NIGHTWATCH: Ukraine-Crimea Update
Russia-US: The Russian president’s website posted the following summary of talks between the Russian and US presidents. “Text of report in English by Russian presidential website on 6 March”
Answers: Robert Steele to Ramin D on Education & Elites in Context of Revolution
Dear Mr. Steele, I’ve read your thesis, which presents a cogent framework to estimate the likelihood for the breakout of a revolution, with great interest. I have some questions, which I respectfully ask you to answer either via Email or a future post on your website, Phi Beta Iota.
Mini-Me: California to Split Into Six States, What Next? The Plan…
Huh? Venture capitalist in bid to split California into six states Feb 20 (Reuters) – A venture capitalist seeking to break California into six new states has won approval to begin collecting signatures needed to get his plan on the ballot in November, but experts said such a measure likely stands little chance of success. …
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Review: American Nations – A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
Colin Woodard 5.0 out of 5 stars Nine Nations Was a Snap-Shot — This Is Deep History & Ends Thoughtfully, February 16, 2014 I bought this book prepared to dislike it, having given a rave review to Joel Garreau’s The Nine Nations of North America. Let me settle that one immediately. I loved this book. …
Patrick Meier: Crisis Mapping in Areas of Limited Statehood
Crisis Mapping in Areas of Limited Statehood I had the great pleasure of contributing a chapter to this new book recently published by Oxford University Press: Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood. My chapter addresses the application of crisis mapping to areas of limited statehood, drawing both on theory …
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David Swanson: War Can Be Ended — And No, the US Civil War Was Not About Slavery and Not Worth the Human and Other Enduring True Costs
War Can Be Ended Part I Of BOOK: War No More: The Case For Abolition Slavery Was Abolished In the late eighteenth century the majority of people alive on earth were held in slavery or serfdom (three-quarters of the earth’s population, in fact, according to the Encyclopedia of Human Rights from Oxford University Press). The …
4th Media: China as Financial Stabilizer for Latin America?
“China Has Good Reason to Help Stabilize Latin American Economies” Although these alliances will primarily be closer to home, most of Latin America is a naturally ally not only because of its increasing trade and commercial relations with China, but because of its common interest in an international political order that favors respect for national …
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