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Wednesday Night #1550
November 15, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1550

This week, we have a double treat. Fiona is flying in from Calgary for a 5-day visit, neatly arranged to permit her to b ...

Europe before and after EU
November 11, 2011, Comments Off on Europe before and after EU

Turkey
November 5, 2011, 1 Comment

TURKEY: A Rising Influence Among Arab Nations (IPS) Assurances to women by the winners of the Tunisian elections that th ...

Collapse of the Soviet Union and its importance in 2011
November 4, 2011, 1 Comment

Chanting ‘Russia for Russians,’ thousands of nationalists and neo-Nazis march through Moscow (WaPost) Thousands of f ...

Helmut Schmidt: The Truth About Europe's Economic Problems
October 28, 2011, 2 Comments

Helmut Schmidt’s Remarks at the European Central Bank As Europe’s leaders debate what to about the continent ...

Wednesday Night #1545
October 12, 2011, 2 Comments

The main topic remains the Economy – a tradition for Wednesday Night, but we are beginning to wish for a little va ...

EU economy 2011 – part II
October 7, 2011, 5 Comments

Kenneth Matziorinis : July 19, 2011 Resolving the Euro Debt Crisis and Saving the Euro: Could a Euro-Zone Bond be the An ...

Africa: conflict and governance
September 14, 2011, 1 Comment

Africa, China, the United States, and Oil ; Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Africa Policy Forum A ...

Wednesday Night #1539
August 31, 2011, 2 Comments

THE PROLOGUE I am not worried about inflation … The risk to the global economy is not inflation, the risk is that ...

Wednesday Night #1538
August 24, 2011, 1 Comment

Jack Layton and Canadian politics Jack Layton is being laid to rest after having led a group, largely composed of neophy ...