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The angst of wayward US partnerships

Posted by seumasach on June 8, 2010

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Asia Times

8th June, 2010

As the crow flies, just over a kilometer separates the White House from Foggy Bottom, the home of the United States Department of State, but the travel distance is longer. At any rate, the drive President Barack Obama took last Wednesday from the heart of Washington to the border with Virginia was a rare one.

Obama broke protocol by attending a reception hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in honor of her visiting Indian counterpart, S M Krishna, who co-chaired the inaugural UnitedStates-India strategic dialogue.

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BRIC: A new bloc of fast-growing developing economies

Posted by smeddum on August 5, 2009

BRIC: A new bloc of fast-growing developing economies
Daily Star
Saturday Aug 1st 2009

Barrister Harun ur Rashid
BRIC or BRICs is an acronym that refers to the fast-growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The acronym was first coined and prominently used by Goldman Sachs in 2001. Goldman Sachs argued that, since they are developing rapidly, by 2050 the combined economies of the BRICs could eclipse the combined economies of the current richest countries of the world. The four countries, combined, currently account for more than a quarter of the world’s land area and more than 40% of the world’s population. Read the rest of this entry »

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Indian officials, scholars express high expectations of BRIC cooperation

Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009

Indian officials, scholars express high expectations of BRIC cooperation
http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-13

NEW DELHI, June 13 (Xinhua) — Indian officials and scholars have expressed high expectations of future cooperation among the BRIC countries. They said it would not only benefit the development of the four nations, but also help the global economy move out of the shadows of recession and resume growth. Read the rest of this entry »

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De-Dollarization: Dismantling America’s Financial-Military Empire :-The Yekaterinburg Turning Point

Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009

by Prof. Michael Hudson

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Global Research, June 13, 2009

The city of Yakaterinburg, Russia’s largest east of the Urals, may become known not only as the death place of the tsars but of American hegemony too – and not only where US U-2 pilot Gary Powers was shot down in 1960, but where the US-centered international financial order was brought to ground.

Challenging America will be the prime focus of extended meetings in Yekaterinburg, Russia (formerly Sverdlovsk) today and tomorrow (June 15-16) for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other top officials of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The alliance is comprised of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan and Uzbekistan, with observer status for Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia. It will be joined on Tuesday by Brazil for trade discussions among the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Read the rest of this entry »

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Bric deve ser um grupo aberto com desenvolvimento gradual, diz embaixador brasileiro na China

Posted by smeddum on June 9, 2009

CRI portuguese

  2009-06-08

O embaixador brasileiro na China, Clodoaldo Hugueney, afirmou hoje que o Bric (Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China) não deve ser um grupo fechado, mas uma organização aberta que mantém contatos estreitos com o resto do mundo, a fim de combater a crise financeira e promover uma nova ordem mundial mais equilibrada e mais estável. Read the rest of this entry »

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China Willing to Buy Up to $50 Billion in IMF Bonds

Posted by smeddum on June 5, 2009

JUNE 5, 2009,
China Willing to Buy Up to $50 Billion in IMF Bonds
WSJ

By ANDREW BATSON

BEIJING – China said Friday it is willing to buy as much as $50 billion in bonds issued by the International Monetary Fund, part of a deal made by the world’s major economies earlier this year to boost the resources the global agency has to combat financial crises. Read the rest of this entry »

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Radio: Jim Willie on Brazil, an economy on the move

Posted by smeddum on May 20, 2009

http://www.contraryinvestorscafe.com/broadcast.php?media=241

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‘BRIC countries’ role in global economy can only increase’

Posted by smeddum on May 13, 2009

‘BRIC countries’ role in global economy can only increase’
14 May 2009, Timesofindia

NEW DELHI: As India prepares for the BRIC summit in Russia next month, foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon said on Wednesday that the four countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — together are a factor of stability and growth as the global economy discerns its way through the complexities of the international financial crisis and as the world moves towards flatter distribution of power. Read the rest of this entry »

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Medvedev Confronts U.S. on Missile Shield After Obama Victory

Posted by smeddum on November 5, 2008

Medvedev Confronts U.S. on Missile Shield After Obama Victory
By Sebastian Alison and Lyubov Pronina

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) — Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev said he would deploy new missiles in Europe, confronting the U.S. on the day Barack Obama was declared the winner in America’s presidential election. Read the rest of this entry »

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Militarism and a Uni-polar World

Posted by smeddum on August 29, 2008

by Lenora Foerstel

Global Research, August 26, 2008

The Trilateral Commission was founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller as an off-shoot of the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). David Rockefeller was chairman of the CFR in 1970 and subsequently became the founding chairman of the Trilateral Commission. Soon the membership of the Commission had grown to 300 members, including prominent political figures like Zbigniew Brzezinski. Most members of the Trilateral Commission are bankers, media moguls, or corporate CEOs, primarily from North America, Europe and Japan, while all members of the CFR are U.S. Citizens. Read the rest of this entry »

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