All posts tagged Geopolitics

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 ...

Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic

And in a timely announcement on Thursday morning: Ukraine signed a deal for Russian gas. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state gas ...

Year-end musings and predictions for 2015
January 5, 2015, Comments Off on Year-end musings and predictions for 2015

It is that time when every media outlet and pundit takes stock of the past year's events and/or makes predictions for th ...

Wednesday Night #1713
December 31, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1713

  What an amazing start to the New Year! A surprise visit from the always gorgeous and intrepid Isabelle Ramsay-Bra ...

Iraq 2008-2014
December 25, 2014, Comments Off on Iraq 2008-2014

Amnesty International Iraq Crisis ISIS/ISIL The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?–– The legac ...

Wednesday Night #1685
June 18, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1685

Wonderful surprise visitor – Bert Revenaz in town from Vancouver – stimulated not only discussion of Tuesday ...

Iran in 2012 – 2013
November 25, 2013, 3 Comments

Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men. Courage and hope for the future. Then old men ...

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 #1637
July 17, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1637

Quotes of the evening Investment policies are in the east, not westward-looking. There are two important political thing ...

Egypt in 2011-2012
December 22, 2012, 5 Comments

  He’s presiding over a country that lacks a constitution, a dissolved parliament, an economic — a huge ...