January 2011
28 posts
Secession of South Sudan has overwhelming mandate
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99% of South Sudanese voted for secession from the north source
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BREAKING: Six Al Jazeera journalists arrested by... →
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Correspondents Tweet: Unsure if arrested or about to be deported. 6 of us held at army checkpoint outside Hilton hotel. Equipment seized too…
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Who Next at the ECB Helm?
Jean-Claude Trichet’s term as president of the European Central Bank is set to expire in October 2011 and finding the right replacement could be crucial to keeping the Eurozone from falling deeper into its financial crisis. The European Central Bank was established in 1998 and serves as the institution that administers monetary policy to the European Union’s member states. While the...
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Barry Eichengreen's interview with Bloomberg on...
Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics and politics at the University of California at Berkeley, talks about the outlook for the U.S. dollar. Eichengreen, author of “Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System,” speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television’s “Surveillance Midday.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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“If the crisis countries fail to meet their budgetary targets, EU leaders insist,...”
– Barry Eichengreen on Germany’s role in the eurozone crisis.
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Is Blasphemy Hate Speech?
On January 4th of this year Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, Pakistan, was gunned down by his bodyguard for disagreeing with Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Pakistan uses its Penal Code to criminalize and punish blasphemy against Islam. Penalties for blasphemy can range from a fine to death. The law exists as a way to protect the country’s Islamic authority as Islam is the official...
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South Sudan has reached the 60% turnout needed to... →
chibacheebs asked: Hi Maria. Interesting content on this tumblr. Do you happen to have a personal blog/tumblr?
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“The condition of the over-indebted states on the periphery of the euro area is...”
– Nouriel Roubini speaking in an interview with Der Spiegel on the crisis in the Eurozone.
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Asia in the Balance
Joseph S. Nye’s latest article for Project Syndicate, titled Asia in the Balance dissects the rocky relationship between China and India and India’s current and projected future economy. While other nations such as the US and Britain have been making plans for investment and trade with India, China has been surprisingly absent in the negotiations. India and China have not enjoyed the...
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Israel’s Wrong Friends
By: Ian Buruma
JERUSALEM – Israel has been welcoming some rather peculiar visitors of late. The Dutch populist, Geert Wilders, is a frequent caller, telling sympathetic audiences that Israel is on the front line of the Western war against Islam. And, in December, a delegation of European far-right politicians toured Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank, pleasing their hosts by...
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Demand or Supply?
By: Raghuram Rajan
CHICAGO – Economics is all about demand and supply. Typically, the two are equal, and, if not, powerful forces push them towards each other. But, with high and persistent levels of unemployment in the United States, there is a real question about the nature of the problem: is aggregate demand too low, or are there problems with supply?
President Barack Obama’s...
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A Look at the New Elite Globally and Specifically...
Chrystia Freeland’s recently published piece in The Atlantic explores the rise of the so-called “New Global Elite.” While the Elite once owed their fortunes to an established aristocracy, they are now finding themselves in a meritocracy. The majority of the world’s richest figures earned their fortunes and those who inherited their riches are actively working to expand...
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From Football to Fascism in Russia
By: Georgy Satarov
MOSCOW – In Russia, 2010 ended with an unprecedented upsurge of ultra-nationalist violence. Images of rioting, fascist-minded thugs have dominated TV broadcasts.
The violence began following an ordinary conflict between two small groups of young people over a taxi. One group consisted of young people from the Northern Caucasus, the other of fans of a Moscow football...
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Silent Momentum on Climate Change
By: Achim Steiner
NAIROBI – The last two years have been a roller coaster ride in respect to securing a new global treaty to combat climate change. Some even despair that the window for action is closing fast.
But giving up is not an option. The latest round of climate negotiations, held last month in Cancún, Mexico, put the world’s efforts on climate change back on track – albeit at a pace...