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Wednesday Night #1363
April 16, 2008, 1 Comment

First, we would draw your attention to last Wednesday’s discussion of China, Tibet & the Olympics – a nu ...

Global Monitoring Report 2008
April 11, 2008, Comments Off on Global Monitoring Report 2008

World Bank IMF IMF’s Global economic prospects for 2009 (.pdf) April 11 Climate Change Rises On World Bank Agenda ...

Iraq 5 years later
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Iraq 5 years later

The $3 Trillion War, Josephy Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes (Vanity Fair, April 2008) After wildly lowballing the cost of the ...

Predatory states & democratic recession
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Predatory states & democratic recession

The Democratic Rollback Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution Foreign Affairs, March/April 2008 Summary ...

Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny
February 28, 2008, Comments Off on Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny

February 28, 2008 (NYT) Cash-Rich, Publicity-Shy, Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny By LANDON THOMAS Jr. Abu Dhabi has about ...

Wednesday Night #1353
February 6, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1353

If there’s anything going on in the world besides Super Tuesday, it’s hard to discern it in the media, wheth ...

Manley recommends extending Afghan mission
January 26, 2008, 1 Comment

January 25, 2008 Afghanistan needs us Without the presence of international troops, chaos would erupt JOHN MANLEY Saturd ...

Abu Dhabi to invest $15 billion in Green Energy
January 21, 2008, Comments Off on Abu Dhabi to invest $15 billion in Green Energy

January 22, 2008 Masdar City will be constructed in the desert on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The aims are to use only r ...

Robert Galbraith: Eight weeks in November
December 1, 2007, 1 Comment

We are honoured that Robert Galbraith has permitted us to reproduce his eloquent and moving conclusions on his tour in A ...

Wednesday Night #1343 – Climate Change & Biodiversity
November 28, 2007, 2 Comments

The eve of the UNFCCC COP13 in Bali, should serve as a fitting conclusion to the Unisfera Conference on Business & S ...

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