Financial Crisis Round Two: Batten down the hatches, the waters are still treacherous

Posted by Matt in March 14th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Financial, Batten Down The Hatches, Boom, Crash, Elements, Front Page, Global Financial Crisis, Nature, Normalcy, Signals

The ominous word ”boom” appeared last week, in large type, on the front page of the local newspaper. Given the nature of this paper, the word could only refer to one thing: property. While the signals from the property market are mixed, it appears we are springing back to normalcy without absorbing the reality: the [...]

Russia threatens to react to NATO expansion

Posted by Matt in February 24th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Elements, Europe, Military Officer, Missile Defense System, NATO, Nato Expansion, Russia

Russia will have to respond as it is concerned by NATO’s active eastward expansion and the U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Russia’s top military officer said on Wednesday.
Russia threatens to react to NATO expansion

Gaza remains under pressure and ‘waiting to explode’ – The National Newspaper

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Middle East, Bomb Shelters, Defence Systems, Elements, Fears, Gaza, Hamas, Hizbollah, Investing, Iran Military, Israel, Missile Defence, Nuclear Bomb, Regional Power, Renovation, rockets, Sophisticated Missiles, tehran, Tel Aviv

Should Tehran get a nuclear bomb, as Tel Aviv fears it may do soon, the balance of regional power would inexorably tip away from Israel towards Iran.
For Israel, all these elements are pushing towards war, probably on more than one front, rather than peacemaking. Certainly, Iran, Hamas, Hizbollah and the Lebanese military have all expressed [...]

2010 could be a year that sparks unrest

Posted by Matt in December 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Forecasts, Geopolitical, 1930s, 2010, China, Economist, Elements, Global Recovery, Governance, High Risk, Income Inequalities, Jobs, Lull Before The Storm, Many People, Mexico, People Around The World, Poverty Rates, Provision, Recession, Risk, Russia, Social Unrest, Sparks, Tensions

For many people around the world economic and social conditions will continue to deteriorate in 2010. An estimated 60m people worldwide will lose their jobs. Poverty rates will continue to rise, with 200m people at risk of joining the ranks of those living on less than $2 a day. But poverty alone does not spark [...]

Iran Studied Advanced Nuke Trigger, IAEA Findings Suggest

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

Published in Iran, Atomic Energy Agency, Diplomat, Dozens, Elements, Explosives, Global Security Newswire, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran Nuclear, London Guardian, Missiles, Nov 5, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Capabilities, Nuclear Warheads, Nuke, Oct 5

A continuing U.N. analysis of Iran’s nuclear capabilities suggests the Middle Eastern state might have tested explosive elements of a “two-point implosion” technology that could be used in producing smaller nuclear warheads, the London Guardian reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 5).
The design, which uses explosives to simultaneously compress two ends of a football-shaped fissile “pit,” [...]

Economic Catastrophe Propels Russia into an Identity Crisis

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Belief, Depression, Economic Catastrophe, Economic Crisis, Elements, Emerging Economies, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Identity Crisis, Newtimes, Pride, prosperity, Psychological Shock, Recession, Russia, Russian State, Shambles, Sudden Collapse, Www Gazeta Ru

The economic crisis is affecting Russia worse than most developed or emerging economies, but its direct impact, such as the recession in industry that is expected to become even more serious in February, is multiplied by the psychological shock from the sudden collapse of belief in a resurgent Russian state. … and included three key [...]

The War on Terror is Over

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Terrorism, Al Arabiya, Al Arabiya News, Al Arabiya News Network, Al-Qaeda, Array, Darkness, Dubai United Arab Emirates, Elements, Freedom, Global Struggle, Islamofascism, National Struggle, Terrorist Organizations, United Arab Emirates, United Emirates, War On Terror, White House

In his first White House televised interview, with the Al Arabiya news network based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, President Obama buried the lead: The war on terror is over.
Yes, the with-us-or-against-us global struggle — the so-called Long War — in which a freedom-loving West confronts the undifferentiated forces of darkness comprising everything from Al [...]

Russia May Send Military Aircraft Back to Cuba, Izvestiya Says

Posted by Matt in July 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Cuba, Elements, Europe, Izvestiya, Military Aircraft, Missile Defense System, Missile-Defense, Russia

Russia may send military aircraft back to bases in Cuba in response to U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Izvestiya reported, citing an unidentified “highly placed source.”
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Russia stays defenseless against possible nuclear attack

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Air Defense System, Airborne, Armed Forces, Colonel, Earth, Elements, Frolov, Hard Time, Invincibility, Military Conference, Military Servicemen, Nikolai, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Attacks, Russia, Russian Air, Russian Army, Russian Defense Industry, Smolensk

It is an open secret that the Russian defense industry is having a hard time now. However, some top-level military servicemen still assure that the nation’s Armed Forces can repel any attack. Colonel General Nikolai Frolov, of Russia’s Air Defense troops, brought back to earth those who believed in the invincibility of the Russian army. [...]