Thomas P.M. Barnett’s view of the world
A handsome Eckert projected World Map depicts the locations of US military actions since 1990, drawing a correlation between these areas and socio-economic development. Mr. Barnett draws a ring around the US interventions and calls it “The Non-Integrating Gap”, and refers the rest of the world as the “Functioning Core”. Maybe its a bit of a stretch. At least for an infographic, it seems a bit editorialized.