Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country will will accept the hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in Syria, according to AFP: Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday (AP) “At this point, it is out
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Sec’y Gates calls for more Nato allies to join Libya air campaign Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and his British counterpart, Liam Fox, left, at Nato meeting in Brussels, June 8 (Reuters) Complaining
Three weeks ago, a fistfight broke out among seven members of Kuwait’s parliament. It started when a Shia pro-government lawmaker referred to Kuwaitis being held by American armed forces at Guantanamo Bay prison as “terrorists.” A pro-Sunni Salafist opposition lawmaker
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Libya bombing escalates, Gaddafi vows to stay, dead or alive Tripoli after Nato air strike, June 7 (EPA) Nato raids on Tripoli were significantly escalated on Tuesday, with the heaviest bombing since the beginning
Many people in Germany, France, Britain and the United States believe that European countries like Greece, Ireland and Portugal should simply be allowed to default, so that we can all get on with our lives. Bank of International Settlements, Basel,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Reform Party of Syria says that Assad paid anti-Israeli protesters Syrian protesters on Sunday (IDF) The anti-Assad Reform Party of Syria (RPS) is saying that the regime of Syrian president Bashir al-Assad paid hundreds
I was watching a TV interview in Lisbon, Portugal, with an economist, who said the following: “In Portugal, if you don’t want to work, you’ll receive money, you’ll pay no taxes, you’ll receive benefits, you’ll get many things for free,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Wild celebrations in Yemen over Saleh’s departure Yemeni army soldiers lifted by anti-government protesters, celebrate Saleh’s departure (AP) The evacuation of Yemen’s wounded president Ali Abdullah Saleh to a military hospital in Riyadh in
It turns out that the injuries inflicted on Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh were far more serious than anyone was admitting on Friday. There were injuries to his head and face, and shrapnel has punctured his lungs, near his heart.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Generational Dynamics briefing at Fort Devens On Saturday, I gave a 90-minute briefing at Fort Devens to a unit of about 40 people, US Army and Navy analysts and planners for the US Army
I’ve often written that as bad as America’s economy is, China’s economy is in much more trouble. And now, after a week of extremely bad economic news in U.S. housing, manufacturing, and unemployment, it appears that China’s economy is also
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Yemen’s president Saleh wounded in mortar attack TV screen during Saleh’s radio address (Al-Jazeera) As the civil war in Yemen spreads, forces of president Ali Abdullah Saleh are having armed clashes with tribal forces
Dozens of people have been killed across Yemen on Monday. Previously, fighting had been largely confined to the capital city, Sanaa, but in the last few days, violence has spread to a number of other cities as well, indicating the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pakistan to launch a major military offensive in North Waziristan The Pakistan army, working in conjunction with the U.S. military, will lanuch a military offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban safe havens in Afghan border
Monday is Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. Decoration Day was officially proclaimed on May 5th, 1868, by President Ulysses Grant, to honor and decorate with flowers
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Library of Congress opens the National Jukebox Nora Bayes Just in time for Memorial Day, the Library of Congress has opened a new web site containing digitized versions of over 10,000 records made from
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. New crisis on the road to Fatah-Hamas reconciliation A major dispute has erupted between the Fatah and Hamas delegations to the talks in Cairo on implementing a Palestinian reconciliation. The dispute is over a
At a two-day meeting in Deauville, France, G-8 leaders pledged $20 billion in aid to Egypt and Tunisia over the next three years, according to Spiegel. The $20 billion will be provided by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pending US existing home sales drop 12% In a new shock to economists, the number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously owned homes plunged 11.6% in April, far more than the 1% they
Even though 16 years have passed since the end of the Bosnian war, many Serbs still consider Ratko Mladic to be a war hero who saved Serb lives during the Bosnian war that ended in 1995. Hundreds of protesters clashed
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pakistan shuts down intelligence sharing liaison centers Pakistanis in Lahore protesting the U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden In further moves to end military and intelligence cooperation with the United States, Pakistan has
Thailand’s politics have certainly been colorful, both figuratively and literally. And now the next exotic comedy scene is occurring. As Thailand approaches elections on July 3, the opposition Pheu Thai party is putting up the beautiful Yingluck Shinawatra for prime
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Bitter fights over Greece’s debt deepen Europe’s financial crisis Some analysts are comparing Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou to the mythical Sisyphus, because every time he does something to try to reduce Greece’s debt,
America was always a religious nation, but prior to WW II, America was really a Protestant nation, and was fairly hostile to Jews and Catholics, according to historian William G. McLoughlin. (See my 2006 article, “President George Bush talks about
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China: ‘Any attack on Pakistan is an attack on China’ Pakistan media are reporting that China has issued an ultimatum to Washington that “Any attack on Pakistan would be construed as an attack on
