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Thomas P.M. Barnett’s Global Throughlines

Grand strategic analysis from a grand strategist who thinks deeply across time and widely across domains

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“Beijing fears less the individual complaint than the shared diagnosis. You promised advancement. We did the schooling. Where's the future? That question doesn't require a revolutionary ideology, just enough people comparing notes. Censorship cannot manufacture a convincing answer. Only performance can do that.” — Thomas PM Barnett, Thomas P.M. Barnett’s Global Throughlines
Thomas PM Barnett · 8 Nov 2026 Listen →
“You want entrepreneurs discovering what nobody anticipated, but you want cadres ensuring nothing politically unexpected happens. So it's innovation, please. Surprise, no thank you. … That's not an impossible combination, but it's sure as hell an expensive one.” — Thomas PM Barnett, Thomas P.M. Barnett’s Global Throughlines
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“Turns out the cloud has a street address. And that's the strategic point now ricocheting around the Pentagon: you plan on waging AI-enhanced warfare and you've just added every data center on your territory to the opponent's targeting list.” — Thomas PM Barnett, Thomas P.M. Barnett’s Global Throughlines
Thomas PM Barnett · 8 Nov 2026 Listen →

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Thomas P.M. Barnett’s Global Throughlines is hosted by Omar Butt .

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