All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

China, energy, economy & environment 2004-2013
October 12, 2013, 4 Comments

Desperate measures — Rivers are disappearing in China. Building canals is not the solution (The Economist) Eight o ...

Wednesday Night #1649
October 9, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1649

Earlier in the day, John Curtin, who is working on a documentary that will examine why a disproportionate number of Jews ...

Why the West Is Losing the Pacific to China, the Arab League, and Just About Everyone Else
October 8, 2013, Comments Off on Why the West Is Losing the Pacific to China, the Arab League, and Just About Everyone Else

The New Battle for the Pacific: How the West is Losing the South Pacific to China, the UAE, and Just About Everyone Else ...

Montreal can work. Let’s just do it!
October 6, 2013, Comments Off on Montreal can work. Let’s just do it!

Beryl Wajsman: Montreal can work. Let’s just do it! Candidates for office – and the bureaucrats already in – must ...

Wednesday Night #1648 – Westphalia
October 2, 2013, 2 Comments

Complete information about the October 22nd launch of Buffets And Breadlines, the first book of Kimon’s trilogy, i ...

Tom Clancy R.I.P.
October 2, 2013, Comments Off on Tom Clancy R.I.P.

Tom Clancy Dead: Celebrated Thriller Author Dies at Age 66 In 2002,  Forbes wrote , ” Clancy can produce a guaran ...

President Obama’s 2nd term
October 1, 2013, 1 Comment

State of the Union 2013: President Obama’s address to Congress (Transcript) Why the Shutdown Looks So Bad for the GOP ...

Wednesday Night #1647
September 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1647

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our neighbours, the table at Wednesday Night was a virtual groaning board of wond ...

Wednesday Night #1646
September 18, 2013, 1 Comment

The Gazette ran a full-page piece Sheila wrote on the positive effects of some important Tunisian women. I put it on my ...

Analytic Guidance: The Syria Crisis
September 12, 2013, Comments Off on Analytic Guidance: The Syria Crisis

See also Russia in 2013 ; Syria 2013 ; U.S. Foreign Relations in 2013  Editor’s note: Periodically, Stratfor publ ...

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