Fears of a nuclear Burma | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in July 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Bertil Lintner, Blogged, Burma, cameras, Confluence, Expert, Fears, Fledgling, Flock Browser, Korean Engineers, Led, Massive Construction Project, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Regime, Satellites, Smoking Gun, Test Missiles, tunnels, Underground Bunkers

WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE? There is no smoking gun. But analysts and U.S. officials have cited a confluence of events that suggest nuclear ambitions in Burma, also called Myanmar.
North Korean engineers, who specialize in building tunnels and underground bunkers, have led a massive construction project in Naypyidaw, the regime’s remote capital. This network of 800-odd tunnels, [...]

The great bailout – Europe’s best-kept secret

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Bailout, Baltic State, Best Kept Secret, Centenary Celebrations, Confluence, Credit Crunch, democracy, Devastation, Economic Crises, Europe, European Election, Freedom, German People, Heart, Isaiah Berlin, Jewish Philosopher, Perfect Storm, Secret Germany, Vote

Germany is at the heart of a huge plan to prop up crippled EU economies – not that the German people would ever know
I will not vote in today’s European election. Instead, I am doing something much more interesting and relevant to the future of Europe and Britain. I am travelling to Riga to speak [...]

The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Niall Ferguson, general, Ascendancy, Balance Of Power, Central And Eastern Europe, Central Paradox, Conflict, Confluence, Decline, Dominance, Economic Volatility, Economics, Empire Financial, Empires in Decline, Ethnic Conflict, Extreme Violence, Financial History, Global Balance, History Professor, Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, Professor Ferguson, Savagery, Science And Technology, Seeds, The three E's, Triumph, Twentieth Century, Unprecedented Violence, War Of The World

Building upon his previously acclaimed volumes on empire, economics, and financial history, Professor Ferguson argues that three things seem necessary to explain the extreme violence of the twentieth century: ethnic conflict, economic volatility, and the decline of empires. He argues that the confluence of these factors helps us to understand why so much happened at [...]

In times of crisis, U.S. and Russia at a crossroad

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Battlefield, Byproduct, Cash Reserves, Confluence, Confrontation, Crossroad, Disasters, Financial Crisis, gazprom, Georgia Russia, Global Financial Crisis, International Isolation, Marshall Goldman, Natural Gas, New Russia, New Taste, Price Of A Barrel Of Oil, Reserve Currency, Ruble, Russian Leaders, Scholar, Shelf Life

In August of last year, a new Russia presented itself to the world. From the battlefield of Georgia, Russia seemed to be saying “We are no longer seeking the good opinion of the West.” The new taste for confrontation was seen by many as a byproduct of oil and natural gas wealth, which had given [...]