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Geography Strikes Back - Wall Street Journal

Saturday, September 8th 2012

If you want to know what Russia, China or Iran will do next, don't read their newspapers or ask what our spies have dug up—consult a map. Geography can reveal as much about a government's aims as its secret councils. More than ideology or domestic politics, what fundamentally defines a state is its place on the globe. Maps capture the key facts of history, culture and natural resources. With upheaval in the Middle East and a tumultuous political transition in China, look to geography to make sense of it all.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443819404577635332556005436.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories

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