...the US bought allies in the fight against its ideological enemy, swapping mass exports for global military hegemony. Catastrophic demographics and the resulting collapse of domestic consumption ...will end any ambitions China had for regional hegemony; India, with its wage-variety will emerge as a major exporter; Japan, with the world's second largest navy will dictate who trades with whom, and will use its capital markets to finance India's ascent into the region's manufacturing powerhouse. Entire economies have been built on access to these materials, Zeihan observes, "The American order established stability which fostered economic growth, which enabled technological advancement, which led to the availability of these materials which allowed their inclusion in the products, modernity and lifestyle of the modern age."
