The future world will be marked by dead space—zones with low population density and no industry between the power centers (France, Argentina, Turkey)—similar to the Roman marches, where nation states will remain strong authorities but ethnicity is disintegrating globally in real time, forcing new economic models, though not within 30 years.

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Peter Zeihan

Evidence Quote

dead space between the power centers... Roman marches where population density drops off... disintegration of a lot of ethnicities in real time... can't have the nation state without the nation... force new economic models

Source

Peter Zeihan: Mapping the Collapse of GlobalizationCommonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:34:46 PM

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