The
de-Americanisation of the world has begun – emergence of solutions for a
multipolar world by 2015
“Building a
de-Americanised world”: this statement would have raised a smile a few years
ago. At most it would have passed for provocation by Hugo Chavez. But
when we are seeing the United States’ bankruptcy in real-time and it’s an
official Chinese press agency that says so (1), the impact isn’t the same. In
reality, it’s describing out loud a process which is already well underway:
simply, it’s now allowed to speak about it in public. At least US government
deadlock has the merit of loosening tongues (2). Let there be no mistake, this
analysis hasn’t appeared in the Chinese media by chance, and it reflects
Beijing’s hardening tone. In fact, if the whole world is holding its breath
before this pathetic game of the US elite... (All the GEAB Archives, available
for 220 eur)
Excerpt of the GEAB 78 (Oct 2013)
Migration crisis: bid for united EU response fraying over
quota demands
Europe’s fragmented attempts to get to grips with its worst
ever migration crisis are disintegrating into a slanging match between national
capitals ahead of what is shaping up to be a major clash between eastern and
western Europe over a common response...
The Guardian
Immigration, Civilisations, Intégration européenne…, une
seule question compte : Voulons-nous ou non que les enfants d’immigrés
deviennent de vrais européens ?
La France est le seul pays européen confronté à
l’immigration depuis près de deux siècles Le Royaume Uni, l’Allemagne, les
Pays-Bas, les pays Scandinaves, l’Italie, l’Espagne… tous ces pays ont exporté
de la ressource humaine tout au long des XVIII° et XIX° siècles et jusqu’au
début du XX°...
Franck Biancheri Documentation
EU migration: Crisis in graphics
Asylum applications in Europe have surged this year - with
numbers for Germany and Hungary already exceeding their totals for 2014.
Altogether, 438,000 refugees had applied for asylum by the end of July -
compared with 571,000 for the whole of last year...
BBC News
It’s Official: China Confirms It Has Begun Liquidating
Treasuries, Warns Washington
On Tuesday evening, we asked what would happen if emerging
markets joined China in dumping US Treasurys. For months we’ve documented the
PBoC’s liquidation of its vast stack of US paper. Back in July for instance, we
noted that China had dumped a record $143 billion in US Treasurys in three
months via Belgium, leaving Goldman speechless for once...
Zero Hedge
China August official PMI shrinks to 3-year low of 49.7, in
line with forecasts
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted at its
fastest pace in three years in August, an official survey showed on Tuesday,
reinforcing fears of a sharper slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy
despite a flurry of government support measures...
Economic Times
Europe must wait at least five years for bank consolidation:
CEOs
Europe will have to wait at least five years before banks
begin to consolidate across borders, as they wrestle with low interest rates, regulatory
reforms and the need to overhaul technology, bank executives said. Banks face
pressures to refocus their business models and cut costs, pushing consolidation
down the list of management priorities, Frederic Oudea, chief executive of
Societe Generale...
Reuters
EU to extend Russia blacklists
The EU is Wednesday (2 September) expected to extend
sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals and firms by six months.
Some 150 people and 37 firms will continue to have their assets frozen and be
under a travel ban until March 2016, when sanctions will be reviewed again.
EUObserver
After Barclays and Bank of America, Citigroup has blockchain
in sight
Citigroup is looking to tap into the potential of
blockchain, the underlying technology that powers virtual currencies such as
bitcoin, and is also experimenting with the idea of its own fiat-backed digital
currency, a top executive of the United States headquartered banking and
financial services company said...
Economic Times
Stocks Slide as Global Growth Angst Deepens; Treasuries
Climb
It’s a new month, and the same story. Stocks fell around the
world and the yen gained with gold as the slowdown in China showed no sign of
abating. Asian shares started a global selloff after a gauge of Chinese manufacturing
fell to a three-year low. European stocks followed after data pointed to weaker
growth in the region..
Bloomberg
Kiev’s week of violence is a crisis of its own making
A “day of fury” was proclaimed on Monday by the Ukrainian
nationalist party Svoboda (Freedom). The fury ended with a grenade being thrown
into lines of soldiers guarding the Kiev parliament building, where it
exploded, killing one soldier and injuring more than 100 people...
The Guardian
Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina Resigns
Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina resigned late
Wednesday, hours after a judge issued an arrest warrant against the leader in
connection to a growing corruption scandal that has plunged the country into
its worst political crisis since the end of a brutal civil war...
Wall Street Journal
US launched a secret drone war against Islamic State in
Syria
The CIA and US Special Forces have launched a secret drone
programme in Syria, designed to hunt down and kill high-value members of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The collaboration, in which both
organizations fly armed drones over the country, has resulted in strikes
against “several” senior Isis leaders..
Business Insider
EU needs to step up its game in Ukraine
The situation in Ukraine looks increasingly grim. The war in
Donbas has intensified. And Moscow shows no sign of ending its support for its
proxy rebels or withdrawing troops and heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine...
EUobserver
France ends probe into Arafat's death, says no proof he was
poisoned
Investigators have decided to drop an inquiry into the death
of Yasser Arafat. The former Palestinian leader's widow has insisted that her
husband was poisoned in 2004. French magistrates have closed their
investigation into the 2004 death of Arafat, the prosecutor's office said
Wednesday...
Deutsche Welle
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