sexta-feira, 13 de dezembro de 2013

Pacífico ou Atlântico?

Francisco Seixas da Costa

 

Sempre achei muito importante saber pensar em "contra-ciclo". É o que fazem o investigador universitário português Bernardo Pires de Lima e o seu colega sueco Erik Brattberg, num blog do "The Huffington Post", ao ousarem escrever "Why the Atlantic, not the Pacific, may dominate the 21st century".

Deixo um extrato significativo:

To see why the Atlantic area will grow in relevance in coming years is not hard. While the old powers in Europe and North America might be in relative decline, they still share half of the global GDP and the world's strongest military alliance, NATO. At the same time, the Atlantic is also the home to two BRICS countries, Brazil and South Africa, and emerging actors such as Mexico, Nigeria and Angola. Their economic growth rates, global profile in oil and gas production, and military investments have already attracted the rapidly growing interest of China and India.


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