zondag, oktober 25, 2009
Who Needs to Be EU President?
hoever steps into Europe’s new top job as President of the European Council will set the mold. If it is someone of worldwide renown, the presidency will immediately be established as a post of global importance. But if its first occupant is not a household name, the presidency will be doomed as just another of the European Union’s confusing plethora of worthy senior positions that are neither valued nor understood outside Brussels.The key point here is that Europe won’t be able to upgrade the job later. If the presidency goes to a politician who lacks fame and charisma, its place will forever be low down in the international pecking order.
Giles Merritt
Read on | Project Syndicate - Who Needs to Be EU President?
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Labels: European Union, Project Syndicate
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Keynes versus the Classics: Round Two
he economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936) to “bring to an issue the deep divergences of opinion between fellow economists which have for the time being almost destroyed the practical influence of economic theory…” Seventy years later, heavyweight economists are still at each other’s throats, in terms almost unchanged from the 1930’s.Robert Skidelsky
Read on | Project Syndicate - Keynes versus the Classics: Round Two
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Labels: Economy, Project Syndicate
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zaterdag, oktober 24, 2009
Climate Action Day
limate Action around the world. CNN reports -And here are some ideas to work it all out at: WorldChanging.org
Labels: Climate Change
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vrijdag, oktober 23, 2009
Pressure on Dutch government to stay in Afghanistan
he NATO defense ministers put pressure on the Dutch government to keep their troops in the Afghan province Uruzgan, despite a clear no from the Dutch parliament.Read on in the two articles below and the White House debate on TPM media.
NRC- Handelsblad article | Dutch Afghanistan presence up in the air again
NYT article | NATO Defense Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort
Senator Kerry on submitting more troops to Afghanistan in an unstable political situation with Karzai and election fraud. 18 oct. 2009
Obama praises President Karzai to restart elections. 20 oct. 2009
White House spokesperson Gibbs on criticism by former vice-president Cheney on "dithering" by president Obama. 22 oct. 2009
Labels: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NATO, United States
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Pakistan playing double game towards West
ccording to RNW correspondent Bernard Hammelburg Pakistan is playing a dangerous double game in Afghanistan by secretly supporting the Taliban.Labels: Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States
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Waar gaat Klimaattop Kopenhagen over?
p de Klimaattop van Kopenhagen wil de Internationale gemeenschap nieuwe afspraken maken. Waar gaat het over? Volkskrant redacteur Michael Persson legt uit.Labels: Klimaat
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zondag, oktober 11, 2009
Big mistake by Nobel committee - Russia Today
he comments from Russia on the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize by President Obama were flat out negative. Labels: Barack Obama, Nuclear weapons, Russia, United States
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Obama Nobel Peace Price for opposing nuclear weapons
he Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Price to President Obama, explicitly for opposing and aiming to get rid of all nuclear weapons.Labels: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Nuclear weapons, United States
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