Posted by Matt in May 30th, 2008 |
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Asia,
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Asia,
Business Environment,
Business Failure,
Earthquake Relief,
Energy Prices,
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Guidance,
inflation,
Intelligence,
Plant Closures,
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Social Unrest,
South-Korea,
Unemployment
Asia in general, and China in particular: The pressure in Asia is starting to show, beginning with South Korea. But anecdotal reports out of China also show the ratcheting of pressure. We have reports of plant closures due partly to informal taxes for earthquake relief imposed by the government and partly to the business environment. [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 |
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Europe,
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Global System,
Globalization,
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iraq,
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Power Politics,
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Unipolar Moment
The end of the unipolar moment, underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China, Brazil and India, raises again questions about the structure of the global system and how Europe fits within it.
After the end of the cold war and with the accelerating pace of globalisation, Europeans were inclined to [...]
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