He told me that he is really only interested in three things. First, will the euro survive? Second, what will China do? Third, what’s the state of the U.S. economy? Everything else is of interest only in relation to these three items. So if you want to engage this strategist on, say, Russia, or Brazil, or the human rights situation in Turkey, he would only be interested if you could convince him that any of these issues has an impact on one (or more) of the other big three. You are lucky if you are a Russia analyst. But don’t even bother if you deal with Africa, Afghanistan, or climate change.
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