Comments by enriquecost

Turkey will not leave NATO, and Russia doesn´t force it to leave NATO...but Turkey will be part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), same way as Irán.

Finland and Austria are part of the EU but not part of NATO, so Turkey can be part of NATO but not part of the EU.

The truth is that Turkey prefers to be the head of the Eurasian tiger rather than the tail of the European lion. A Russian-Turkish Axis will be the equivalent in the EEU to the Franco-German Axis in the EU.

Besides, that would enlarge the EEU to almost 400 million people, becoming a relevant economic hub in Eurasia. If France and Germany can share even a currency, Russia and Turkey can share a Common Market. That could create tension with the EU, as Turkey has been for long part a Customs Union with the EU, but Russia is also ready for deeper cooperation with the EU.

Right, America suffers over 30,000 traffic-related fatalities a year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death...
So, AI applied to vehicles and highways will be implemented soon in the U.S. as insurance companies will pay for it. Besides, taking into account that the highest proportion of fatalities affects young people, even the U.S. Army will be concerned as it means 200,000 young Americans dead in a decade, and 2 million young Americans wounded in a decade....a huge burden for American Defense capabilities, and a huge cost for the US Government and for private insurance companies.

An elevator from the Moon would be easier as moon´s gravity is six times lower (1.63 m/S2 compared to Earth´s 9.8 m/s2), but being the Moon 384,000 kms away from the Earth, it doesn´t solve any problem.

Life expectancy in America is now much lower than in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

Life expectancy in America is even lower than in Chile, Costa Rica and Greece.

India needs oil and gas for its development. And India alone is enough.

This article is only about the U.S., not about other countries.

In Russia, many tribes became "states" of the Union: Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tatarstan, Shaka, Tuva, Ingushetia, Chechenya, Udmurtia, Chukotka, Bashkortostan etc.

Something similar would be if the Navajo reserve was a U..S state.

Indians were fighting against Americans...and lost, being mainly asimilated by them.
The English (called Americans in the new lands) are a tribe, same way as the Cheyenne, Apache, French, Italians, Russians etc. The English and Spanish tribes have been very successful assimlating people from other tribes, which learnt our languages and traditions.

That means more parties than in US Elections, where there are only two parties.

With the impressive and brutal sanctions against Russia and the fall in crude oil prices last year, a 2-3% GDP growth in Russia with 3.8% inflation is a miracle. In fact, that is better than Brazil without sanctions.

Without US-EU sanctions, GDP growth in Russia would be over 5%.

That is why Donald Trump supports a natalist policy, with support to baby and child care.

At the same time, to prevent overheating and budget deficits, Donald Trump supports cut on spending, and the privatization of federal lands.

Why BP keeps a 20% stake in Rosneft, the main Russian taxpayer? While the UK calls for sanctions, they keep a 20% stake in Rosneft...that is an insult!!
The British Government should force BP to sell its stake in Rosneft as soon as possible.
Rosneft paid the Russiagate!!! Rosneft paid for the election of Donald Trump...and British Petroleum is its main private shareholder!!
BP should declare to the US Senate for the Russiagate because they paid for it.

Next will come a competition for Amazon´s and Alibaba´s headquarters in the €urozone and Russia.

a) €urozone: Berlin, Madrid, Brussels, Milano, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bratislava, Helsinki

b) Russia: Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk

It is not propaganda. The EAEU already exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union

It is strange that you have never read about it.

First, I say "IF", but if it consolidates adding just Turkey (80 million people) it will become very attractive for the Black Sea states.

You just repeat what I say about the GDP of each economic block. I have written "the European Union´s GDP is 10 times bigger". So you don´t need to repeat it.

Said that, I don´t have any doubt that if the EAEU consolidates including Turkey and Iran (another 80 million people) it will become very attractive for several countries in the Balkans.

With almost 400 million people and huge natural resources (oil, gas, iron ore, palladium, gold, diamonds, uranium etc) it will change from nothing to become a real alternative to take into account for those states. A very serious alternative.

On the midterm, if the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) consolidates and includes large states like Turkey and Iran, it could become an emerging market of almost 400 million people with immense natural resources, attractive enough for several Balkan states which products would be competitive in that area with a similar level of development and income per head.
But for now, the European Union´s GDP is 10 times bigger and its 510 million consumers are on average more affluent. Other countries like Switzerland and Norway are part of the European Common Market thanks to commercial agreements like the EEA (European Economic Area), and even Turkey shares a Customs Union with the European Union.

Right, Europe as a separate Continent is a political and racial construction.

But the Continent is called Eurasia. "Asia" was the name given by the Romans to the Anatolian Peninsula, but not to Arabia or China.

Besides, Belarus and Armenia are also member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)...but it is true that before, countries like Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Austria and Portugal were member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)..

Right. In fact, the name "Africa" was given to the Continent by Europeans, same way as "Asia" even if Lebanon and China don´t have much in common.
Rome only called "Africa" to Libya and "Asia" to the Anatolian peninsula. The rest was neither "Africa" nor "Asia".
The concept of Europe as a separate "Continent" is also political because XIX century cartographers were used to build an ideological base for the annexation of new lands with huge natural resources which could be developed by European companies. Natives as minors unable to rule themselves. During the XX century, and given the fact Germany lost all its colonies, it established a more restrictive concept among different European ethinicites, so some white ethnicities (Slavs) were to be considered also minors unable to rule themselves...and their lands annexed and colonised by Germanic groups. But that was too much for other powerful European nations.
There are many different ethnicities, languages and religions in Africa. Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia) is very close to Southern Europe (Spain, Italy). South Africa and Namibia have an essential influence from some Northern European ethnicities (Afrikaners, Dutch, English, Germans) while Angola and Cape Verde have an essential cultural and ethnic influence from Portuguese. Arabs played a mayor role in the mix creating several Eastern African ethnicities, like Somalia...but in most of Africa Bantu ethnicities play the main role.

Curious that Zimbabwe is among the "most improved"...while South Sudan and Libya are among the "less improved" being these ones under American intervention thanks to Obama.

The Economist should stop using such outdated and ridiculous expression as "The World should push.. ." What do you mean by "the world"? China? Because China s population is 20 times bigger than UK population...