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Euro crisis: It is time for European debt restructuring. Will Europe dare to undertake it?
Euro-zone weights a new plan to face the crisis, which will be discussed during the Brussels European Summit, and for which Europe expects to receive support from their G-20 colleagues, in the next Group meeting, which will take place on November 3 and...
Putin Proposes Trade-Free Zone from Lisbon to Vladivostok
In a commentary published in Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed a stronger integration of economic ties between the European Union and Russia that would ideally lead to establishing a free-trade zone stretching...
Germany Fears Terror Attacks By End of November
According to Germany’s Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, there are “concrete indications of a series of attacks planned for the end of November”. As a result of the perceived threats he was ordering an increased security in the...
Europe at Bay
It was George Orwell who surmised that the English never see the writing on the wall until their backs are up against it. Much the same can be said for the current generation of Germans. Even their own Chancellor, Angela Merkel, seems perplexed by...
A Boot Stamping on a Human Face
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.” – George Orwell. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) was a literary giant internationally famous for his novels, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm and The Road...
War Weakens America
America’s ascendancy to world power status occurred during its period of inter-war isolationism. Its pre-eminence was catapulted further by its involvement in World War Two. The spoils of war and removal of Germany and Japan as major trade competitors...
Germany’s debt crisis worsens
German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that they are currently beefing up their effort to recover from a financial crisis that has put other nations’ eyes on Germany. Germany has slowly become one of the most indebted among European countries. The...
Harnessing the Mediterranean for Peace
The futurist devoted his life to promoting a scheme that would see the building of vast hydroelectric dams spanning the Mediterranean Sea. Global friction today would have been greatly reduced had one man’s vision not been swept aside by World War...
NATO military exercises planned over Baltic States
NATO has announced plans to carry out military exercises over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia later this month. The exercises will represent “the most recent demonstration of NATO solidarity and commitment to its member countries in the Baltic region”,...
