Wednesday Night #1581
The Scribe’s Prelude Since the beginning of civilization, innovation has proven to be a mixed blessing, beneficial to some at the expense of others, but in the long run, usually profitable to the...
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WikiLeaks’ Brilliant MasterCard Commercial Parody The Guardian WikiLeaksarchives NYT WikiLeaks State’s secrets A mammoth cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them...
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Climate Change and Security
Chatham House Briefing Paper – Cleo Paskal: How climate change is pushing the boundaries of security and foreign policy ; More of Cleo’s publications ; Global Warring website; International Institute...
View ArticleThe IMF
In recognition of the unprecedented attention accorded to the International Monetary Fund (a topic previously ignored by all but the most dedicated internationalists and economists and therefore...
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China, energy, economy & environment
Anthony Germain: China in Africa Investments come without demands for democracy (CBC) Across Africa, China is pursuing a natural resources bonanza. In Angola it’s oil; in Mozambique, it’s timber and in...
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Iran in 2012
See also: Israel National Geographic: interactive maps Wednesday-Night.com: Iran news The Economist: Iran Reuters:Iran The Guardian: Iran Financial Times: Iran Dr. Charles Cogan: The Iranian...
View ArticleWorld economy and emerging markets
Innovation in emerging markets Wednesday-Night.com Emerging markets Emerging Markets.org November/December 2012 Broken BRICs — Why the Rest Stopped Rising (Foreign Affairs) At first they were known as...
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Egypt in 2011-2012
The Economist/Alamy He’s presiding over a country that lacks a constitution, a dissolved parliament, an economic — a huge economic crisis — the country is almost on the verge of bankruptcy — and very...
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Food Security
Can science help improve food security? (BBC) The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) latest figures showed that global food prices had risen by 1.4% in September as a result of fears of food...
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Pakistan
Preview of 2012: The predictable uncertainty of Pakistan’s political economy It is a mixed bag that awaits Pakistan in 2012, though most of it is bad news. If at all, the silver lining may be that the...
View ArticleWednesday Night #1578
Unfortunately, Dr. Peter Frise was unable to pack Wednesday Night into his very busy schedule. However his absence was more than compensated for by the welcome surprise appearance of Cleo Paskal,...
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China, energy, economy & environment
Anthony Germain: China in Africa Investments come without demands for democracy (CBC) Across Africa, China is pursuing a natural resources bonanza. In Angola it’s oil; in Mozambique, it’s timber and in...
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Iraq
Rodrigue Tremblay writes: This month marks the 10th anniversary of the decision by the Bush-Cheney administration to invade the country of Iraq and initiate what can be called a war of choice. This is...
View ArticleAfghanistan
New York Times Topics: Afghanistan Vanity Fair May 2010 The Professor of War Globe & Mail December 4 2009 Afghanistan matters to India; India matters to us ++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. Charles Cogan:...
View ArticleWednesday Night #1637
Quotes of the evening Investment policies are in the east, not westward-looking. There are two important political things in government, namely, the importance of money and the importance of...
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Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and the aftermath
Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with murder of Benazir Bhutto (Reuters) – A court in Pakistan charged former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday with the 2007 murder of Benazir Bhutto in an...
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WikiLeaks
Powerful and persuasive argument Chris Cannon: What the Manning case tells us about the U.S. military (Ottawa Citizen) If Manning is a traitor, we must ask whom Manning betrayed. An American soldier...
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The IMF
In recognition of the unprecedented attention accorded to the International Monetary Fund (a topic previously ignored by all but the most dedicated internationalists and economists and therefore...
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Russia and the Arctic
“Matching Ambitions and Realities: What Future for Russia?” (Conference of 6-7 May 2010 organized by CSIS in partnership with Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada, and the Privy Council...
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Iraq
Insight: Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq (Reuters) – Al Qaeda gunmen seeking to form a radical Islamic state out of the chaos of Syria’s civil war are fighting hard to...
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