Europe
dragged into a division of the world between debtors and creditors: the United
States' desperate solutions for not sinking alone
In the
present confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian crisis,
the image of the Cold War inevitably comes to mind and the media are obviously
fond of it. However, contrary to what it gives us to understand, it’s not
Russia that seeks the return of an iron curtain but really the US. An iron
curtain separating the old powers and emerging nations; the world before and
the world afterwards; debtors and creditors. And this in the crazy hope of
preserving the American way of life and the US’ influence over “its” camp in
the absence of being able to impose it on the whole world. In other words, go
down with as many companions as possible to give the impression of not
sinking...
Nato's
action plan in Ukraine is right out of Dr Strangelove
Since the
collapse of the Soviet Union, the US has ringed Russia with military bases,
nuclear warplanes and missiles as part of its Nato enlargement project.
Reneging on the Reagan administration's promise to the Soviet president Mikhail
Gorbachev in 1990 that Nato would not expand "one inch to the east",
Nato has all but taken over eastern Europe...
US
financial showdown with Russia is more dangerous than it looks, for both sides
The United
States has constructed a financial neutron bomb. For the past 12 years an elite
cell at the US Treasury has been sharpening the tools of economic warfare,
designing ways to bring almost any country to its knees without firing a
shot...
Transcript:
Vladimir Putin’s April 17 Q&A
On April
17, Russian President Vlaidmir Putin held a question-and-answer session with
Russians in a studio audience, from those calling in or texting, and from a
video link in the Crimean city of Sevasotpol. Here is a running transcript of
his remarks, via the Kremlin’s Web site...
Climat :
les raisons de croire à un accord mondial en 2015
A vingt mois de la Conférence de Paris sur le climat, la
publication du rapport du Giec constitue une opportune piqûre de rappel sur la
nécessité d'agir. Et fournit
aux Etats une feuille de route bien utile pour préparer ce rendez-vous
crucial...
China,
India opt out of OECD-backed meet
India and
China boycotted a high-level meeting of an OECD-backed aid effectiveness
movement citing concerns over the body’s approach to South-South cooperation
and the binding nature of the meeting’s outcome document...
High-Frequency
Fight Starts in Foreign Exchange
Foreign-exchange
dealers say they have the solution to the high-frequency trades eroding banks’
profits across financial markets...
China's
home price growth decelerates
Home prices
in major Chinese cities grew at a slower pace in March, with fewer cities
reporting month-on-month price gains, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
announced on Friday...
Japan,
U.S., S. Korea Begin High-Level Defense Talks
Japan, the
United States and South Korea began a two-day meeting of senior defense
officials in Washington on Thursday to discuss potential responses North Korea,
which has threatened to conduct a new form of nuclear test...
Japan Times
Trois destins possibles pour l'Europe : le sursaut, ou la
communauté de l'euro (2/3)
Poussée des eurosceptiques confirmée ? Gauche sanctionnée,
comme aux municipales ? Président (e) de la Commission européenne vraiment issu
(e) du choix des électeurs ? L'élection des députés européens, dimanche 25 mai,
apportera son lot de surprises. Notre sort ne sera pas tranché pour autant. Du
sursaut au lent déclin en passant par la résurgence de la crise, La Tribune
vous propose trois scénarios sur l'avenir de l'Europe en 2017...
Pentagon
official criticizes Pratt & Whitney
A senior
Pentagon official lashed out at Pratt & Whitney, saying that the United
Technologies Corp. unit is failing to meet commitments to cut costs for the
engines for the delayed and over-budget F-35 Joint Strike Fighter...
Burundi
creates reconciliation body that divides public opinion
Burundi,
locked in its worst political crisis since its civil war ended in 2005, has
created a reconciliation commission that opposition parties say will shield the
ruling party from accountability for past crimes...
India to
double offshore rupee bond programme
India is
set to take a major step toward currency internationalisation with World Bank
plans to double its offshore rupee bond programme to $2bn and push leading
Indian companies to raise global rupee-linked debt for the first time...
The food
poverty scandal that shames Britain: Nearly 1m people rely on handouts to eat –
and benefit reforms may be to blame
The
shocking scale of food poverty in Britain is exposed today by new figures
showing record numbers of people are reliant on handouts because of punitive
benefits sanctions...
Ukraine, et
maintenant passons à un monde sans Europe...
Le sommet
de jeudi à Genève, réunira l'Ukraine, la Russie, les États-Unis et Catherine
Ashton, autant dire que l'Europe, que les Européens sont à nouveau écartés des
pourparlers, des tables de négociations, car Catherine Ashton n'est pas
l'Europe, elle ne représente pas les Européens...
BRICS aim
to finish development bank preparations by July summit
The BRICS
bloc of emerging economies will have all preparatory work done for setting up
its development bank by the group's summit in July, South African Finance
Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday...
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