The Continuing Promise of the Noösphere and Noöpolitik — Twenty Years After
by David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla

Intro remarks

I. The noosphere: a concept about the world’s future evolution

Teilhard’s thinking about the noosphere:
Vernadsky’s thinking about the noosphere:
Teilhard and Vernadsky compared:
Le Roy’s depiction of the transition:

II. Noosphere concept gaining ground in recent decades

III. Implications of the noosphere concept for thinking about noopolitik

IV. The Future of Noopolitik (Revisited)

Global civil-society actors as proponents of noopolitik:
Displacement of realpolitik as the noosphere grows:
Early glimmers of noopolitik:

V. Pessimistic appraisal of today’s turmoil for the noosphere and noopolitik

Washington failing at noopolitik:
Moscow, Beijing, and Wikileaks turning noopolitik against us:
The noosphere in fragmented disarray:

VI. New hope for the noosphere and noopolitik — the global commons

Environmental science and civil-society perspectives on the global commons:
Military perspectives on the global commons:
Intersecting implications — a new combination of forces for the future:

VII. Getting America back on track with noopolitik

The way ahead as we previously saw it:
A new vision for the way ahead:

The preliminary drafts I’ve posted so far, and that you have re-posted, correspond to Sections I-III above. I wish the drafts of Sections IV and V were in good enough shape to post next. But I’m not sure about that yet. So, in last few days, I’ve skipped ahead to post a section that may be of greater interest to some readers — a preliminary draft of Section VI, which focuses on the concept of the “global commons.”

Onward.