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The New World Order is not turning out as planned. Instead of all power emanating from London and Washington, new power centres are emerging to the South and East: a new global equilibrium raises the possibility of a new post-imperial age of peace and equality between nations.
Posted by seumasach on March 10, 2010
James Petras
voltairenet.org
9th March
The Obama administration’s escalating provocations against China may come at a very high price. It would be unrealistic to assume that China will continue to remain impassive before the territorial threats, economic pressures and diplomatic insults without retaliating. China may decide to dump a large share of its US securities holdings, prompting other foreign investors to follow suit. Those who claim Chinese economic interests would suffer from such a sell off overlook the fact that China is in a comparatively better position to absorb the ‘shock’ of a deterioration in US economic relations and still land on her feet.
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2010
PressTV
7th March, 2010
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West, adding that the US will go down in history as the biggest thief ever.
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2010
“During the Cold War, the Pentagon worried that countries would fall like dominoes before a relentless communist advance. Today, the Pentagon worries about a different kind of domino effect. In Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries are refusing to throw their full support behind the US war in Afghanistan. In Africa, no country has stepped forward to host the headquarters of the Pentagon’s new Africa Command. In Latin America, little Ecuador has kicked the US out of its air base in Manta”.
John Feffer
Asia Times
6th March, 2010
For a country with a pacifist constitution, Japan is bristling with weaponry. Indeed, that Asian land has long functioned as a huge aircraft carrier and naval base for United States military power. We couldn’t have fought wars in Korea (1950-1953) and Vietnam (1959-1975) without the nearly 90 military bases scattered around the islands of our major Pacific ally. Even today, Japan remains the anchor of what’s left of America’s Cold War containment policy when it comes to China and North Korea. From the Yokota and Kadena air bases, the United States can dispatch troops and bombers across Asia, while the Yokosuka base near Tokyo is the largest American naval installation outside the United States.
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Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2010
Rick Rozoff
Voltairenet
24th February, 2010
Since the 1982 war against the United Kingdom, Argentina has attempted to settle the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute through diplomatic channels. But news that a British company has launched oil exploration in the area has brought bi-lateral relations to a new low. The U.K. should be reminded that the balance of power has shifted, as Latin America has steadily moved towards higher regional integration and greater independence from Washington and its allies. As Hugo Chávez bluntly put it to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II: ’The time for empires is over!’ And Argentina no loger stands alone as it did in 1982.
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Posted by seumasach on February 24, 2010
PressTV
24th February, 2010
Latin American and Caribbean nations have agreed to launch a new regional body that will exclude the United States and Canada.
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Posted by seumasach on February 23, 2010
David Gosset
Asia Times
24th February, 2010
At the end of his life, Jacques Delille (1738-1813), known for his translations in French of Virgil and Milton, composed The Conversation, a long poem whose preface begins with a penetrating observation which also stands as a philosophy:
A group of intelligent and polite persons gathered to discuss and instruct each other through the communication of their ideas and feelings in a pleasant conversation, always seemed to me the best illustration of the humankind and of social perfection.[2]
At a time when misunderstandings between cultures are rampant, when walls of fear, prejudice and hatred divide the members of the human family, it is urgent to intensify the dialogue between civilizations. Under the new leadership of its Director-General Irina Bokova, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared 2010 as the “Year for the rapprochement of cultures”. In this context, the concerted reflection and action of Europe and China can be highly meaningful.
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2010
Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Jorge Taiana, will meet and ask his counterparts at the Rio Group summit in Cancun, Mexico, next week to condemn what he called Britain’s “unilateral and illegal” exploration in the islands. The left-wing Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, pledged his support for Argentina, saying Britain was “violating international law”. “Get out of there; give the Malvinas back to the Argentine people. Enough already with the empire,” he said.
Independent
21st February, 2010
War is not an option in resolving Argentina’s dispute with Britain over the potentially oil-rich Falkland Islands, a senior Argentinian minister said yesterday. “War is excluded from our horizon,” the Deputy Foreign Minister, Victorio Taccetti, said. But he insisted Buenos Aires would not give up its claims to the islands it calls Las Malvinas.
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Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2010
Robert Bridge
Global Research
17th February, 2010
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wraps up his tour of Latin America, Moscow is weighing its options in a turbulent region long dominated by American influence.
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Posted by seumasach on February 13, 2010
Paul Robinson
Ottawa Citizen
12th February, 2010
While many will no doubt see it as a source of consternation, the election of Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine is really a cause for celebration. The defeat of the leaders of the Orange Revolution, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, is actually good news.
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Posted by seumasach on February 13, 2010
Telegraph
12th February, 2010
A row between Britain and Argentina over oil exploration off the Falkland Islands is threatening to escalate into a major diplomatic row after a ship carrying drilling equipment was blocked from leaving an Argentine port.
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