Showing posts with label gunboat diplomacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gunboat diplomacy. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Geopolitical Risk Theater: Russian Jets Buzzed Over a US Destroyer!

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Will a global arms race , inspired by a cauldron of ideology based on economic military keynesianism and the rise of nationalism, financed...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Charts of the Day: Global Military Spending Soars!

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Brinkmanship geopolitics has prompted a surge in global military spending The Bloomberg reports : Global military spending has begun...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Quote of the Day: The Saudi Arabian Government is the Ultimate Inspiration and Financial Benefactor of the Islamic State

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A lengthy excerpt from analyst David Stockman from his latest article on the Middle East crisis: The truth is, the long era of the so-c...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Wow. Indonesian Government Sunk 41 Illegal Fishing Ships (including 11 from the Philippines and 1 from China)

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This is incredible.  The Indonesian government just sunk 41 (allegedly illegal fishing) ships! From Today Online : (bold mine) ...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Geopolitical Risk Theater Links: Russia Threatens Denmark with Nukes, Putin Signs Pact with Georgia Breakaway Group, US-China Square off over Missiles at South Korea

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Underneath those record setting stocks and frantic central bank rescues have been risks developing in the sphere of geopolitics Below a...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Abenomics: Weak Yen Not Equal to Strong Exports

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In the view of the consensus, currency devaluation serves as a key policy to promote economic growth via implicit subsidies to the export i...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Philippine Politics: South Korean War Jets Means Bigger Taxes and More Financial Repression

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From Today’s Inquirer headlines Move over. The big boys are coming. President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines was close to ...
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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Short Note on the MNLF and Territorial Disputes

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In the southern province, the Philippine government have been fighting off insurgents for five days. Here is a snippet from today’s Inq...