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National security omissions - Washington TimesNational security omissions Obscured by green smog on emissions By James A. Lyons Advocates for cap-and-trade legislation are trying to make their case on a trumped-up national security issue based on the premise that global climate change will increase the potential for global conflict. ...
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Asian Innovation: China, India and KoreaThe rise of China and India will remake the innovation landscape. US and European pre-eminence in science-based innovation can no longer be taken for granted. Nor can the knowledge jobs that have depended upon it. Global supply chains have transformed how we make products. Our savings depend ...
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Thinking the Unthinkable: NATO's Global Military RoadmapThinking the Unthinkable: NATO's Global Military Roadmap
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G20:Leaders Agree on Reforms, Poor Still "Out in the Cold"G20: Leaders Agree on Reforms, Poor Still "Out in the Cold" By Eli Clifton PITTSBURGH, Sep 25 (IPS) - World leaders at the two-day G20 Summit in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh agreed to work cooperatively to recover from the global economic crisis and create structural reforms with long-term ...
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The IMF Should Move To Europe - The Baseline ScenarioEurope still insists on the right to nominate one of its own to be managing director of the IMF, which is an awful anachronism at this point. The New IMF could be based in London with a French boss, or in Paris with a British boss. The EU would have a powerful voice and the US would keep its ...
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China vs. India: Which is better for doing business? - PSD Blog - The World Bank GroupEditor's Note: Peter Kusek is an Investment Policy Officer with the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group. Doing Business has just published its seventh annual report for 2010. As in the past, it includes its flagship Ease of Doing Business rank, which is once again ...
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UN Millennium Project Reports Dramatic CO2 Emissions & Energy Demand | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.comUN Millennium Project Reports Dramatic CO2 Emissions & Energy Demand A major report issued by the United Nations Millennium Project has just been released. It finds that half the world appears vulnerable to social instability and violence due to increasing and potentially prolonged ...
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The Rise of the RestIt's true China is booming, Russia is growing more assertive, terrorism is a threat. But if America is losing the ability to dictate to this new world, it has not lost the ability to lead. NOTE: even if a May 2008 article, still worth reading.
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The G-8 Is DeadThe L'Aquila summit showed just how irrelevant the G-8 has become, as emerging economies demand more and more of a say at the negotiating table. It was a funeral ceremony: The G-8 is dead, at least as a global leadership forum. It has now been reduced to a mere talking shop for certain heads of ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Weathering the Storm in BrazilLike many developing countries, Brazil has witnessed major economic growth in recent years. Yet under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the prosperity has touched nearly every social strata. Mark S. Langevin describes how successful debt management and social programs are helping Brazil ...
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