Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Ron Paul: Lessons from Paris

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Former US congressman and libertarian Ron Paul explains that the latest terror events in Paris partly represented a blowback from foreign p...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Deglobalization: Chinese State owned firms to sever ties with US consulting firms

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Geopolitical strains have begun to spillover into the economic realm. The Chinese government orders her state owned companies to cut ti...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

Along with the French, Chinese Police to Patrol Paris

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From the Guardian Paris police are to draft in reinforcements from China to help patrol the French capital during the summer tourist bo...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Showbiz Politics: The Myth of US-Philippine Defense Pact Promoting Regional Peace

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As I said yesterday, showbiz has practically consumed most of social affairs in the Philippines. More evidence of showbiz in the conte...
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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Quote of the Day: The Evil of Chávez is Dwarfed by that of the Governments of the "Free World”

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Hugo Chávez may have been oppressive, but at least he wasn't a lapdog for Washington like so many other heads of state. The world woul...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Scarborough Shoal Dispute: The Politics of Nationalism

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The Inquirer.net reports As the dispute between China and the Philippines over Scarborough Shoal entered its 18th day Friday, Senate Pr...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

Unintended Consequences from the Libyan Intervention

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Benjamin Friedman of the Cato Institute enumerates the unintended consequences of the foreign policy of military interventions in Libya in ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Global Weapons Exports and the Spratlys Dispute

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I previously asked if the Spratlys dispute has partly been about promoting weapons exports for the benefit of the military industrial compl...
Monday, January 09, 2012

How War Policies will Hurt the US

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The economics of war will eventually weigh on the US. The following is an excerpt from a must read article by investing guru Doug Casey (...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Heritage Foundation Urges Military Action on Iran

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The Heritage Foundation has an incredible philosophical dichotomy, where on the one hand they propose free trade , and on the other hand, th...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Judge, Jury and Executioner

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Paul Craig Roberts on the assassination of Anwar Awlaki and Samir Khan But what Awlaki did or might have done is beside the point. The ...
Friday, September 09, 2011

War on Terror: More Terrorism Deaths Since 9-11

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Since 9/11, the US government led war on terror has brought upon more fatalities and not less. This in spite of all the legal and bureaucrat...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

China to Assist in the Bailout of Greece

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I have been saying that today’s globalization has not been limited to trade, investment and labor but also to the conduct of policies. Rec...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Should The Philippines Wage War With China Over The Executions Of The Drug Mules?

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“It is just that the Philippines is less powerful than China in warfare” remarked a neighbor in the allusion that the Philippines is powerle...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

The Politics Behind The UN’s No Fly Zone On Libya

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The Economist has a dainty interactive graph which spells out on the diversified political incentives (interests) by nations that has partic...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The Daily Show Explains US Foreign Policy On Libya

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Hilarious but politically poignant stuff from Jon Stewart (HT Bob Murphy) The Daily Show - Odyssey Dawn - Unconstitutional War Tags: Daily S...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Fearing A Slap On The Face, UN Sanctions A No-Fly Zone

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Faced with the prospects of a victorious comeback by Libya’s 42 year dictatorship under Muammar Gaddafi , the UN approves a No-Fly zone over...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Will The US Fall For Osama Bin Laden’s Trap?

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From Eric Margolis at the Lew Rockwell.com , (bold emphasis mine) Bin Laden’s primary goal is overthrowing US-backed autocratic regimes...
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Sunday, October 03, 2010

When The Rubber Meets The Road: Political Controversies Hound The Aquino Administration

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``The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter econom...