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on the background classical geopolitics: a global Atlantic-centric take as seen in Google Earth, image, NASA, overlooking the North Atlantic image, NASA, centered on the wide South Atlantic A Room with a View “classical” global geopolitics: the opening fo the Atlantic as a Mare Nostrum, and then a Mare Clausum: the Tordesillas Treaty and the Portuguese commercial routes during the XVIth Century (in blue) and the “española” ones (these latter ‘de longo curso’ and in white, here) revisiting horror: from the first to the early stages of the second wave of globalization: a view of the slavetrade, Africa-Americas, 1650-1860 the South Atlantic and the first globalization: ports (harbours) in Atlantic Basin and the Portuguese and ‘Spanish’ routes, 15th to 18th centuries a peak at the current reawakening of the South Atlantic, after the Panama enlargement, after the eventual TTIP, if Trump allows it: the new (but surely not the largest) Basin harbours - those being built, enlarged or in fieri – shall mostly be located on the south of the Basin So will likely be active militarization and underlying social movements The reawakening of the South Atlantic after a period of dormancy Napoleon fate (beyond the horizon”, after Elba’s failure and Waterloo Breaking it down; the mobility flows of twitter users between 58 cities, 2015 The twitter city flows – a repeated pattern? Poliitcally ‘centralized’ Action vs Decentered Choices: an example of selectivity as concerns the old social media: countries compressed or streched according the the news on them published by Guardian Online from 2010 to 2012 potential connectivities, chokepoints and power, in the Atlantic Basin and its surroundings: possessions franỗaises, in October 2019 What they mean, the end of the “West”? October, 2019, “British possessions and British exclusive economic zones” (in pink) e “French possessions and NATO countries territoires, as well as those of our Allies, in the Atlantic Basin and some of its ‘chokepoints’” Under the Cape if Good Hope, French and Norwegian islands and archipelagoes again my hypothesis of reduplication of maritime ‘colonial’ connectivity and centrality, seen with perhaps greater graphic clarity in a neater map background How can we interpret this? Bis Just a repetition of historical maritime imperial patterns, but one with no continuity? Why, how come? Political and economic voluntarism seems to be the answer “WhatsApp hack: Is any app or computer truly secure?”, BBC, Wednesday, May 15 th, 2019 “WhatsApp has confirmed that a security flaw in the app let attackers install spy software on their targets' smartphones That has left many of its 1.5 billion users wondering how safe the "simple and secure" messaging app really is.” “Russian bots rigged Voice Kids TV talent show result” “Russian bots rigged Voice Kids TV talent show result”, BBC, Thursday, May 16th, 2019 “GozNym cyber-crime gang which stole millions busted”, BBC, Thursday, May 16th, 2019.“An international crime gang which used malware to steal $100m (£77m) from more than 40,000 victims has been dismantled.” “Trump declares national emergency over IT threats”, BBC, Thursday, May 16th, 2019 “President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries” tweetdoTrump,7deOutubro,2019,Segundaưfeira:asIhavestatedstrongly before,andjusttoreiterate,ifTurkeydoesanythingthatI,inmygreatand unmatchedwisdom,considertobeofflimits,Iwilltotallydestroyandobliterate theEconomyofTurkey(Ivedonebefore!). logopelacaladadanoite,Terỗaưfeira,dia8deOutubro,2019:Turkishtroops withtanksandheavyartillerymoveintonorthernSyria alone: Asia Sentinel, January 31, 2019 - “Taiwan Fears China Could Cut Undersea Cables” Welcome to a brave new world (dis)order The Australian Business Times, October 22nd, 2019: “The ship GeoExplorer in Chile at the start  of submarine exploration for an undersea cable  project by Huawei Marine.” the 21st: “Huawei Marine Networks, majority-owned by the Chinese telecom giant, completed a 6000km cable between Brazil and Cameroon in September It recently started work on a 12,000km cable connecting Europe, Asia and Africa and is finishing up links across the Gulf of California in Mexico Altogether, the company has worked on some 90 projects to build or upgrade seabed fibre-optic links, gaining fast on the three US, European and Japanese firms that dominate the industry” Uhhh!?!? ... some of the new dimensions of geopolitics: optic internet submarine cable map, 2017-2018 2017-2018, ? ?optical submarine cable on the oceanic depths of the northern Atlantic Basin? ?? as Mark Twain... 2017-2018, optical submarine cables and the South Atlantic basin, the myth of South-South connections laid bare: in what concerns digital, those connections are nothing but wishful thinking optical cables. .. 1650-1860 the South Atlantic and the first globalization: ports (harbours) in Atlantic Basin and the Portuguese and ‘Spanish’ routes, 15th to 18th centuries a peak at the current reawakening of the