The UAE did a deal with Egypt to manage a piece of their land. 

This is another type of network state: a traditional state that expands into a global network through land management deals.

In the next crisis, well-run states will have the cash to buy land. And insolvent states that need the cash will sell land.

@balajis.eth how do we know this is not just another "politically" driven decision? 
Eastern Europe has been "privatizing" factories and other geo-strategical land for many years, where in fact this was all for the benefit of a few.

@balajis.eth how do we know this is not just another "politically" driven decision? 
Eastern Europe has been "privatizing" factories and other geo-strategical land for many years, where in fact this was all for the benefit of a few.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ThusbaRW8