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Turkey’s drift away from the West
Jan. 14, 2009 SVANTE E. CORNELL , THE JERUSALEM POST
A decade ago, Western and Israeli leaders could count on Turkey as an ally. A solid NATO member, Ankara took decisions based on pragmatic calculations of interest - and erred on the side of caution if at all. But under the rule of the Islamic conservative AKP, this has changed.
In the face of Hamas rockets, Israel could have expected more understanding from a country long suffering from aggressive (…)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Aftermath of the Russian Invasion of Georgia
Niklas Swanstrom*
Introduction The Russian invasion of Georgia did not provoke too much concern from either China or the Central Asian governments. On the contrary, smug smiles were initially seen in many capitals of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Georgia is, to the displeasure of many, a very defiant and rapidly growing democracy that had the nerve to leave the embracing bosom of (…)

Leading Economists: Let the banks fail
Global Research, February 2, 2009
George Washington Blog.
The government and Wall Street have endlessly repeated the statement that we have to save the banks, or the whole economy will be destroyed.
But leading experts - including the following people - say that letting the banks fail will help the economy recover:
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
Leading monetary theorist Anna Schwartz
Highly-regarded PhD economist Michael (…)

A US Dollar conspiracy theory?
Global Research, February 4, 2009 Russia Today - 2009-01-30
While the world economy collapses the American dollar continues to strengthen its position in the world, to little wonder – it’s getting back to its basics as the backup currency on every continent except Antarctica.
Yet since the U.S. has debts two times exceeding the world’s GDP one cannot help but ask oneself – what’s next?
The web is flooded with lots of theories and rumours about what (…)

Moscow Reacts to US Buildup in Afghanistan
by F. William Engdahl
Global Research, February 5, 2009
Moscow has correctly assessed that the announced Obama troop buildup in Afghanistan has no relevance to the stated aim of combatting the ‘Taliban’, but rather with a new attempt by the Pentagon strategists to encircle both Russia and China on Eurasia in order to retain US global military dominance. It is not waiting for a new policy from Washington. Rather Russia is acting to secure its (…)

Swiss Re Insurance: After three Billion Swiss Franc investment the Warren Buffet effect failed to appear, Swiss Re shares continue to drop sharply
The legendary investor in the world increases the Swiss reinsurer - and it broke the Swiss Re’s shares for an international drama today. It will not be everything to gold, what Buffett touches.
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Canada’s staunch support for Israel during its 23-day war on Gaza has caused uproar at the United Nation’s Human Right’s body in Geneva.
During Canada’s first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Switzerland, Toronto was questioned on its unconditional sympathy for Israel.
"It is often asked why, in the Human Rights Council, Canada is the first and often the only country to ask for a vote and vote against issues that address the violations of human rights of the (…)

The World Economic forum (WEF): Requiem for an overweight
by Eric Walberg
Global Research, February 4, 2009
“The WEF is not a government of the world,” said organiser Andre Schneider wistfully in the crisp Davos air.
The world’s economic elite gathered in a subdued atmosphere at this year’s World Economic Forum to assess the now global economic crisis. New York University professor Niso Abuaf compared it to a funeral, though not for the sake of the dead “ancien regime”, but “for the (…)

Sudan: Israel arming Darfur rebels
Global Research, February 4, 2009 Press TV - 2009-02-02
Israel has supplied a rebel group involved in the Darfur conflict in Sudan with a considerable amount of weaponry, a new report says.
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has received considerably heavy military logistical support from Israel, Sudan’s state media reported on Sunday.
The shipment has been sent through France, which is in charge of training military personal inside neighboring (…)