Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in Beijing this week signing deals, meeting with leaders, and attending a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. A big ticket item on the agenda is a deal for Russisa to supply natural gas to China.
But beyond immediate deals is the overarching matter of big power politics. Russia is [...]
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Russia Travels to China
Posted in Daily Post on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is rising in Europe?
Posted in The Notes on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The new Europe that emerges from the Lisbon Treaty could be the stepping stone to something even larger…something no one today can imagine or foresee.
The EU wants the ability to govern without the fundamental restraints essential to democratic government. Nothing looks more stable than a bureaucratic empire. But restraints on government, as Napoleon found to [...]
Czech’s Shout: “EU-Fourth Reich!”
Posted in The Notes on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do the Czech’s, more specifically their President Vaclav Klaus, see something ahead in Europe that others don’t? This BBC article outlines the reasons for “euro-skepticism” in the Czech Republic. There may be a warning here of things to come.
Take away line: “…after today’s Irish referendum there will never be another referendum in Europe.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8289920.stm
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