Behind the idea of that "grid" lay a go-for-broke militarization of an energy corridor that would stretch from the Caspian Sea in Central Asia through a series of now independent former SSRs of the Soviet Union to Turkey, and from there into the Balkans (thence on to Europe).
In this connection Russia proposes to work out and put into practice a relevant mechanism with the participation of the I.A.E.A. Particularly alarming are the plans for militarization of the outer space.
As people who have worked for decades against the increased militarization of societies and for international cooperation to end war, we have been deeply dismayed by his treatment.
As American diplomacy beat its retreat, he triumphantly invited the U.N. to Moscow next spring for a propaganda extravaganza to counter America's "alarming... plans for the militarization of outer space".
But let's also spare a thought for the militarization of the C.I.A., the legal fishiness of the drone war, and the myriad corruption scandals fed by our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When the Trump administration pushes for the militarization of the border, including more border wall construction, they are driving people fleeing violence into the deadliest desert regions". The statement pointed out that the incident wasn't reported for a week.
There is so much I would have liked to hear le Carré talk about — how intelligence work has changed (the militarization of the C.I.A., for example); his view of the so-called special relationship that got Tony Blair into so much trouble; his thoughts about changing international conflict as the world has gone from the cold war to globalized terror; his feelings about the Arab Spring; etc.
Islamophobia has manifested in a policing regime that engages in the profiling, surveillance, torturing, and detention of people along racial and religious lines, and has allowed for the militarization of local police departments, as well as an unprecedented expansion of security that impacts all Americans.
You will hear that story a lot; or maybe how a similar vehicle was used to disperse protesters downtown, "Occupy" as another excuse for the militarization of local law enforcement.
If the nation needed a poster child for the militarization of its police forces, it just got one.
