All posts in Geopolitics

Russia
January 19, 2009, 1 Comment

Ukraine gas dispute exposes political fault lines In its failed head-to-head showdown with Russia over a natural gas pay ...

Wednesday Night #1399
December 24, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1399

With the advent of the winter solstice and all the accompanying festivities to accommodate and reconcile us to one anoth ...

The Death of the Globalization Consensus & comments
December 21, 2008, Comments Off on The Death of the Globalization Consensus & comments

See also WTO and related posts Will Barack Obama Commit Industrial Policy? Robert Kuttner, Co-Founder and Co-Editor of T ...

Wednesday Night #1396
December 3, 2008, 1 Comment

Photos and more T H E  R E P O R T Three topics dominated the discussion, namely the parliamentary crisis, the economy ...

The world & the financial crisis
November 30, 2008, 1 Comment

We were glad to be reminded of this wonderful Long Johns clip  about how it all began – laughter truly is the bes ...

Global Trends
November 21, 2008, Comments Off on Global Trends

(Foreign Policy Morning Brief) U.S. power and influence is waning, according to a new report by the U.S. intelligence co ...

Wednesday Night #1394
November 19, 2008, 1 Comment

Overcoming the small annoyance for some of us (Westmount-Ville-Marie residents) of being in our fourth month of election ...

Obama's Challenge — Stratfor
November 10, 2008, Comments Off on Obama's Challenge — Stratfor

We find this article to be an excellent summary of  the complex problems that the President-elect will face and therefo ...

Iran
October 27, 2008, Comments Off on Iran

Officials Counter Ahmadinejad Health Rumors (NYT) The talk about his health comes at a time of increased pressure on Mr. ...

Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize for economics
October 14, 2008, 1 Comment

An interesting morning The good Krugman Bill Watson in the National Post Despite his political views, free-market econom ...