USA – CHINA – RUSSIA – (and our politician’s arse licker eu) … quo vadis?
latest Related Links:
- Pax Pacificana? US, China agree to avoid military conflict, on Russia Today RT, Nov 12, 2014;
- (remember on Global Research.ca, by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts:
- Will Russia and China Hold Their Fire Until War Is the Only Alternative? Sept 26, 2014; … and: Washington’s War Against Russia – Undermining Russia’s Historic Relationship with Western Europe, Sept 15, 2014);
- U.S., China Reach New Climate, Military Deals, on WSJ, by CAROL E. LEE, JEREMY PAGE and WILLIAM MAULDIN, Updated Nov. 12, 2014: Obama, Xi Unveil Commitments to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Avert Military Confrontations;
- Russia and the West are now firmly locked in a war of economic attrition, on London School of Economics LSE, by Borja Guijarro-Usobiaga, Nov 11, 2014;
- US, China Agree on Military Notification Deals, on Anti War.com, by Jason Ditz, November 11, 2014: Deals Aim to Avert High-Profile Confrontations. Negotiations between China and the United States today mostly focused on various financial relations between the two countries, but a significant raft of military pacts were also agreed upon …;
- Russia’s Vulnerability to EU – US Sanctions and Military Encroachments, on Voltairenet.org, by James Petras, Nov 10, 2014;
- Close military encounters between Russia and the west ‘at cold war levels’, on The Guardian, by Ewen MacAskill, defence and security correspondent, Nov 10, 2014: Report lists 40 cases of ‘brinkmanship’ in past eight months, including near-collision between Russian spy plane and passenger jet;
- Putin aims to cement China links as ties with west fray, on Financial Times FT, by Kathrin Hille, Moscow, Nov 10, 2014;
- Putin’s Revenge’: Russia And China Try To End The Dominance Of The Dollar, on Business Insider, by Mike Bird, Nov 10, 2014: Russia and China just agreed to a second major gas deal, worth slightly less than the $400 billion agreement reached earlier this year, according to Bloomberg …;
on en.wikipedia:
Other Links:
Go-go-go! Rosetta’s Philae lander descent to comet surface LIVE UPDATES, on Russia Today RT, Nov 12, 2014;
Fantastic Voyage – Europe Prepares First Comet Landing, on Spiegel Online International, by Olaf Stampf, Nov 11, 2014 (Photo Gallery): On Wednesday, astronomers with the European Space Agency will attempt a maneuver that has never been tried before. A probe from the spacecraft Rosetta is to land on a comet some 500 million kilometers away. The mission could teach us about life on Earth;
Business-Punks im Video: Tattoo im Job – geht das? im Spiegel Online, 11. Nov 2014 (mit internem Link zum Video, 4.08 min): Sie gehen ein und aus in Vorstandsbüros, Klassenzimmern oder Gerichtssälen. Und haben überall Tattoos. Verdecken, verstecken, offen tragen? Im SPIEGEL-JOB-Video zeigen fünf Business-Punks ihre Körperkunst …;
Generation Merkel, im Spiegel Online;
on London School of Economics LSE:
- The only way to protect citizens from their governments is to divide sovereign authority between the national and international levels, by Carmen Pavel, Nov 11, 2014;
- Developed economies are not suffering from the consequences of a financial crash, but from a structural crisis of neoliberal capitalism, by David M. Kotz, Nov 10, 2014;
- Ethical dilemmas of vaccination, by Dr Jeroen Luyten, Nov 7, 2014: How relevant are gender and age when making policies about vaccination and does this leave governments open to claims of discrimination? … it’s time we had the debate;
… and this:
- The Luxury Life of Dubai – DOC, 57.55 min, uploaded by Documentary Films, Feb 12, 2014: Dubai is usually known for a luxury holidays spot or hub of richest people in world with a co-operate city. Heaven of estate Agents and off course best shopping malls full of gold and a place where every brand in world wants to shelf their products;
- How women are treated under Sharia law in Dubai: the Alicia Gali story, uploaded by andresisthename, May 2013: Part 1 of 2, 14.05 min, Part 2 of 2, 7.44 min;
- The seven Emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates UAE, 26.22 min, uploaded by sweetkim178, Jan 7, 2013.