Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2015
14th November, 2015
China’s yuan moved closer to joining other top global currencies in the International Monetary Fund’s benchmark foreign exchange basket on Friday after Fund staff and IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave the move the thumbs up.
Read more
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: global reset, new global financial architecture, rising yuan | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2015
11th November, 2015
The paradox of the current global crisis is that for the last five years, all relatively responsible and independent nations have made tremendous efforts to save the United States from the financial, economic, military, and political disaster that looms ahead. And this is all despite Washington’s equally systematic moves to destabilize the world order, rightly known as the Pax Americana.
Posted in Global peace process | Tagged: BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), End of empire, global reset, new global financial architecture, Obama agenda, retreat from empire | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2015
8th November, 2015
The historic meeting between the leaders of Mainland China and Taiwan is the first ever of its kind. All previous meetings were between leaders of the two parties, the Communists of the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalists of the KMT.
Posted in Global peace process | Tagged: Chinese soft power | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2015
9th November, 2015
My good friend, a university mathematics professor and keen observer of Taiwan politics, pointed out to me that by virtue of the Xi-Ma historic summit having taken place, the goal posts of Taiwan’s status quo has already moved a step farther from independence.
Posted in Global peace process | Tagged: Chinese soft power, Taiwan’s status | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 9, 2015
M.K.Bhadrakumar
8th November, 2015
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules India, has suffered crushing defeat in the provincial elections in the populous northern state of Bihar on the Gangetic plains. Almost all estimates forecast a neck-and-neck fight between the Hindu nationalist BJP and the opposition alliance of secular parties. However, the results were a landslide in favor of the opposition alliance, which won two-thirds seats in the 244-seat state assembly.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Modi's agenda | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 9, 2015
“He also noted that Berlin’s interests are “more in line with those of Russia and China than those of the US,” echoing what German political scientist Matthias Küntzel in 2009 referred as the emergence of a “new constellation” of powers with USA/UK/France on one side and Russia/China/Germany on the other.[8]
With the recent upgrade of Sino-British relationship to “comprehensive strategic partnership” and EU members clamoring to join China’s AIIB and ‘One Belt One Road’ initiatives earlier this year, the Beijing-Moscow-Berlin based constellation may actually be expanding.[9]“
9th November, 2015
In 2003, Germany opposed US invasion of Iraq, and again in 2011 when US bombed the Gaddafi regime that tragically transformed Libya from a relatively stable country to a failed state.[1]
Posted in Syria | Tagged: Chinese soft power, End of empire, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 5, 2015
5th November, 2015
The Government of China promotes the internationalization of «the people’s currency» (‘renminbi’) through a policy of alliances that does not take ideological barriers into account. In a first moment the diplomatic forces of the yuan were concentrated in Pacific-Asia, but in a second moment, it became necessary to gain the support of the West. After the President Xi Jinping visited London, between the 19th and the 23rd of October, the bases of the «golden age» between China and the United Kingdom were established, with which both countries looked to push the yuan-ization of the world economy.
Posted in British economy | Tagged: China-UK comprehensive strategic partnership, Chinese soft power, globalisation of renminbi, yuanization | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 4, 2015
Cameron’s plans were dead in the water from the moment the Russians intervened. However, unilateral, illegal action is not the only option: we could respond to Putin’s appeal for a UN authorised coalition against ISIL. Corbyn should be backing this and probably would do so but for his Russophobic leftist base.
3rd November, 2015
An influential Commons committee has urged David Cameron not to press ahead with a vote on UK air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.
The Foreign Affairs Committee – which has a Conservative majority – said the prime minister should instead focus on efforts to end Syria’s civil war.
Posted in Syria | Tagged: east-west coalition against ISIL | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 4, 2015
4th November, 2015
US and Russian fighter jets conducted a joint training exercise above Syria on Tuesday, according to an American defense official.
Posted in Syria | Tagged: east-west coalition against ISIL, Obama's realist turn, retreat from empire | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 4, 2015
As I have been saying: the Libya debacle will return to haunt Cameron
Egyptian President Sisi tells UK: finish job in Libya to stop another Syria
4th November, 2015
David Cameron should complete the “mission” he started in Libya to prevent the country becoming another Islamist-dominated state like Syria, Egypt’s President will demand when he visits Downing Street on Wednesday.
Posted in Libya | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on October 27, 2015
Russia is falling over backwards to provide cover for Western retreat in Syria. They are even prepared to include any people calling themselves the “Free Syrian Army” the Americans can come up with to join talks. Why not?
M.K.Bhadrakumar
26th October, 2015
Three weeks and 5 days into the Russian military operations in Syria, Moscow has achieved the objective of compelling the major external players involved to rethink their established stance on the crisis. Unsurprisingly, new fault lines have appeared in Middle East politics. Last week witnessed a surge diplomatic activity to cope with the new fault lines.
Read more
Posted in Global peace process, Syria | Tagged: Obama's realist turn, retreat from empire | Leave a Comment »
In These New Times 