Economy ‘Far too Close’ to Double Dip: Roubini

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Challenges, Debt Crisis, Double Dip Recession, Economy, Europe, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Stimulus, Measures, News Headlines, Poor Economic Data, Research Paper, Risk, Roubini, Second Half, Tipping Point

Poor economic data in the US coupled with Europe’s debt crisis are contributing to an increase of the risk of the US economy going through a double-dip recession, Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the 2007 financial crisis, wrote in a research paper.
At best, the US economy is headed for a U-shaped recovery this year, Roubini said. [...]

Thirty-six predictions for the world: 2010 – 2012

Posted by Matt in February 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Forecasts, Accuracy, Challenges, Crystal Ball, Educated Guess, Large Scale, Scale Events

But what’s really going to happen between now and 2012? Is there any way to take an educated guess about which challenges are most likely to appear?
That’s what I’ve done here in this collection of thirty-five predictions for 2010 – 2012. Although I can’t actually see the future in some sort of crystal ball, I [...]

Time to re-examine that ’settled’ science | warming, global, climate – The Orange County Register

Posted by Matt in January 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Climate, Advocates, Aim, Challenges, climate change, Climate Research Unit, Climate Researchers, Credibility, Definition Of Truth, East Anglia, East Anglia University, Endemic, Fellow Scientist, Fuzzy Thinking, Global Climate, Global Scale, global warming, Objective, Orange County Register, Resistance, Social Sciences

The objective for all should be the truth or the better, but increasingly it is not. The problem seems to be the definition of truth or the better. These just might be due to your bigotries. How can one know?
Now this kind of fuzzy thinking, endemic to the social sciences, is creeping into the harder [...]

China’s Not a Superpower – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, Challenges, China Economic, Chinese Population, Decent Education, Economic Growth, Economic Output, Faces, Future Prospects, Japan, Margins, Modernity, Next Superpower, Peasantry, Risky Proposition, Safe Drinking Water, Three Decades, Trillion, Urbanization

Meanwhile, the challenges China faces in becoming the next superpower are truly daunting. Even as its economic output is expected to exceed $5 trillion in 2010, per capita income in China will remain under $4000, roughly one-tenth of the level of the United States and Japan. More than half of the Chinese population still live [...]

Follow The Money Behind Anti-Israel Invective on Campus :: Jonathan Schanzer

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, general, anti-israel, Campus, Challenges, Dangerous Region, Economic Competitiveness, Education Act, Educational Programs, Federal Government Funds, Foreign Languages, Grant Monies, Higher Education, Invective, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan Schanzer, Middle East, National Resource Centers, New Generations, Professors, Universities, Vitriol

A great deal of the grant monies allotted to these professors-in-training come from the federal government through a program known as Title VI. This program, formally called Title VI of the Higher Education Act, provides funding and support for Middle Eastern educational programs, including the “study by Americans of foreign languages, as well as area [...]

The 2009 National Intelligence Strategy

Posted by Matt in September 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, general, Adversaries, Challenges, Espionage, Faces, Few Minutes, Intelligence Strategy, Military Force, Multilateral Action, National Intelligence, National Interests, National Security Environment, Novel, State Actors, United States

The 2009 National Intelligence Strategy is a 24 page PDF file. It may take a few minutes to load.
The United States faces a complex and rapidly changing national security environment in which nation-states, highly capable non-state actors, and other transnational forces will continue to compete with and challenge U.S. national interests. Adversaries are likely to [...]

The China bubble – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in August 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Appetites, Arable Land, Beijing Authorities, Challenges, China, Chinese Imports, Dependence, Europe, Export Markets, Health Problem, Major Health, nightmare, North America, Upi

The question is whether this model can comfortably continue when its main export markets in North America and Europe have sharply reduced their appetites for Chinese imports.
The other severe challenges for the Beijing authorities are well-known: the shortage of arable land; the even worse shortages of water; the growing dependence on imported energy; an environmental [...]

World’s still spinning with danger

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, U.S., Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Challenges, Countries, Dangerous Place, Defense Spending, Forefront, iraq, Korean Peninsula, North-Korea, Peace And Stability, Risk, Rogue States, Spinning

America’s complacent at own risk
The world remains a dangerous place, populated with countries that could hold U.S. interests at risk. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and against al-Qaeda must be at the forefront in defense spending and planning, but we also need a balanced force that can address emerging conventional and strategic challenges from [...]