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== Career ==

== Career ==

Analyst and later Vice President for the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]-based geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor<ref name="Denning">Denning, Liam (Dec. 3, 2014). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-accidental-superpower-by-peter-zeihan-1417653112 "The Coming Hobbesian World." Review of ''The Accidental Superpower''], by Peter Zeihan. ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''. Retrieved Dec. 3, 2014.</ref><ref name=DI>{{Cite web |Daniel Immerwahr|date=10 November 2022 |title=Are we really prisoners of geography? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/are-we-really-prisoners-of-geography-maps-geopolitics |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> (founded 1996), where he spent 12 years in total.<ref name=DI/>  He has been referred to as an "establishmentarian (a self-described [[George Herbert Walker Bush|GWH Bush]] globalist)",<ref>https://attackthesystem.com/2021/05/20/the-limits-of-peter-zeihans-analysis/</ref> a "huckster"<ref>https://michaelyon.com/featured-dispatches/pretender-alert-peter-zeihan/</ref> and "buffoon" whose "whole sthick is USA preeminence and how our 'advantages' will lead to our continued domination of the world. These advantages are [[Hispanic]] [[slave]] labor, ocean moats,<ref><small>'''Amb. Chas. Freeman:''' "I think threat management threat reduction is a lot better than threat activation, which is what they're talking about, and I think they're nuts. I think we're talking about striking a [[war]] in the [[Chinese]], homeland, and the idea that somehow this could be a limited war, like the [[Korean War]] or [[Vietnam War]], or for that matter up to now the [[Ukraine war]] is just crazy. If you hit the homeland of your [[nuclear arm]]ed enemy, you can be damn sure you're going to be hit back. So there is no distinction between tactical and strategic [[nuclear weapon]]s in this

Analyst and later Vice President for the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]-based geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor<ref name="Denning">Denning, Liam (Dec. 3, 2014). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-accidental-superpower-by-peter-zeihan-1417653112 "The Coming Hobbesian World." Review of ''The Accidental Superpower''], by Peter Zeihan. ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''. Retrieved Dec. 3, 2014.</ref><ref name=DI>{{Cite web |Daniel Immerwahr|date=10 November 2022 |title=Are we really prisoners of geography? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/are-we-really-prisoners-of-geography-maps-geopolitics |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> (founded 1996), where he spent 12 years in total.<ref name=DI/>  He has been referred to as an "establishmentarian (a self-described [[George Herbert Walker Bush|GWH Bush]] globalist)",<ref>https://attackthesystem.com/2021/05/20/the-limits-of-peter-zeihans-analysis/</ref> a "huckster"<ref>https://michaelyon.com/featured-dispatches/pretender-alert-peter-zeihan/</ref> and "buffoon" whose "whole sthick is USA preeminence and how our 'advantages' will lead to our continued domination of the world. These advantages are [[Hispanic]] [[slave]] labor, ocean moats,<ref><small>'''Amb. Chas. Freeman:''' "I think threat management threat reduction is a lot better than threat activation, which is what they're talking about, and I think they're nuts. I think we're talking about striking a [[war]] in the [[Chinese]], homeland, and the idea that somehow this could be a limited war, like the [[Korean War]] or [[Vietnam War]], or for that matter up to now the [[Ukraine war]] is just crazy. If you hit the homeland of your [[nuclear arm]]ed enemy, you can be damn sure you're going to be hit back. So there is no distinction between tactical and strategic [[nuclear weapon]]s in this theater. And to imagine there is, is [[insane]].<br>'''Col. Daniel Davis:''' Now one of the things he was talking about, there is some suggestion that the [[United States]] could hit certain targets on the Chinese mainland and that the response would stay in the theater, and what Ambassador Freeman went on to elaborate a little bit more was, that the Chinese are going to do tit-for-tat. So if you strike the Chinese mainland, you can be sure that the US mainland will be hit somewhere in American territory. So we think that the war will be contained to the Indo-Pacific, something like the Korean war or the Vietnam war, that it'll be fought over there, or even World Wars I or II which would be in the [[European]] theaters, which would be contained over there. They never came to our soil. He is telling you point blank: do not fall for that that foolish, arrogant notion.</small><br>[https://youtu.be/bee6_9j3K5o?t=782 Deep Dive Intel Briefing 9-7-24 / What We Learned This Week], Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, Sep 7, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> and raw resources."<ref>https://sonar21.com/niger-coup-a-contrived-crisis-or-a-major-cia-goof-and-my-interview-on-a-russian-morning-show/#comment-146860</ref> He has been criticized for his "bad predictions with bad premises."<ref>https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/11/peter-zeihan-makes-bad-predictions-with-bad-premises.html</ref>  Most of his speeches on [[YouTube]] are at upscale globalist hedge fund investor conferences and to sell books.

theater. And to imagine there is, is [[insane]].<br>'''Col. Daniel Davis:''' Now one of the things he was talking about, there is some suggestion that the [[United States]] could hit certain targets on the Chinese mainland and that the response would stay in the theater, and what Ambassador Freeman went on to elaborate a little bit more was, that the Chinese are going to do tit-for-tat. So if you strike the Chinese mainland, you can be sure that the US mainland will be hit somewhere in American territory. So we think that the war will be contained to the Indo-Pacific, something like the Korean war or the Vietnam war, that it'll be fought over there, or even World Wars I or II which would be in the [[European]] theaters, which would be contained over there. They never came to our soil. He is telling you point blank: do not fall for that that foolish, arrogant notion.</small><br>[https://youtu.be/bee6_9j3K5o?t=782 Deep Dive Intel Briefing 9-7-24 / What We Learned This Week], Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, Sep 7, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> and raw resources."<ref>https://sonar21.com/niger-coup-a-contrived-crisis-or-a-major-cia-goof-and-my-interview-on-a-russian-morning-show/#comment-146860</ref> He has been criticized for his "bad predictions with bad premises."<ref>https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/11/peter-zeihan-makes-bad-predictions-with-bad-premises.html</ref>  Most of his speeches on [[YouTube]] are at upscale globalist hedge fund investor conferences and to sell books.

Zeihan has been predicting [[China]]’s meltdown since 2005. He repeats the call for China meltdown and possible breakup or breakdown multiple times. In 2010, he said it would happen within 3-5 years.<ref>https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/01/here-is-what-peter-zeihan-got-wrong-on-the-joe-rogan-show.html</ref>

Zeihan has been predicting [[China]]’s meltdown since 2005. He repeats the call for China meltdown and possible breakup or breakdown multiple times. In 2010, he said it would happen within 3-5 years.<ref>https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/01/here-is-what-peter-zeihan-got-wrong-on-the-joe-rogan-show.html</ref>