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Starea lumii : noutati despre cresterea economica
Starea lumii : noutati despre cresterea economica

Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Issues, Studies and Analysis

Starea lumii : noutati despre cresterea economica

Intr-un raport publicat luni, 8 iulie, Organizatia pentru Cooperare si Dezvoltare Economica sustine ca statele dezvoltate ale lumii se redreseaza din punct de vedere al economiei, in timp ce cresterea in principalele economii emergente incetineste. FMI a lansat, de asemenea, o revizuire a prognozei de crestere economica anuntata in luna aprilie, de 3,3%. Seful FMI, Christine Lagarde, estimase ca procentajul va suferi o scadere, in special din cauza incetinirii economiilor emergente. Cifrele publicate in cursul zilei de 9 iulie confirma scaderea si prevad o crestere de 3,1% pentru 2013, procentele fiind aceleasi cu cele de anul anterior. Daca la inceputul anului se vehicula faptul ca economiile emergente vor sustine cresterea [...]

By Adrian Marius Dobre|2017-11-14T21:28:36+02:00July 12th, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Issues, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

When governments become destructive
When governments become destructive

Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Global Governance, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Studies and Analysis

When governments become destructive

Tomorrow, July 4th, marks America’s Independence Day. The document we celebrate, the Declaration of Independence that rejected British rule, was the masterpiece of democratic expression written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. The most profound lines are not the more famous “When in the course of human events” and “all men are created equal.” They appear at the end of the first sentence of the document’s second paragraph: “when… government…becomes destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute new government.” Two hundred and thirty-seven years later, too many governments have become destructive in governing whether through smashing dissent with force or blatant, repressive misuse [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:36+02:00July 7th, 2013|Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Global Governance, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Too many archdukes, too many bullets
Too many archdukes, too many bullets

Blogs, Global Governance, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues

Too many archdukes, too many bullets

Ninety-nine years ago this Friday, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sofia were gunned down in Sarajevo by a nineteen-year old Bosnian Serb nationalist named Gavrilo Princips. The assassinations quickly provoked a crisis that more quickly erupted into world war. Ironically, many of the elites in Europe believed that an early 20th century version of globalization and economic interdependencies on the continent made war too expensive to contemplate or to wage. Indeed, Nobel Prize winner Sir Norman Angell’s The Great Illusion, written in 1910 and required reading for the intelligentsia, made that case eloquently and, as it turned out, entirely wrongly. Today, the nearly four hundred year old Westphalian [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:36+02:00July 3rd, 2013|Blogs, Global Governance, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues|0 Comments

Romania intr-un cerc de foc
Romania intr-un cerc de foc

Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Issues, Romanian Strategy & Politics

Romania intr-un cerc de foc

Romania se afla intr-un cerc de foc de instabilitate, in miezul unor miscari masive, ramanand astfel singura insula de stabilitate politica si economica. In Bulgaria situatia politica inca nu s-a asezat. Dupa demisia premierului Boiko Borisov, alegeri legislative anticipate si crearea unui guvern de tehnocrati sub conducerea economistului Plamen Oresarski, contestarile populare continua. In Turcia, manifestatiile inca tin prima pagina a ziarelor, iar Ungaria se loveste de nemultumirea propriului popor si de cea a liderilor europeni cu privire la revizuirea Constitutiei si a contextului politic in general. Balcanii de Vest inca nu si-au gasit linistea. In zona de instabilitate economica, exemplele Greciei, Ciprului, Sloveniei si in ultima vreme cochetaria Italiei [...]

By Adrian Marius Dobre|2017-11-14T21:28:36+02:00July 3rd, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Issues, Romanian Strategy & Politics|0 Comments

Scandalul PRISM şi „Metafora bibliotecii”
Scandalul PRISM şi „Metafora bibliotecii”

Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Global Governance, Issues, Marius Stoian.

Scandalul PRISM şi „Metafora bibliotecii”

Intr-un zig-zag pe mapamond acompaniat de reporterii surescitaţi ai canalelor TV grand-taille, Snowden cară în sacul de voiaj schiţele recent amorsatului scandal PRISM, excitând la culme activiştii pentru drepturile omului şi lipind emoticonul faţă-tristă conservatorilor adepţi ai armăturii ordinii şi controlului. Cum va evolua noua telenovelă cu spioni spilcuiţi ce pare un remake al Wikileaks? Ce a e nou, în formă şi conţinut, din unghi actual sau istoric? Un analist al Centrului de Prevenirea Conflictelor şi Early Warning, Narciz Bălăşoiu, sintetizează subiectul: „Obiectul dezvăluirilor l-a făcut aşa-numitul program PRISM, acesta fiind acronimul proiectului secret prin care National Security Agency (NSA) accesa direct serverele celor mai mari companii, precum Facebook, Yahoo, [...]