Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2012
David Gosset
Asia Times
10th January, 2012
The redistribution of global power modifies relations between great powers and invites them to reconsider their diplomatic priorities. While in the aftermath of World War II the future of Europe was proactively shaped by the United States, or more precisely, by a group of American “Wise Men”, China is now in a position to have an unprecedented impact on the European integration. As Beijing fully develops its immense potential and becomes the world’s biggest economy in the coming decade, its capacity to influence will certainly grow.
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Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2012
Times-Standard
27th November, 2011
NEW YORK—The world’s bond buyers have turned on Europe’s deeply indebted governments and fled to another deeply indebted government across the Atlantic — the U.S. As a result, U.S borrowing costs have plunged to historic lows while rising rates in Europe have many worried about a catastrophic financial crisis.
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Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2012
YLE.fi
8th January, 2012
Finland’s Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen hopes a tax aimed at curbing currency speculation will be adopted widely across the EU. She added Finland was one of the keenest promoters of such a financial transaction tax within the union. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2012
PressTV
7th January, 2012
US Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has lashed out at Washington’s hostile policies toward Iran, saying there is no evidence that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.
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Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2012
PressTV
6th January, 2012
The British Defense Secretary says London is against preemptive military action against Iran as it will threaten the global economic growth by disrupting oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2012
There is a growing tendency to prioritise economic well-being over war-making- this is promising. The EU supports the sanctions but not just now.
Deutsche Welle
6th January, 2012
A European Union ban on Iranian crude oil imports was to be formally decided by EU foreign ministers during a meeting at the end of January. However, diplomats in Brussels said on Friday that some EU capitals were pushing for a delay of the embargo to shield their debt-stricken countries from rising oil prices.
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Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2012
‘The country’s main effort must be the economy. No country can defend itself if bankrupt.’
If this means rebuild Britain rather than fight wars then it is welcome
Daily Mail
15th December, 2011
The biggest strategic risk facing the UK is economic rather than military, the head of Britain’s armed forces has said.
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Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2012
Voltairenet
5th January, 2012
A group of former US intelligence officials have issued amemorandum to US President Barack Obama, advising him against starting another long “dumb war”, this time against Iran.
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Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2012
Bloomberg
5th January, 2012
Iceland’s Finance Minister Oddny G. Hardardottir said she’s committed to the island nation adopting the euro as the bloc will emerge stronger from its debt crisis amid tightening fiscal ties and discipline.
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Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2012
The Doomsday Project and deep events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra and 9/11
Peter Dale Scott
Voltairenet
5th January, 2012
In this two-part analysis, former diplomat and scholar Peter Dale Scott deciphers the successive stages, since the assassination of John F. Kennedy, of the United States’ inexorable slide into the situation that President Eisenhower had feared and cautioned his compatriots against. Since 26 October 2001 and the introduction of the Patriot Act, a secret structure – the “Deep State” – has steered defense and foreign policy behind the veil of democracy.
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Posted by seumasach on January 4, 2012
Aisling Byrne
Asia Times
5th January, 2011
“War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran.
Although not mentioned, the “strategic prize” of the first stage of this war on Iran is Syria; the first campaign in a much wider sectarian power-bid. “Other than the collapse of the Islamic Republic itself,” Saudi King Abdullah was reported to have said last summer, “nothing would weaken Iran more than losing Syria.” [1]
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