Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in New Delhi Saturday to push for closer commercial and strategic ties with India, as Tokyo seeks to offset Beijing’s growing regional might. Since coming to power in 2012 Abe has trotted the globe,
Fear is back in the market. Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easy money policies in the United States and Europe. They’re also fretting over country-specific
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Terrorist bombings in Egypt may affect Saturday’s revolutionary celebrations That ‘1929 feeling’ may be back on Wall Street ‘Geneva II’ Syria peace conference is more political play-acting Terrorist bombings in Egypt may affect Saturday’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Cyprus military base will house Russian aircraft, naval ships China increases military force in South China Sea Conflicts arise between Arab and Chechnya jihadists in Syria Belgium mayor’s underpants stolen from Brussels’ Museum of
“When America Becomes Number Two.” That was the January 21 headline in The World Post, a new lefty offshoot of The Huffington Post. The author was Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean diplomat and academic who has emerged as a prominent intellectual
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine anti-government protesters issue ultimatum after five are killed Iran says it’s not dismantling any nuclear components China says that war with Japan is inevitable because they hate each other Ukraine anti-government protesters issue
The orchestrated attack on Diana West’s important book, American Betrayal, has been brutal and unseemly, but in one respect at least it has served a useful purpose. This lone positive angle–counter-intuitive at first glance–is that her iconoclastic Cold War history
Inequality is President Obama’s highest priority, but his solutions are wholly naive. Disparities between rich and poor are as ancient as civilization, but in modern democracies, this condition is exacerbated by globalization and technologies that drive it. Successive advances in
Sherlock, the BBC’s update on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed sleuth, can be seen across media platforms in the U.S. thanks to cable providers and services like Amazon Prime. Turns out Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and The Hobbit’s Martin Freeman, also
A Catholic Navy Chaplain, who sued the Department of Defense and the Navy after he was banned from celebrating Mass at a Georgia naval base during the recent Government shutdown, appears to be the target of a Federal government retaliation.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s constitution approved by 98.1% of referendum voters Rio’s giant ‘Christ the Redeemer’ statue struck by lightning Smog-shrouded China shows live sunrise on giant TV screens Egypt’s constitution approved by 98.1% of referendum voters
The World Economic Forum has identified income equality as the most likely threat to the global economy. Here are some notes on the issue, and I would welcome interviews on the subject. Income inequality is a terribly complex issue, and for
I rise today in opposition to secrecy, in opposition to the veil of secrecy that cloaks the money changing hands in the temple of the Federal Reserve. While the money changes hands, the monied class gets richer and the middle
1.Mark Wahlberg to Reboot “Highway to Heaven” Wahlberg has won some goodwill from conservatives because of his role in bringing “Lone Survivor” faithfully to the screen and his work on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project. Wahlberg now appears to
China, the largest foreign buyer of U.S. Treasury debt, increased its holdings by $12.2 billion in November. This represents almost a 1% increase in its total debt holdings to $1.32 trillion, a record level. The second largest foreign holder of
After performing at the Infinti Brand Festival last Saturday in Beijing, pop sensation Katy Perry stopped in for a visit with the China National Orchestra, which surprised her with an orchestrated version of her mega-hit Roar, that moved her to tears. “It’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Vietnam reverses policy and become openly anti-China China threatens military seizure of South China Sea island from Philippines China tests hypersonic speed missile vehicle Vietnam reverses policy and becomes openly anti-China Up until recently,
(AP) Report: NSA maps pathway into computersWASHINGTONThe National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world — but not in the United States — that allows the U.S. to conduct surveillance on those machines, The New
Center for Security Policy: Frank Gaffney is the Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. The Center is a not-for-profit, non-partisan educational corporation established in 1988. Under Mr. Gaffney’s leadership, the Center has been nationally
The astronomical costs and development in urban Beijing before and during the 2008 Summer Olympics made property values skyrocket so quickly that an estimated “hundreds of thousands” of Chinese live in bomb shelters, abandoned parking lots, and other underground areas
With President Obama still projecting weakness throughout the world, and former Secretary ofDefense Gates, corroborating that Obama has always been weak president, Chinais continues to push their secretive nuclear and conventional missile programs. The Pentagon hasconfirmed that Red China has
A deadly pig-killing virus called porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PED, that has spread to farms in 22 states may have come from China, where an almost identical virus rampaged through the Chinese hog market in 2012. The virus arrived
(AP) Fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in SW ChinaBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGA fire that raged for nearly 10 hours Saturday razed an ancient Tibetan town in southwest China that’s popular with tourists, burning down hundreds of buildings as fire engines
The economy created only 74,000 jobs in December, well below the 2013 average of 188,000. The Labor Department report indicates stronger growth for the coming year predicted by many economists may not materialize. Growth slipped to 1.9 percent last year, thanks
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Uganda and China intervene in South Sudan conflict China violates its lofty ‘non-interference’ policy in South Sudan China demands approval of fishing in South China Sea Uganda and China intervene in South Sudan conflict
