Over the past eight years, starting with the rise of Mr Putin, Russia has recovered both its confidence and its capability. But to do what?
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The key to Russia’s success is linking political and economic issues, and playing one country off against another. If the EU wants to help Georgia, Russia uses Greece to block it. [...]
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Russia sees us as pawns on its chessboard
Posted by Matt in July 12th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Europe, Russia, Capability, Car Plant, Chessboard, Confidence, Economic Issues, Georgia Russia, Greece, Human Rights, Investments, kremlin, Mr Putin, NATO, Pawns, Silence, Success, Ukraine
A Chinese Reporter’s Anger
Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Anger, China, Chinese Authorities, Chinese Leadership, Confidence, Conspiracy Theories, Disaster Zones, Earthquake, Foreign Aid, Home Countries, incompetence, Japan, Korea, National Security, News Reports, Reputation, Russia, Senior Officials, United States, Western Countries
There is a reason why it took almost three days to agree to accept foreign aid from Japan and why the Chinese authorities accepted Korea and Russia’s aid, but not high-tech aid from the United States and other Western nations. Reporters have learned that within the Chinese leadership, a group of senior officials supporting [...]
The Dollar: Shrinkable but (So Far) Unsinkable
Posted by Matt in May 11th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Economy, Middle East, U.S., Budget, Buying Cars, Buying Homes, Cars, China, Confidence, Crisis, Currency, Dollar, Dominance, Economists, Euro, Financial Circles, Fiscal Crisis, Interest Rates, Money, Next Decade, People, Rival, Suggestion, Yuan
Now, however, people in international financial circles detect a subtle shifting of the ground in confidence about the dollar. A few years ago, the suggestion that another currency could rival the dollar would have been ridiculed. Today, some economists say the dollar could begin surrendering some of the advantages of dominance to the euro [...]
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