Reference my previous post on Latin America, 23 March – see the following article from the Washington Post Chavez Uses Presidential Summit to Chide U.S. By Silene Ramirez CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela (Reuters) […]
More on Pakistan
Reference my previous post of 22 March – Pakistan a Powder Keg. See the following article from The Asia Times. Pakistan approaches boiling point Revitalized religious-political opposition parties in Pakistan are stepping […]
Foreign Policy Blunders Update 3 – The Pakistani Powder Keg
Since the invasion of Iraq, I have been warning that Pakistan is potentially a far more important geopolitical linchpin than Iraq, Iran, or North Korea. Now,following Rice’s pronouncements lauding Musharraf and his […]
Latin America – a changing political environment, and statesmanship
In an earlier post I wrote of America’s alliances burning while it fiddles in Iraq. In yet another, I observed that China is busy building alliances around the globe, including in the […]
China and the US; Weiqi and Chess; Strategic Thinking vs. Tactical Thinking
In 1972, in Beijing, Henry Kissinger asked Chou En-lai, the then Chinese foreign minister if he thought the French Revolution of 1789 had benefited humanity. “We Chinese feel it is too soon […]
The EU, Emasculated Union
Alas, once again the EU is displaying its lack of resolve and inability to cut the umbilical cord with the United States. The US appoints Bolton as Ambassador to the UN, a […]
United States Foreign Policy Blunders Update 2 – confrontation vs. accomnodation
In an article from the Asia Times, Mr. Chalmers supports (at great length) essentially what I wrote in my post “Help Wanted – a Political Oculist” regarding the misguided policy of both […]
China, Greenspan rub salt on dollar wound
China, Greenspan rub salt on dollar wound Dollar jitters continue, with none other than Alan Greenspan now warning that the party may be over for the greenback as foreign investors tire of […]
The Geopolitics of Energy, Food and China
The link below should be read by all, and in particular by the eco spoofers, the ones who accuse those concerned with ecology as being nothing more than Chicken Littles crying “the […]
America’s Deficits, Debts and Diplomacy Part 2
I refer the readers to my post of 18 February in which I wrote of the risk of America financing its debt by selling T-Notes to foreign governments and financial institutions. Last […]
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