Peace and security, as well as aid issues, increasingly dominate the geopolitical agenda.
That geopolitical scene has been dominating the news in recent days with the political aftershocks from the Kashmir earthquake and the Iraq constitution.
The story involves geopolitical, or in this case, galacto-political posturing of a Cold War type, between the old Earth, the Alliance and the Union, headquartered on the Cyteen system of worlds.
The post-Cold War era is characterized by a diffusion of power, geopolitical uncertainties, and technology-driven change.
