In fact, he suggests that the 21st century looks a lot like the 19th with shifting alliances and economic, military, political and ideological rivalries.

NPR: Role of U.S. Changing in New World Order

While the United States, Russia and Iran struggle for economic or ideological influence in the region, the Caspian's fragile ecosystem is buckling under the hasty and disorderly expoitation of its resources.

ECONOMIST: Fishing for gas, sturgeon and influence

After a divisive election in November and the refusal of political and ideological wounds to heal, and a continued sense of economic uncertainty afoot in the U.S., there probably would be little true appetite for any kind of sermonizing by Chrysler this time, even if its viewpoint were filtered through some sort of brand appeal.

FORBES: Chrysler's Super Bowl Silence Could Give Its Ad Huge Impact

That leaves settlement leaders urging an ailing Mr Nachman to abandon his secular dream and welcome ideological rather than economic settlers.

ECONOMIST: Israel and Palestine

In a book published this year, he argues that since the Reagan era American capitalists have enjoyed a uniquely supportive set of ideological, political, and economic conditions.

NEWYORKER: Super-Rich Irony

Even though Chileans believe that on the domestic front the country has made great progress in terms of democracy, political and economic stability, and knows they fare better than many neighbors in the region, a majority disagrees with the ideological direction the country has taken.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: High stakes in Chile

Modern economic growth, she claims, is a result of an ideological and rhetorical transformation.

WSJ: Cultural Conversation: The New Theories of Moral Sentiments

And in Southeast Asia as in Europe, instead of standing on opposite sides of a Cold War ideological divide, the parties find themselves facing each other across an economic and cultural chasm fostered by historical circumstances.

CNN: RETOOLING ASEAN

Unlike the ideological conflicts that dominated the world throughout the entire 20th century, economic concerns now tend to dominate decisions and priorities.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Economic Element of National Power