  The fine structure constant, alpha, is shown to be proportional to the ratio
of the quanta of electric and magnetic flux of force of the electron, and
provides a new representation, which is global across all unit systems.
Consequently, a variation in alpha was shown to manifest due to a differential
change in the fraction of the quanta of electric and magnetic flux of force,
while a variation in hcross.c was shown to manifest due to the common mode
change. The representation is discussed with respect to the running of the fine
structure constant at high energies (small distances), and a putative temporal
drift. It is shown that the running of the fine structure constant is due to
equal components of electric screening (polarization of vacuum) and magnetic
anti-screening (magnetization of vacuum), which cause the perceived quanta of
electric charge to increase at small distances, while the magnetic flux quanta
decreases. This introduces the concept of the bare magnetic flux quanta as well
as the bare electric charge. With regards to temporal drift, it is confirmed
that it is impossible to determine which fundamental constant is varying if
alpha varies.
