Posted by seumasach on May 1, 2014
1st May, 2014
The US has raised concern over a decision by its Gulf ally Bahrain to sign an investment cooperation deal with Russia at a time when US and European governments are imposing economic sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, an official said.
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Posted by seumasach on May 1, 2014
Edward Lozansky, President of the American University in Moscow
Martin Sieff,Senior Fellow of the American University in Moscow
30th April, 2014
The second wave of US sanctions against Russian officials and the heated rhetoric exchange between the leaders of both countries, with each side blaming the other, show without a doubt that US-Russia relations have bottomed out.
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Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2014
“Today’s markets would react negatively to any major expansion of central bank Credit from the likes of Brazil, Russia, Turkey, India, Indonesia or South Africa. This market dynamic provides a huge competitive advantage to developed central banks, markets and economies. Increasingly, this competitive advantage along with the destabilizing global role of Federal Reserve “money” are sources of heightened global animosities. More than ever before, EM economies see developed “money” printing as a force for rising inequality”.
In other words, the ability of Washington and London to “quantitatively ease” is an imperial privilege. However, there is one crucial distinction between this and past forms of imperial exploitation: QE is also impoverishing, through inflation, the whole US and UK populations, outside the 0.01 % elite.
Doug Noland
27th April, 2014
Trouble brewing
Over the years, money and the “Moneyness” of Credit have remained focal points of my Macro Credit Analytical Framework. From my perspective, money is fundamentally defined by perceptions. “Money” is a financial claim perceived as safe and a liquid store of nominal value. Understandably, this definition is troubling to monetary purists. Yet in the spirit of Ludwig von Mises and his notion of broad money/“fiduciary media,” my view of contemporary “money” is focused on an array of financial claims and their functionality.
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Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2014
But, as well as a Eurasian revolution it must force a European revolution. Kerry latest speech imposes impossible demands on Europe: a rise in NATO spending per member and the opening of the European market to GM crops and fracking. Popular protests against austerity are going to have to focus on these issues, all the more so since it is now clear, in the light of the Ukraine fiasco, that the European leadership is compromised and unable to lead Europe towards independent policy.
Francesco Sisci
30th April, 2014
BEIJING – It has not happened yet, but expectations are already enormous. A massive strategic and economic shift is expected to result from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s to China in May.
Posted in Battle for Europe | Tagged: Asian pivot, BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), eurasian project, russia-china strategic partnership, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), strategic partnership between US and China | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2014
Thierry Meyssan
28th April, 2014
While NATO member states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC ) persist in presenting Syria as a dictatorship, the country continues its reforms. On June 3, it will elect its President of the Republic, while the war continues to ravage a part of its territory. Damascus is doing everything possible to ensure that this election is democratic and blameless, while its attackers have instructed their media to minimize the coverage and their jihadists to disrupt the procedings.
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Posted by seumasach on April 21, 2014
Azerbaijan Cracks Down on Mullah Gülen Movement, Azerbaijan’s Syria-Problem, SCO Fights Color Revolutions & Drug Trafficking
Christoph German
20th April, 2014
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits in Central Asia and the Caucasus region between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players.
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Posted by seumasach on April 21, 2014
17th April, 2014
On April 17, Russian President Vlaidmir Putin held a question-and-answer session with Russians in a studio audience, from those calling in or texting, and from a video link in the Crimean city of Sevasotpol. Here is a running transcript of his remarks, via the Kremlin’s Web site.
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Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
Nothing should impede normalisation of Russia’s relations with the West: Putin
19th April, 2014
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties hit a post-Cold War low due to the stand-off over Ukraine.
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Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
F.William Engdahl
18th April, 2014
Washington’s decision to go for the military coup in Ukraine was intended to rupture the emerging cooperation between key Eurasian nations that ultimately would have isolated the power of US hegemony and opened the door for a genuine multi-polar world where peaceful cooperation replaced military threats and sole Superpower domination.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), China-Iran-Russia Triangle, dollar collapse, End of empire | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
Secrecy And Lies: Government Collusion With The GM Biotech Sector In Britain
17th April, 2014
In 2012, the current BritishEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Owen Paterson called concerns over the use of GM foods “complete nonsense” in an outright attack on valid concerns about GMOs (1). Since then, through comments and speeches, he has consistently voiced unqualified support for the GM food industry.
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Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
Under pressure from John Kerry, he was divested of the Syria dossier in February 2014.
17th April, 2014
Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has, by royal decree, been relieved of his duties as national security adviser and director of Saudi intelligence services. According to the national news agency, the decision was made “at his request.”
Posted in Global peace process, Syria | Tagged: Obama's realist turn | Leave a Comment »
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