Archive for August, 2015

E is for Espionage
August 31, 2015, 2 Comments

How China and Russia are mining major U.S. data hacks (PBS Newshour) Intelligence services in Russia and China are cross ...

Libya 2011 – 2015
August 30, 2015, 2 Comments

The Guardian: Libya NYT: Libya Clashes shatter illusion of security in Libyan capital Armed groups excluded from Tripoli ...

Russia and the Arctic
August 27, 2015, Comments Off on Russia and the Arctic

“Matching Ambitions and Realities: What Future for Russia?” (Conference of 6-7 May 2010 organized by CSIS in partner ...

Wednesday Night #1747
August 26, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1747

Reuters makes it official: China, one of the main engines of the world economy, has overtaken Greece at the top of the w ...

Climate Change and Security
August 26, 2015, 1 Comment

International Institute for Strategic Studies: Climate Change and Security The IISS believes climate change could have a ...

Climate change , U.N.F.C.C.C and Paris COP
August 24, 2015, Comments Off on Climate change , U.N.F.C.C.C and Paris COP

The Weight of the World Can Christiana Figueres persuade humanity to save itself? On the wall by her desk there’s a fr ...

Wednesday Night #1746
August 18, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1746

The current heat wave does not contribute to creative thinking and that appears to include most of the media sources on ...

Brazil 2013 – 2015
August 17, 2015, Comments Off on Brazil 2013 – 2015

These 5 Facts Explain Brazil’s Crippling Scandals (TIME) 24 July 2015 17 August Despite protests, slog more likely tha ...

Wednesday Night #1745
August 12, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1745

Gerald Ratzer and Tom Haslam-Jones remind us of the importance of 1745 to the Scots because of the Jacobite uprising ...

Canada federal election 2015 – the Maclean’s debate
August 7, 2015, Comments Off on Canada federal election 2015 – the Maclean’s debate

The consensus in the media (not including Ezra Levant) appears to be that Justin Trudeau turned in a largely competent p ...