warren wagar raises the possiblity of global war between core
and periphery--two, three, many vietnams, as someone once said.
well, at least so far, all the core/periphery wars have pitted
a great power or two against a weak one. is there some reason
to expect a decline in the ability of core states (individually
and collectively) to divide the periphery and deal with "rebels"
one at a time? is the short-lived success of OPEC a lesson of
some kind?
w