FEBRUARY 3, 2011 Technologies with goofy names like Twitter and Facebook are replacing political stability with a state of permanent instability. By DANIEL HENNINGER ‘Stability” has been the goal of civilized foreign policy since the dawn of the Cold War and arguably since the Congress of Vienna, which posited a framework for international relations in […]
THE NEXT DECADE by George Friedman Published: January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required
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JANUARY 24, 2011 Beijing wants to diversify out of U.S. debt and it will have plenty of cash to make acquisitions. By CHARLES WOLF JR. From 2007 through the first half of this year, Chinese buyers—state, private and in between—acquired 400 companies located outside of the country. The acquisitions span a wide range: mining companies
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JANUARY 18, 2011 A case study in the failure of green energy subsidies. Not long ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was calling Evergreen Solar a “symbol” of his state’s economic future. Symbolism would appear to be overrated. Evergreen announced last week that it is shutting its Massachusetts plant and will lay off 800 workers. That’s
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing
JANUARY 13, 2011 U.S. Cuts Global Grain Supply Outlook; Higher Prices Expected at Grocery Stores By SCOTT KILMAN And LIAM PLEVEN Evidence of tightening global food supplies grew as the U.S. Agriculture Department cut its estimates for global harvests of key crops and raised some demand forecasts, adding to worries about rising food prices. Prices
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U.S. business mustn’t fall behind as the world moves forward By Gary Burnison The Washington Times December 23, 2010 Imagine, for a moment, that the United States is a company. Without a doubt, it is an industry leader with a great global (albeit sometimes controversial) brand, ample resources and vast real estate holdings from mountains
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Published on National Legal and Policy Center (http://www.nlpc.org) Corporations Push President on Global Climate Fund By Paul Chesser Created 12/15/2010 – 11:44 After the failure in Copenhagen last year for countries who hoped for a successor agreement to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming, lower expectations surrounded this year’s version of the UN Framework
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New Zeal Blog Who Benefits? The Food Safety Bill Will Centralize and Regulate Food Production Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:06 PM PST “If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) As Simple as One, Two, Three A legislative strategy for the House Republicans. Jeff Bergner November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Republicans have won control of the House and have gained several seats in the Senate. What will the Republicans do? Will they simply nibble at the edge
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