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Wednesday Night #1378
July 30, 2008, 3 Comments

See photos and more Starting this Wednesday Night on a different note (!), our very special diva, Susanna Eyton-Jones, a ...

Union for the Mediterranean
July 28, 2008, Comments Off on Union for the Mediterranean

Two and a Half Cheers for the Mediterranean Union by Chris Patten (Project Syndicate) Maybe it is time to be a bit more ...

Israel is 60
May 19, 2008, 1 Comment

See also Wednesday-night.com “Israel for ever” Magnificent Photos Israel through my lens: Sixty Years As a P ...

World Economy
May 5, 2008, Comments Off on World Economy

See also: WHAT WENT WRONG – The Economy ; What’s next? ; and related posts on The Economy; Global Monitoring ...

Postscript to #1373 – Kurdistan
May 1, 2008, Comments Off on Postscript to #1373 – Kurdistan

PJAK told to stop cross border attacks on Iran (Press TV – Iran) The semi-autonomous Kurdish government of Iraq ha ...

Wednesday Night #1363
April 16, 2008, 1 Comment

First, we would draw your attention to last Wednesday’s discussion of China, Tibet & the Olympics – a nu ...

Global Monitoring Report 2008
April 11, 2008, Comments Off on Global Monitoring Report 2008

World Bank IMF IMF’s Global economic prospects for 2009 (.pdf) April 11 Climate Change Rises On World Bank Agenda ...

Iraq 5 years later
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Iraq 5 years later

The $3 Trillion War, Josephy Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes (Vanity Fair, April 2008) After wildly lowballing the cost of the ...

Predatory states & democratic recession
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Predatory states & democratic recession

The Democratic Rollback Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution Foreign Affairs, March/April 2008 Summary ...

Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny
February 28, 2008, Comments Off on Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny

February 28, 2008 (NYT) Cash-Rich, Publicity-Shy, Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny By LANDON THOMAS Jr. Abu Dhabi has about ...