want it to go. That’s what Profesor Panarin has done
with Westerners in his paper. Meanwhile, he has promoted Russian nationalism
and Putin’s regime and improved the morale of its citizens in the same paper.
That’s not even an overview of what his paper has accomplished. Remember:
He’s an expert in infowar.

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