An inside look at the Russian leader’s autocratic regime and his turn away from the West
In 1999, Russian President Boris Yeltsin named Vladimir Putin, an all-but-unknown former KGB officer, as his successor. Putin imposed a discipline on Russia that had been absent since the Soviet Union’s collapse, and he ushered in the beginnings of prosperity [...]
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Putin’s Labyrinth
Posted by Matt in July 5th, 2008 | no comment
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Israel and Iran: It’s Later Than You Think
Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 | no comment
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WITH oil prices at their present highs and Iraq at last making tentative progress towards stability, the last thing anyone wants to hear is that conditions in the Middle East could be about to take an abrupt turn for the worse. Unfortunately, they could. Recent weeks have brought a spike in chatter about the prospect [...]
Report Sees Decade of High Food Prices
Posted by Matt in May 29th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Economy, general, Agricultural Production, Andrew Martin, Angel Gurria, Anticipation, climate change, Crop And Food, Crop Yields, Drought, Farm Crops, Food Crisis, Food Prices, Fundamental Changes, Global Agriculture, Global Summit, High Food Prices, New York Times, Next Decade, Secretary General, Spike, United Nations, Urgent Measures, Weather Conditions, World Leaders
The United Nations report, the global agriculture outlook through 2017, said prices for farm crops will remain substantially higher over the next decade because of fundamental changes in demand, though they will gradually decline from current highs.
Because the recent spike in crop and food prices has been caused in part by temporary factors like drought, [...]
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