I haven't read The New Pentagon Map (2004) but most developed countries' foreign policy objectives promote a 'free market' neoliberal economic model, which the International Monetary Fund applies.
Wikipedia summarizes the New Pentagon Map's thesis: 'The world can be roughly divided
into two groups: the Functioning Core, characterized by economic
interdependence, and the Non-Integrated Gap, characterized by unstable
leadership and absence from international trade. The Core can be
sub-divided into Old Core (North America, Europe, Japan, Australia) and
New Core (China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and
Russia). The Disconnected Gap includes the Middle East, South Asia
(except India), most of Africa, Southeast Asia, and northwest South
America...."
This sounds incredibly like Immanuel Wallerstein's World Systems theory, which is a Marxist critique of globalization and the international production/distribution/consumerist model. In Wallerstein's view, the core countries (or Old Core, according to the New Pentagon Map) is not holding up well, and in fact, is leading the world into chaos. See his homepage http://iwallerstein.com/.
I'd better read Barnett's book to figure out what he ripped off from Wallerstein, before I engage in any more critiques.
This sounds incredibly like Immanuel Wallerstein's World Systems theory, which is a Marxist critique of globalization and the international production/distribution/consumerist model. In Wallerstein's view, the core countries (or Old Core, according to the New Pentagon Map) is not holding up well, and in fact, is leading the world into chaos. See his homepage http://iwallerstein.com/.
I'd better read Barnett's book to figure out what he ripped off from Wallerstein, before I engage in any more critiques.
