Industrial Clusters, drivers of growth

WALL STREET
Cluster nature: Financial
Cluster units: Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Insurers, FED, Corporate Lawyers etc…
Ideology -> Greed is good

SILICON VALLEY
Cluster Nature: Tech
Cluster Units: Chip Makers, Tech Giants, Start ups, Venture Capitalists
Ideology: Creating the next killer application

HELMAND PROVICE AFPACK BORDER
Cluster Nature: Terrorism
Cluster Units: madrahsas, bomb makers, ammunition suppliers, propaganda artists, logistical planners
Ideology: Islamic Jihad

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Industrial cluster -> sophisticated network of units streamlined for the scaling and deployment of a certain nature of services/products (whether financial, technical or terrorist).

US/UK national security policy to disrupt and permanently change the dynamics of the AFPAK mountainous region so that it is no longer susceptible to hosting terrorist clusters.