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Self-serving posturing over Syria Posted by Melanie Phillips
Originally posted on Dr Alf's Blog:English: US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron trade bottles of beer to settle a bet they made on the U.S. vs. England World Cup Soccer...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-EU climate chief says energy, climate deal next week...
#179869814 / gettyimages.com #160993308 / gettyimages.com This is an important article from Reuters. It’s worth a read. Check it out! via REUTERS SUMMIT-EU climate chief says energy, climate deal next...
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U.S. Airdrops Weapons and Supplies to Kurds Fighting in Kobani – NYTimes.com
#456569882 / gettyimages.com #456729620 / gettyimages.com #456380184 / gettyimages.com This is a must-read article from the NYT. Check it out! via U.S. Airdrops Weapons and Supplies to Kurds Fighting...
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Opinion – A short history of the Kurds | The World – FT.Com – John Gelmini
#169238033 / gettyimages.com #455964188 / gettyimages.com As Dr Alf knows, the country which Kurdistan would form falls across several borders and would take in parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran....
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Opinion – To the Commissioner for Energy | EU to Do 2015-19 – Bruegel – John...
#457535304 / gettyimages.com Like Dr Alf, I can broadly relate to the Bruegel article but I cannot “buy” the argument about the need to “insure against Climate Change”. Currently, Germany will have...
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Oil slump leaves Russia even weaker than decaying Soviet Union – Ambrose...
This is an excellent article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Business Editor at the Telegraph. via Oil slump leaves Russia even weaker than decaying Soviet Union – Telegraph. Reading this article, the...
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Opinion – Foreign Affairs: Turkey’s elusive promised land and the war on...
#176636851 / gettyimages.com Dr Alf is correct, the Jerusalem Post has made a telling and incisive analysis of where Erdogan, the Muslim Brotherhood of which he is a member, and Turkey as a nation, are...
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Opinion – Reforming the Professional Interim and Independent Consultant...
#159664898 / gettyimages.com #501656901 / gettyimages.com #168987624 / gettyimages.com Like Dr Alf, I look back on this period as well. Since then, interim management rates have for the most part...
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Twelve Open Questions for UK Government on its Strategic Vision for Shared...
Originally posted on Dr Alf's Blog:Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia A. INTRODUCTION – BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT This week, I belatedly spotted that the Government had published the August...
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Opinion – Rosneft offers Putin program of massive sanctions against the West...
#454462376 / gettyimages.com #167160591 / gettyimages.com #89594293 / gettyimages.com #143596656 / gettyimages.com Like Dr Alf, I wonder about this. What I do know is that in the long run sanctions do...
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End of QE, not of US financial supremacy – Global Times
This an important, must read article from China’s outspoken and influential newspaper, the Global Times. End of QE, not of US financial supremacy – Global Times. The article takes a critical look at QE...
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A New Ambition for Europe: A Memo to the European Union Foreign Policy Chief...
#BA18070 / gettyimages.com #88434280 / gettyimages.com #89772920 / gettyimages.com This is an important, must-read article from the US global think-tank, Carnegie. Check it out! via A New Ambition for...
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European Commission – Press release – Energy: EU invests €647 million in key...
#159490508 / gettyimages.com #147766546 / gettyimages.com #133243888 / gettyimages.com This important press announcement from the European Commission (EC) is worth a read. Check it out! via European...
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Opinion – European Commission – Press release – Energy: EU invests €647...
#173063503 / gettyimages.com #186566318 / gettyimages.com Of course, it would make sense to combine Cyprus and Israel into any form of pan European energy resource and for that matter into an...
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Opinion – A New Ambition for Europe: A Memo to the European Union Foreign...
Actually the writers of that Carnegie Europe article are right. Whilst it is true as Dr Alf says, that Europe is a collection of nation states and that Germany does not want to strut about openly on...
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Opinion – French nuclear plant hit by another mystery drone flyover | The...
#200542421-001 / gettyimages.com #98899439 / gettyimages.com #176680826 / gettyimages.com #151352245 / gettyimages.com #163724972 / gettyimages.com One wonders whose drone it was and why the French are...
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Opinion – European Commission slashes eurozone forecasts – FT.com – John Gelmini
#89772920 / gettyimages.com Yesterday Dr Alf will recall the upbeat messages from the German Finance Minister in which we were being told about the progress Europe was making. I questioned this...
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Outsourcers strive to rebuild reputations after scandals – FT.com
This is an excellent, must-read article from the FT. via Outsourcers strive to rebuild reputations after scandals – FT.com. The article looks at the blemished reputations of the outsourcers. If you are...
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Analysis: The delicate dance in the Turkey/Cyprus/Israel triangle | i24news –...
With Israel’s foreign minister in Cyprus at the moment for a two-day official visit, this article is well-worth a read. Check it out! via Analysis: The delicate dance in the Turkey/Cyprus/Israel...
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Opinion – After 25 years Germany needs a foreign policy – FT.com – John Gelmini
People who demand that Germany should have a foreign policy need to be careful what they wish for because when their leaders were less circumspect we did not like the end result. Since the time of...
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