Showing posts with label geopolitics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geopolitics. Show all posts
13 April 2012
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Jesse Lenz03 April 2012
A Tour of the New Geopolitics of Global Warming
Climate change is already shaping conflicts around the world--and not for the better
By Joshua Zaffos and Daily Climate | Scientific American | April 2, 2012
ARCTIC ICE: Earth's northern hemisphere with sea ice and cloudsImage: Wikimedia Commons/Tryphon
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28 March 2012
Global oil risks in the early 21st century
The Deepwater Horizon incident demonstrated that most of the oil left is deep offshore or in other locations difficult to reach. Moreover, to obtain the oil remaining in currently producing reservoirs requires additional equipment and technology that comes at a higher price in both capital and energy. In this regard, the physical limitations on producing ever-increasing quantities of oil are highlighted, as well as the possibility of the peak of production occurring this decade
by Dean Fantazzini, Mikael Höök, and André Angelantoni | Mar 27 2012 by The Oil Drum in Energy Bulletin | Mar 27 2012
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Remotely Piloted War
In the American mind, if Apple made weapons, they would undoubtedly be drones, those remotely piloted planes getting such great press here. They have generally been greeted as if they were the sleekest of iPhones armed with missiles
By Tom Engelhardt | Foreign Policy in Focus | March 6, 2012
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Resource Curse?
Resource curse is a naive concept that ignores the facts of deep wounds caused by colonialism by European countries over the nations in Asia, Africa,Pacific, South America and Central America. This concept also ignores the reality of a sophisticated transformation from colonialism to global governance mode that is merely a tool to maintain the power of rich industrial countries over the countries natural wealth owners
Arief Wicaksono | BoilingSpot | 8 March 2012
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Tactics and strategy at the Strait of Hormuz
In the summer of 1507, after the conquest of Socotra, the Armada's main objective, Afonso de Albuquerque departed on his own, commanding a fleet of six vessels and 500 marines to take the easternmost island at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, called by local folk Hormuz. Defeating a garrison of 15,000 men with his artillery, Albuquerque took Hormuz and commissioned the construction of a fortress
by Luis de Sousa | Mar 5 2012 by The Oil Drum in Energy Bulletin | Mar 5 2012
Afonso de Albuquerque arrived at the Indian Ocean in 1506, commanding a squadron of five war vessels integrated in Tristão da Cunha's Armada.
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03 March 2012
Iran in the crosshairs again
Sabre rattling against Iran is nothing new, but that doesn’t mean the threat of war isn’t real. Phyllis Bennis analyses the situation in the wider Middle East
Phyllis Bennis | RedPepper | March 2012
01 March 2012
Report: China 2030
The report "China 2030" was researched and written jointly by the World Bank, China's Ministry of Finance, and China's Development Research Center of the State Council
Council on Foreign Relations | February 27, 2012
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Iran: Willing to Deal
With the United States and the European Union (EU) imposing one of the toughest sanction regimes ever on Iran, the world is inching closer to a potential catastrophic war at the heart of the Middle East
By Richard Javad Heydarian | Foreign Policy in Focus | February 20, 2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Oil shocks around the world: Are they really that bad?
Recent developments in oil markets and the global economy have, once again, triggered concerns about the impact of oil price shocks around the world. This column wonders whether the fuss is really necessary. It presents evidence of relatively small negative effects of oil price increases
by Tobias Rasmussen and Agustin Roitman | The Oil Drum | February 20, 2012
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Argentina: Oil behind British militarist threats over Malvinas
“We support the right of self-determination of the habitants of the Falkland Islands [Malvinas]; what the Argentines having been saying recently is, in my opinion, much more similar to colonialism, because these people want to continue being British and the Argentines what them to do something different”
America XXI in Green Left Weekly | February 12, 2012
11 February 2012
Is China Reentering the Great Game?
Many countries have contributed to Afghanistan’s reconstruction. But it’s only been since 2007 that China has attracted attention with its investments. In November 2007, the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) won the tender to invest over $2.9 billion to develop the Aynak copper mine, which is the second-largest copper deposit in the world
By Dong Yu | Foreign Policy in Focus | February 9, 2012
02 February 2012
Enemies of the State
Almost exactly nine years ago, opposition to the US invasion of Iraq was reaching a fever pitch. On February 15, 2003 millions of people around the world rallied to protest the inexorable march to war, including in over 150 cities in the United States
by Asher Miller | Post Carbon Institute in Energy Bulletin | Feb 1 2012
30 January 2012
No oil for old countries
I THINK my colleague is right to take some encouragement from the latest Energy Information Agency outlook. As one would expect to occur amid a period of sustained, high oil prices, American oil consumption has fallen from 2005 while its production has risen
The Economist | Jan 24th 2012
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Theme and variations
State capitalism is not all the same. It is easy for a casual visitor to China to be fooled into thinking that he is in a normal capitalist country. The big cities are dotted with Starbucks and Kinkos. The newspapers run stories about small businesspeople falling prey to loan sharks
The Economist | Jan 21st 2012
Why now? What’s next? Naomi Klein on Occupy
Naomi Klein in discussion with Occupy Wall Street activist Yotam Marom
Naomi Klein, Yotam Marom | Red Pepper | January 2012
Greedy Lying Bastards: US filmmaker attacks oil industry
Craig Rosebraugh's new documentary highlights the 'influence, deceit and corruption' of fossil fuel industry
by Leo Hickman | guardian.co.uk | 20 January 2012
Provocative, frank and impossible to ignore. And that's just the title
20 January 2012
Rejecting Pipeline Proposal, Obama Blames Congress
President Obama on Wednesday rejected, for now, the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the $7 billion project could not be adequately reviewed within the 60-day deadline set by Congress. While the president’s action does not preclude later approval of the project, it sets up a baldly partisan fight over energy, jobs and regulation that will most likely persist through the November election
By JOHN M. BRODER and DAN FROSCH | The New York Times | January 18, 2012
House Republican leaders — Jeb Hensarling, Eric Cantor and Speaker John A. Boehner — said the decision would cost thousands of jobs. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
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17 January 2012
The Long Slow March to Nuke Abolition
"We want a nuclear weapons free world." More than 80 percent of people around the globe have expressed this overwhelming desire to authors of a new report
By Jamshed Baruah | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis | Jan 16, 2012
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Oil's Trouble Spots
At a time of rising dependence on oil, the potential for supply disruptions and the stability of energy-rich regions pose major concerns. While disruptions can happen anywhere along the supply chain, certain areas are particularly vulnerable
Toni Johnson | Council on Foreign Relations | January 13, 2012
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