Nov. 20, 2008: Top
US intelligence panel released report today predicts fading American economic
and military dominance and warns of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
Continue...
Oct.
20, 2008: Following an assessment of the international
situation, Europe,
China/Japan
and S.America, we turn our sights to Korea. Here the familiar Korean two-pronged
strategy of government investment and export-driven growth — inflation
be damned approach, plus: Continue...
Nov. 1, 2008:
While
this last month saw the worst stockmarket performance in 21 years, we follow
this up with an in depth, case study. Speedy
Reckoning: Worldwide
History of Stock Markets and Economics
Nov. 2, 2008: As
the U.S. election approaches, countries around the world are watching.
However, most will ultimately be disappointed with whoever wins, since
the world’s perceptions are based on the assumption that the U.S. president
can somehow ameliorate or deteriorate the relationship between the United
States and another country on his own accord.
Nov. 4, 2008: With
US Election Day tomorrow, there has been a notable silence from al Qaeda.
This might be due to the frequency of airstrikes carried out by drones
in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, scoring hits against
al Qaeda members and managers in the process. These strikes have made it
more difficult for al Qaeda leaders to move around and interact with each
other.
Nov. 5, 2008:
Barack Obama, having won the election, will now have to face a range of
foreign policy issues that will challenge his ideology and policies, and
where his personality will matter little. He will be dealing with people
like Vladimir Putin, Hu Jintao and Angela Merkel, none of whom are swayed
by charisma and all of whom govern countries with interests very different
than those of the United States.
Nov. 8, 2008:
On Oct 12
we suggested that the European Financial crises would take on a whole dynamic
of its own. Today then also a look at the current problem of migrants plus:
Europe
the Long-Term Outlook.
Nov. 10, 2008:
Having extensively covered all aspects of money/investing and worldwide
finance this past month, a comment is in place about the Chinese stimulus
package today. China's
non-coherent economic policy?
Oct.
2, 2008: The past several months have seen a spate of new
books about WWI and II (like for example Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis
Ruled Europe by Mark Mazower) which we incorporated in the following special
case study. Among the German titles that have been incorporated are, "Pope
and Devil "(Papst und Teufel?) by Herbert Wolf, and Wilhelm II: The Way
in the Abyss (Der Weg in den Abgrund) 1900 – 1941 by John Röhl, and
"Heinrich Himmler" (containing a study about the SS) by Peter Longerich:
Oct. 3, 2008:
While next month the United States will elect a new President, as evidenced
by the debates surrounding its financial crises today, the country has
finally also in some cases, started an examination about the trajectory
of its history. We take this two steps further by throwing light on some
forgotten but important aspects of American history in the Pacific, how
the US later came to find itself in multiple crises, and how most recently,
America came to be so suspected and vilified around much of the world.
14
Part Case Study: China Blockade, Japan Blockade, Opium War,
Mexican Revolution, Anglo-Saxon Ascendancy, the Cold War, Anti-Americanism,
misadventures in Iraq, Future Wars. From
US Ascendancy to America at a Crossroads.
Oct. 4, 2008: Three
recent books “Healing, Hype, or Harm?: A Critical Analysis of Complementary
or Alternative Medicine”, “Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes
Fools of Us All" and “Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about
Alternative Medicine” do not only critique alternative medicine, but
tells us also a lot about its history. We investigated further: Alternative
Medicine in Context.
Oct. 5, 2008: But
while stringer regulations in regards to alternative therapies are now
considered, it might be time to do the same with mainstream medicine today.
For example when do new treatments stop being experimental? We all have
a tendency to think that "newer is better" and "more is better" when it
comes to medical care. We want to believe the marketing and media hype
that describes many modest scientific steps as "lifesaving new technology."
Case
Study:Medical
Advancements to the Test.
Oct. 6, 2008:
India 'not a threat to Pakistan' India 'not
a threat to Pakistan' radical break with the past. Signalling that
for the first time in the history of the country the army is no longer
in a position to step in as before. Understanding
Pakistan.
Oct. 7, 2008: A
country soon to collapse, Russia's Geostrategic loan to Iceland. Plus the
world's central banks and governments will soon be running out of ammo
in the face of a financial crisis that has been intensifying by the hour.
Enter for the countries that will survive the credit crunch:
Oct.
8, 2008: While the US bailout plan could mark the beginning
of the end of the crisis for the United States, the American credit crunch
is only the beginning of the story for the world’s other two major economic
pillars: Europe and Japan. What
can be Done:
Oct. 11, 2008:
During our visit to Nepal a few days ago we found that the child medium
'living goddess' cult is still alive and well there. The true history of
Child
Mediums in Asia.
Oct. 12, 2008:
Searching for Ancient Spirits in Asia; child mediums in perspective: Research
Report P.2.
Oct. 13, 2008:
Both Europe and the United States are now in a race against time. But because
the underlying reason for Europe’s vulnerability is not rooted
in the U.S. subprime as most people think, regionalized and interconnected
weaknesses are much broader and deeper. Europe Looming Financial Crises:
The
Make and Break Countries.
Oct. 14, 2008:
Where today
saw the end of a Khmer Rouge trial, early
2009 will see the high level trial of chief interrogator Kaing Guek
Eav, also known as Duch. And while the reason for the genocidal tirade
remained a mystery to date, we investigated and discovered the utopian
longings and delusions of lost or stolen grandeur combined with delusions
of persecution along with virulent conspiracy theories. The
Why of Khmer Rouge Terror.
Oct. 17, 2008:
Following an assessment of Europe
and East
Asia, we turn our sights to Latin America.
As a region that has been relatively isolated from the immediate effects
of the collapse of international
financial sectors, a significant slowdown is to be expected. Continue...
See underneath for more updates.
9/11,
2008: In the early 21th century, violent Islamism has become
the main ideological basis for terrorist activity on a transnational
level. It is also one of the main extremist ideologies of groups that use
terrorist means in a number of more localized national level. We present
the most comprehensive overview on the wwweb of: Radical
Islam and Global Jihad Today.
Sept. 12, 2008:
From internal Islamist publications and comments from within the al Qaeda
network, Osama bin Laden advocates exploiting the aftermath of the Caucasian
war and the cold war developing between the US and Russia. Continue...
Sept. 13, 2008:
Chinese Yellow Turban rebellion, Celestial and Terrestrial Spirits, Taiping
Rebellion, Boxer Uprising, Falun Gong. Case
Study:
The
Politics of Qigong.
Sept. 15, 2008:
Following our exclusive worldwide overview of
Radical
Islam and Global Jihad, it appears apt now, to
present an overview of the same for India and Asia. Enter:
Sept. 22, 2008:
The
Past and Future of the Nations/Rome; the rise and fall of hierarchical
sovereignty/ China and Europe’s vassalage systems/ France; the absolutist
state/ Intervention in S. America and the League of Nations Conference
at Montevideo/ Break-up of Yugoslavia, from Belgium to Kosovo/ State Behavior
in the International System; Iraq, Kyoto Protocol, Africa, United Kingdom,
Australia, India. And a future move towards hierarchical sovereignty?
Sept. 28, 2008:
From New Tought to Self Improvement Books:
Sept. 29, 2008:
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Psycholgy and Psychiatry:
Oct. 1, 2008: East
Asia and the Pacific: Japan’s Tokugawa Period, Meiii Restoration, Pan-Asian
Imperialism, contested national identity, foreign policy during the Cold
War, divergent policies toward Asia, From Japanese to Chinese Containment:
July
18, 2008: Proceeding from Thomas Craughwell’s
recent description in “ How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern
World” we trace the Huns to their Mongol related origin in what is now
China, and how close they came to taking Rome: Continue...
July 20, 2009:
While Iran has been working
on diplomatic damage control as of late, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman
of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, shortly thereafter told Fox News he is
convinced the Iranians are seeking to building an atomic bomb, “a very
destabilizing possibility in that part of the world.” He stressed the
US had the capacity and the reserves to attack Iran as a last resort. Mullen
warned however there could be “possible unintended consequences” but
“I’m fighting two wars and I don’t need a third one,” said Mullen
referring to Iraq and Afghanistan. The
Iran File:
July 22, 2008:
A new book by Giles Milton focuses on the time when Turkish troops under
Mustafa Kemal (aka Ataturk) took Smyrna. However, i also presents an introduction
to the larger context of the events question. As we will next see, some
of these issues still play a role in Turkish bid for EU membership, today:
July 25, 2008:
Shaery-Eisenlohr ‘s Shi'ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making
of National Identities. Case Study Hezbollah:
July 27, 2008:
A series of minor explosions in the high-tech city of Bangalore
on July 25 yet now
also in Ahmedabad, causing more damage --is a wake-up call to foreign
investors that the shine is coming off of the India investment model. Comment:
Will the Large Hadron Collider cause the end of the world?
Sept. 6, 2008:
Today Turkey's President Abdullah Gul has made a landmark visit to Armenia.
Due to Turkey’s denial
of an Armenian genocide normally such contact would not be taking place.
In fact it is only recently that also Germanys historical role in the Armenian
drama is emerging.
And one reason why Germany was so complacent in the matter might have been
because Wilhelm II hatched a plan where Turkey would be colonized
by Germans. Case
Study:
Sept. 8, 2008:Last
week a new High-tech tool for unmasking counterfeit wine was
unveiled. Yet it was hard to be sure whether a wine was fraudulent or not--
when even definitions of what “wine” was were not clear. Hence we researched:
The
Secret Wine Report.
Sept. 10, 2008:
With two Russian Tu-160 “Blackjack” bombers landing in Venezuela and
new attention on Cuba by Russia, sufficient to spark concern over a potential
renewed interest on the Kremlin’s part in tinkering in the Caribbean.
Plus in Bolivia today, where activists have attacked a natural gas pipeline
and stormed
public buildings, it is time to take a look at S.America:
Sept. 19, 2008:
While a recent book "Alexander Dugin and Extreme Right Networks" claimed
neo-Eurasian involvement with the secret services, following a mention
by Newsweek and Der
Spiegel , the CSM now asks if Alexandr Dugin is really the new sage
of the Kremlin. Russian
Eurasianism: A New Idiology of Empire?
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