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Eurasia Group?s Top Risks for 2012
2012-01-03 23:52:00 As we begin 2012, political risks dominate global headlines in a way we’ve not experienced in decades. Everywhere you look in today’s global economy, concerns over insular, gridlocked, or fractured politics affecting markets stare back at you. Continuation of the politically driven crisis in the eurozone appears virtually guaranteed. There is profound instability across the ... More About: Forecasts , Eurozone
China?s President Pushes Back Against Western Culture ? NYTimes.com
2012-01-03 23:41:00 President of Hu Jintao of China has said that China must strengthen its cultural production to defend against the West’s assault on the country’s culture and ideology, according to an essay in a Communist Party policy magazine published this week. The publication of Mr. Hu’s words signaled that a new major policy initiative announced last ... More About: Culture , President , Reuters , Back
Will the global economy finally recover in 2012? | The Curious Capitalist |
2012-01-03 22:36:00 More than three years have passed since the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, and the economic downturn feels like it may never end. Optimism had run high that 2011 would see a sustainable economic upswing. But those hopes were dashed by a nasty combination of the euro zone debt crisis, spiking food and oil ... More About: Economy , Curious , Global , Finally
Dangerously Unstable: The World in the Age of US Decline
2012-01-03 19:09:00 Not so long ago, a high-ranking Chinese official, who obviously had concluded that America’s decline and China’s rise were both inevitable, noted in a burst of candor to a senior U.S. official: “But, please, let America not decline too quickly.” Although the inevitability of the Chinese leader’s expectation is still far from certain, he was ... More About: World , Warning Signs , The World
The Coming Collapse of the European Union :: Stonegate Institute
2012-01-03 18:10:00 How could so many clever people get it so wrong? The question was recently asked by the British politician Daniel Hannan in an article on the collapse of the euro; in the coming months, the same question will be asked more and more often about Europe itself. Europe as it has been built may appear ... More About: Liberals , Collapse , European Union , European
Chinese military bases are about more than just naval supplies and protecti
2012-01-03 11:20:00 China’s new naval strategy of “far sea defense” is aimed at giving Beijing the ability to project its power in key oceanic areas, including — and most significantly -the Indian Ocean. China’s expansionist behavior has, in fact, long been evident. China has been acquiring naval facilities along crucial chokepoints in the Indian Ocean not only ... More About: Military , China , Chinese , Supplies , Presence
Russia: What Iranian nuclear-weapon program? « Hot Air
2012-01-03 10:28:00 Russia has proof that Iran is not engaged in a nuclear weapon programme, a top Russian diplomat ha[s] said. “We have verified data showing that there is no reliable evidence for the existence of a military component” in Iran’s nuclear programme, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “To put it simpler, there is no proof ... More About: Nuclear , Washington Times , Russia , Program
New Hurdles Loom in Euro Crisis ? WSJ.com
2012-01-03 09:28:00 “Euro pe is absolutely my No. 1 concern. It is so far in the lead I can’t think of what my No. 2 concern is,” says Princeton economist Alan Blinder, a former U.S. Federal Reserve vice chairman. “There’s just an almost unending list of things that might go wrong and start us on a bad track ... More About: Economist , Asia
A Short History of the Middle East
2012-01-03 09:22:00 From a purely American point of view, we have only one ally, Israel , in the Middle East and the Obama administration has treated it like an enemy. Israel has understandably concluded it cannot depend on the U.S. for support. In the midst of the turmoil, Israel is particularly vulnerable and will be until the current ... More About: History , Afghanistan , The Middle East
IDF predicts missile attacks on J?lem in futur? JPost
2012-01-03 08:52:00 For years, the defense establishment widely assumed that Israel ’s enemies – primarily Hezbollah and Syria – would avoid targeting Jerusalem due to the relatively large Arab population in the city, and the fear that Muslim holy sites such as the Aksa Mosque would accidentally be hit. “That is no longer the case,” a senior IDF ... More About: Middle East , Enemies
Austerity Reigns Over Euro Zone as Crisis Deepens ? NYTimes.com
2012-01-02 22:55:00 Europe’s leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measures that put growth further out of reach. Saying that Europe was facing its “harshest test in decades,” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany warned on New Year’s ... More About: Euro
Analysts are Concerned That China May Attack India in 2012 | WND.Com
2012-01-02 20:19:00 Analysts are becoming increasingly concerned that China may launch a surprise military attack on India in 2012, based on conditions today that are similar to those present the last time China attacked India – in 1962, says a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. The concerns center on an ongoing border dispute between the two ... More About: Vietnam , Concerned , Launch
West in political crisis has echoes of 1930s | Reuters
2012-01-02 17:41:00 Dysfunctional politics threatens to deliver a protracted period of slow global growth, possibly lasting well beyond 2012, which will only deepen the political and economic problems for the West . The global financial crisis that began four years ago has morphed into a political crisis for the United States and Europe. Leaders incapable of wrestling their ... More About: Political , Reuters , Echoes
A New Economic Disorder ? When Old Western Powers & Emerging Markets Clash:
2012-01-02 17:40:00 The world has turned upside down. All of a sudden, “rich” countries were the ones running large deficits, while “poor” countries ran surpluses – accumulating large stocks of external assets, including financial claims on Western economies. At first glance, this could seem to reflect what advocates of a new international economic order had in mind. ... More About: Economy , Stocks , Markets , Economic
Palestinians plan diplomatic steps to put Israel under ?international siege
2012-01-02 09:20:00 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s envoy Isaac Molho will meet with top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Amman Tuesday for preliminary talks aimed at setting an agenda for peace negotiations, even as the Palestinians are preparing a diplomatic campaign that aims to put Israel under “a real international siege.” … 2012 “will be the start of ... More About: International
China?s quest for energy from Russia exposes history of distrust | Seattle
2012-01-01 22:15:00 “They look like the perfect partners, but this is a marriage made in hell,” said a Western energy executive who has worked with both. Russia and China , he added, are “so afraid of being outdone” by each other that negotiations tend toward all-or-nothing combat. The economic imperatives for greater cooperation remain powerful and, predicted a ... More About: Seattle , History , Natural Gas , Abundance
Iran reports nuclear progress as sanctions loom ? Yahoo! News
2012-01-01 21:59:00 Iran announced a nuclear fuel breakthrough and test-fired a new radar-evading medium-range missile in the Gulf on Sunday, moves that could further antagonize the West at a time when Tehran is trying to avert harsh new sanctions on its oil industry. U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law on Saturday imposing tougher financial sanctions to ... More About: News , Yahoo , Iran , Nuclear
Eurozone is closer to break-up, warns Standard Chartered?s Peter Sands
2012-01-01 21:43:00 The chief executive of Standard Chartered has warned that there is an increasing likelihood of a country falling out of the eurozone because of the inability of politicians to resolve the crisis. … “We enter 2012 with a very difficult outlook for the eurozone [and] with an increasing possibility of countries actually leaving the eurozone. ... More About: Europe , Break Up , Greece , Outlook , Break
A Real Match for Putin
2012-01-01 21:21:00 … Many of the speakers on 24 December found themselves heckled by one group or another. Then the anti-corruption blogger Alexey Navalny took to the stage, and struck a pose straight out of a Soviet revolutionary poster. ‘I see we’re here, but where is that lad who smirked at us from the box? Is he ... More About: Patriotism , Corruption , Russia , Putin , Real
The Unintended Consequences of America?s Adventure in Iraq | The National I
2012-01-01 21:10:00 Maliki insists that he is not a tool of the Iranians. Strictly speaking, he is correct. Iraq will never allow itself to be completely dominated by Tehran. Nevertheless, just as there can be no denying that Iran was the real victor of Operation Iraqi Freedom because America defanged its only seriously powerful regional rival, so ... More About: Middle East , National , Lebanon
Russian Orthodox Church Turns From Kremlin Ally to Critic ? NYTimes.com
2012-01-01 16:25:00 Patriarch Kirill is by no means the only religious critic of the government since the elections, and certainly not the toughest. “People of the most varied convictions are now gathering on the square, but they are united by one thing, their unwillingness to live like this any longer,” Archpriest Aleksei Uminsky, a popular Moscow priest ... More About: Elections , Church , Russian , Russia , Kremlin
Economic Agony of the West: What to Expect and How to Prepare
2012-01-01 10:57:00 This paper covers some familiar ground in order to remind readers of the interplay among the most important economic developments, considers the scenarios for which companies should prepare, and suggests some steps that prudent companies may wish to consider. For those readers who are well acquainted with the economic scenarios described, we suggest that you ... More About: Economy , West , Expect , Economic , Budgets
China: Overdue for a people?s revolt? | GlobalPost
2012-01-01 09:53:00 A history-making drive for freedom and for representative government swept much of the globe in 2011 but arguably the world’s most important country, China , remained on the sidelines, still firmly locked in the grip of one-party Communist rule more than half a century after the birth of the People ’s Republic of China. The world’s second ... More About: Freedom , Globe , Capitalism
Is 2012 the end of the world as we know it? ? The Washington Post
2012-01-01 09:48:00 The last New Year ’s Day in human history is here. You may not believe so, but millions do. They’re convinced that ancient Maya priests calculated Dec. 21, 2012, as the end of the world as we know it. These claims and warnings, prognostications and reassurances are on bookstore shelves, on Web sites, in museum exhibits ... More About: World , Washington , Washington Post , Post
U.S. Targets Iran?s Central Bank ? WSJ.com
2012-01-01 09:43:00 President Barack Obama signed into law on Saturday sanctions against Iran ’s central bank, marking the sharpest economic confrontation between Washington and Tehran yet and potentially stoking tensions in the Persian Gulf . … Some U.S. officials believe that Tehran will view the bill signing itself as an act of war. The move could push Iran to ... More About: Navy , Bank
US sanctions on Iran?s central bank. Tehran has called this an act of war
2012-01-01 09:38:00 On the last day of 2011, US President Barack Obama Saturday signed into law measures penalizing foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran ’s central bank, Bank Markazi – the toughest sanctions imposed yet over Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon. In recent weeks Tehran has repeatedly warned that it would deem the signing of this ... More About: Central
TOP SECRET: Your Briefing on the CIA?s Cold-War Spy Satellite, ?Big Bird? ?
2011-12-31 22:38:00 Here’s your mission, should you choose to accept it: build a camera that can take high-resolution photographs of the Earth from orbit and return them to the Central Intelligence Agency. There’s only one catch: you don’t get to use a computer or a single kilobyte of network bandwidth. That’s the task that the United States ... More About: Satellite , Cold War , Cold , Secret , Bird
China?s Shaky Economic Foundation ? NYTimes.com
2011-12-31 22:28:00 As the Wukan protests evolved into an international media event, a provincial party official, under pressure from Beijing, stepped in and swiftly negotiated a truce acceptable to the villagers. This week Prime Minister Wen Jiabao asserted that “China can no longer sacrifice farmers’ land rights for the sake of reducing the cost of urbanization and ... More About: Foundation , Leadership , Economic
Loss of faith in democracy could make 2012 the most frightening year ever |
2011-12-31 22:26:00 The dawn of a new year is usually a time of hope and ambition, of dreams for the future and thoughts of a better life. But it is a long time since many of us looked forward to the new year with such anxiety, even dread. Here in Britain, many economists believe that by the ... More About: Mail , New Year , Faith , Democracy , General Election
As China Surges In Space, Russia Stumbles
More articles from this author:2011-12-31 19:20:00 The two largest space powers outside the U.S. had wildly divergent records in 2011, with Beijing boasting 19 launches and demonstrating in-orbit docking for a future space station while the Kremlin ordered an investigation into a string of high-profile engineering failures plaguing Russia ’s space program. The implications for Russia of a nosedive in the quality ... More About: Space , China , Orbit , Space program 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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