19th century thinking is the future? a clash of green and global

I'm just going to think out loud for a little while about Russia and it's territorial thinking. I belive that there might actually be something to it. In the days when problems are hoarding up on globalization and a green wave is becoming something of a Tsunami I can't help but to marvel over Russia's (unintentional?) foresightedness. One very probable characteristic of the green wave and increased resistance towards globalization, would be the regionalization of trade-patterns.
This would mean that even though information is abundant, connections and interests outside the local areas would probably loose much importance. For even though the green problem is a global problem part of the solution lies in the efficiency that closeness will provide.
The regionalization might thus tilt the powerbalance in Russias favour granting it much more influence over it's direct neighbors as global influence and oversight ebbs (until a new global system, hopefully one with more friendly characteristics than what we've seen so far, takes over)

a good writer

first of all I haven't been productive at all lately but I will make a renewed effort to write every now and then.

Secondly, lately I've been following William Pfaff's columns in Japan Times and I have to say that I really do admire his intelligent writing, I especially recommend the article called "the Threat of a Pentagon Crash"