Archive for December, 2014

How to explain Putin’s methods and objectives?
December 8, 2014, Comments Off on How to explain Putin’s methods and objectives?

How He and His Cronies Stole Russia Book review by Anne Applebaum Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? by Karen Dawis ...

Global Economy 2014
December 8, 2014, 3 Comments

Oil as a Political Weapon The Economic Consequences of Global Oil Deflation (Counterpunch) There are at least three majo ...

Canada: Environment policy & national energy strategy
December 4, 2014, 2 Comments

4 December At Issue: Ban Ki-Moon on Climate Change and the Oilsands UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sat down with Peter ...

Canada 2013-14: Politics
December 4, 2014, 2 Comments

Harper’s Tories and Trudeau’s Liberals in dead heat: poll If an election were held tomorrow, the Liberals would get ...

Wednesday Night #1709
December 3, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1709

Jean Bélivau R.I.P. Jean Béliveau, beloved Canadiens hockey legend, dead at 83 Le Gros Bill, hockey hero to generation ...

Africa: Conflict and governance 2013 -2014
December 3, 2014, 1 Comment

3 December Fighting over the spoils of war Resources, resentment at heart of C.A.R. conflict By Benedict Moran (Al Jazee ...

Great Bear Rainforest
December 2, 2014, Comments Off on Great Bear Rainforest

Photographer zooms in on unique coastal wolves of British Columbia Wolves living on the coastline of the Pacific Northwe ...

Europe & EU 2014
December 1, 2014, 1 Comment

The European EU Observer New School of Athens (NSoA) Ukraine Watch as 1000 years of European borders change Sarko is bac ...

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