I am clearing the old messages and have stumbled on this piece from Doc:
>Georgie Geyer wrote an interesting column a few days ago, wondering aloud
>why the end of the bipolarized world order (US v USSR) was not recognized
>and celebrated--why many political interests wished that that great
>confrontation were still ongoing. The US and USSR were both able to make
>each other the scapegoat, as they attempted to manipulate other
>nation-states into one of their two camps. Other nation-states
>reciprocated by threatening to join the other camp if certain conditions
>weren't met to retain their loyalty. This bipolar relationship provided
>some sense of security through control that is simply no longer there.
Yesterday on BBC Radio4 morning program, one of the guests was talking
about his book on maps and their political significance. What caught my
eye in the above and provides a link is an apparent change in the size of
Russia and former USSR states in latest US-produced World Atlases. The
author offers an explanation which says that the size of USSR was
deliberately exagerated in the past to pictorially show the danger of the
enemy! As this is not the enemy now, one can cut them down to size.
Fascinating how a piece of information I never thought would be of
interest got triggered at the dead of night! Possibly the Improvisation
at play here (if I remember Weick's boxes rightly - thank you for reminder
David).
Kind regards
Lilly
"Without diversity of opinion the discovery of truth is impossible."
Humbold
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