Prof. Umberto Sulpasso
The 21st century is witnessing a change in the concept of historical war in which military diplomacy may not have taken full cognizance, and of which economic diplomacy has not even begun to be perceived: the third world war is underway between the USA and China, and this is the War of Knowledge.
Accustomed for centuries to unchanged logical structures from Caesar to Napoleon, from Hitler to De Gaulle, Churchill, Eisenhower, from McNamara to Fidel Castro and Ho Chi Minh for whom wars consisted of men, bombs, courage and physical weapons, the present diplomats at the moment lose sight of the fact that there may be other wars made not by soldiers but by software developers, not by phyisical weapons but by intellectual weapons, not by blunt objects, but by acts of culture and intelligence. These are fundamental changes, as we will see, for developing the GDKP Market Model, with the effort to have it applied first by India
Traditional Economic Diplomacies: Russia, Iran, Cuba
Usually, when we talk about alternative diplomacies, we mean the economic ones implemented by the West, which are seen by traditional diplomacy as supplementary supports. Current examples: Russia, Iran, and Cuba.
Russia: Blocks on bank deposits and reserves especially in the SWIFT system. Restrictions on exports of technology and industrial goods. Bans on direct investment and loans to large companies. Freezing of assets of persons, entities and officials. Restrictions on the export of oil, gas and other energy resources.
Iran: Blockades on Iranian funds and bank reserves, especially those linked to the National Bank of Iran. Restrictions on international money transfers. Prohibitions on investment and trade in certain goods and services. And unfortunately the blocking of pharmaceutical products, sanctions that are completely unacceptable because it especially affects children who cannot be treated.
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