Thomas P. M. Barnett
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Thomas P. M. Barnett (born 1962) is an American
Key to Barnett's geostrategic ideas is that the United States should "export security" to the Gap in order to integrate and connect those regions with the Core, even if this means going to war in Gap countries, followed by long periods of nation-building.
Education and career
Barnett was born in Chilton, Wisconsin and grew up in Boscobel, Wisconsin. After graduation from Boscobel High School, Barnett received a B.A. (Honors) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Russian language and literature, and international relations with an emphasis in U.S. foreign policy. He received his MA in regional studies: Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and his PhD in political science from Harvard University.
From 1998 through 2004, Barnett was a senior strategic researcher and professor in the Warfare Analysis & Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies,[3] U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
At the Naval War College, Barnett served as director of the
Following the
In 2003, he wrote an article titled "
A sequel
In 2010, he became chief analyst for the Israeli start-up Wikistrat.[7]
Barnett is currently[
Ideas and concepts
Barnett's ideas involve the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world in past, present, and future contexts, although much of the work revolves around defining possible future roles of the country in the aftermath of the
Barnett had grown up with the expectation that the United States and the
Barnett proffered that without the Soviets to defend against, the American military establishment lost focus. Some planners were concerned that the new world order was one of
The NewRuleSets.Project was one of many programs that the United States military has launched since the fall of the Soviet Union in order to determine what threats will emerge in the coming decades. The project is a unique collaboration between military and financial analysts. The project name comes from the idea of "rule sets," the combination of written and unwritten rules that people within a region use. It has been noted that countries that have similar rule sets tend to collaborate much more effectively than countries that have significant differences. For instance, the U.S. and Soviet Union had rule sets that were very different. Once the Soviets lost control, the country went through a "rule set reset," organizing itself to more closely align with the largely democratic and capitalist societies it had once opposed.
The group also noticed that globalization has caused a fairly common rule set to be shared between a great many countries around the world. States that have benefitted from globalization and begun to share in the wealth and prosperity associated with that are also losing interest in waging war with one another. Participants in the project noticed that once the per capita income of a country increases to about US$3000 per year, war essentially disappears. There are a few places where this hasn't exactly been the case, but it seems to largely hold true for now.[citation needed]
Another interesting thing to note was that, of
Barnett has termed the globalized countries the "Functioning Core" or simply "the Core". The other countries are part of the "Non-Integrating Gap", or simply "the Gap". The Gap has been shrinking as globalization has expanded. Since most terrorists seem to come from the Gap, he believes that the American military should focus on building partnerships with "seam states", countries bordering the Gap, to stabilize those regions. Stable states would bring more investment and more connectedness with the outside world, therefore progressively shrinking the Gap. The end result of all of this, if it proves to be successful, would be nothing less than the end of interstate warfare on the planet, and probably a significant reduction in intrastate warfare and other problems like terrorism.
Esquire Magazine and the resignation of Admiral Fallon
Barnett received notoriety in March 2008 for publishing an article in Esquire magazine on
Proposed China–US Grand Strategy Agreement
After joining the
The agreement's provisions were introduced in Barnett's column in World Politics Review,
Personal life
In a speech about globalization, Barnett confided that after having three children, he and his wife "adopted three girls from abroad – one from China and two from Ethiopia."[18]
Bibliography
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Presentation by Barnett on Great Powers, February 10, 2009, C-SPAN |
- Thomas P.M. Barnett (September 30, 1992). Romanian and East German Policies in the Third World. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-94117-5
- Thomas P.M. Barnett (April 22, 2004). The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century. Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 0-399-15175-3
- Thomas P.M. Barnett (October 20, 2005). Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating. Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 0-399-15312-8
- Thomas P.M. Barnett (January 2009). Great Powers: America and the World after Bush. Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-399-15537-6
See also
References
- ^ Barnett, Thomas P.M. "Thomas P.M. Barnett on Twitter". Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Barnett, Thomas P.M.. "The Pentagon's New Map." Esquire. 1 March 2003. Available online: http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0303-MAR_WARPRIMER. Last accessed 17 August 2014.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "U.S. Naval War College's NewRuleSets.Project homepage". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- Wall Street Journal, Greg Jaffe, May 11, 2004
- ^ "Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog: A Beginning". Archived from the original on 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2006-02-16.
- ^ "Thomas P.M. Barnett". www.uidaho.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "Thomas P.M. Barnett: Biography". Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2006-10-29.
- ^ "World Politics Review | Author | Thomas P.M. Barnett". 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Top U.S. Officer in Mideast Resigns - washingtonpost.com". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
- ^ Center for America China Partnership
- ^ China US Grand Strategy Agreement
- ^ USChinaRelations.net Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (Video of the meetings available for viewing)
- ^ Barnett, Thomas P.M. The New Rules. World Politics Review.
- ^ Milligan-Whyte, John and Dai Min. John Milligan-Whyte and Dai Min's Column (English). People’s Daily Online.
- ^ Milligan-Whyte, John and Dai Min. John Milligan-Whyte and Dai Min’s Column (Mandarin). China Daily.
- ^ Foreign Affairs (September/October 2011)
- ^ "My prepared remarks at the TRT World Forum 2018 in Istanbul". Thomas P. M. Barnett's webblog. 3 October 2018.