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China, energy, economy & environment 2004-2013
October 12, 2013, 4 Comments

Desperate measures — Rivers are disappearing in China. Building canals is not the solution (The Economist) Eight o ...

The Middle East’s Big Knot of Enemies and Allies
August 28, 2013, Comments Off on The Middle East’s Big Knot of Enemies and Allies

The Middle East’s Big Knot of Enemies and Allies, Visualized In one chart. A letter to the editor published in Thursda ...

Arctic Meltdown: Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming
August 22, 2013, Comments Off on Arctic Meltdown: Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming

Northeast Passage: Russia Moves to Boost Arctic Shipping This year has seen a record number of ships pass through the No ...

Arctic Exploitation
July 11, 2013, 1 Comment

Who Owns the Arctic? A Stocktaking of Territorial Disputes (NYT) The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to expand to inc ...

The Future of the State of Africa
June 10, 2013, Comments Off on The Future of the State of Africa

George Monbiot: Corporate Carve-Up Under the pretext of preventing hunger, the rich nations are engineering a new scramb ...

Canada and the UN
May 7, 2013, Comments Off on Canada and the UN

The root of the problem or simply a contributing factor? Canada abandons UN bid in embarrassing turn for Harper Canada&# ...

Hugo Chavez 1954-2013
April 15, 2013, Comments Off on Hugo Chavez 1954-2013

Curious coincidence that Mr. Chavez died on the 60th anniversary of Stalin’s death. Hugo Chavez: 1954-2013 From an ...

Europe and the EU – Cyprus
April 8, 2013, 2 Comments

Hugo Dixon: Cyprus is edging towards euro exit (Reuters Opinion) Cyprus is no longer centre stage. Nicosia has agreed a ...

Haiti: after the earthquake
January 13, 2013, Comments Off on Haiti: after the earthquake

KANPE means “Stand Up” in Haitian Creole, and, as the name suggests, the bulk of the organisation’s initiatives an ...

Predictions for 2013
January 3, 2013, 1 Comment

Cape Breton Island and the Great Bear Rainforest destinations for 2013, according to National Geographic (RCI) Canada’ ...

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