Obtener [Boger] The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and
a World Without America
By Peter Zeihan
The world is changing in ways most of us find incomprehensible. Terrorism spills out
of the Middle East into Europe. Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China and Japan vie to see
who can be most aggressive. Financial breakdown in Asia and Europe guts growth,
challenging hard-won political stability.Yet for the Americans, these changes are
fantastic. Alone among the world's powers, only the United States is geographically
wealthy, demographically robust, and energy secure. That last piece -- American
energy security -- is rapidly emerging as the most critical piece of the global
picture.The American shale revolution does more than sever the largest of the
remaining ties that bind America's fate to the wider world. It re-industrializes the
United States, accelerates the global order's breakdown, and triggers a series of wide
ranging military conflicts that will shape the next two decades. The common theme?
Just as the global economy tips into chaos, just as global energy becomes dangerous,
