John J. Xenakis - Page 18

Contents: Champagne corks pop as a ‘Trump rally’ sends Wall Street stocks parabolic; End of debt ceiling suspension on March 15 signals new Washington fiscal crisis; The velocity of money keeps plummeting, indicating no economic growth

Contents: European leaders debate how the European Union can survive after Brexit; European nations split on the future of Europe

Contents: Central African Republic war morphs from religious to ethnic war; United Nations peacekeeping force MINUSCA uses airstrikes to stop bloodbath in Bambari

Contents: ISIS forces hundreds of Christians to flee Egypt’s North Sinai; ISIS-linked Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in Sinai continues to confound Egypt’s army

Contents: Terrorist bombings in Homs Syria trigger retaliation by al-Assad regime; Once again, so-called Syria ‘peace talks’ are near collapse

Contents: Washington tax reform plans may include a ‘Border Adjustment Tax’; Historical comparison with the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill

Contents: China preparing to install long-range missiles in South China Sea; China’s ASEAN neighbors express increasing anxiety over China’s illegal militarization

Contents: Pakistan blames Afghanistan after a week of multiple terror attacks; Pakistan army pounds militant hideouts in Afghanistan

Bombing in Somalia kills 50, said to target Somali-American president; US aircraft carrier renews challenge to China in the South China Sea; US-backed Iraqi army launches major new offensive in western Mosul

Contents: China announces it will block imports of North Korea’s coal; Assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother in Malaysia threatens relations with China and North Korea

Contents: Britain’s Tony Blair calls for the people ‘to rise up’ and reverse Brexit; Ireland demands a ‘soft border,’ while Scotland contemplates independence

Contents: Pakistan again in shock as Sufi shrine bombing is fifth terror attack in a week; Monday’s terror attack in Lahore Pakistan kills dozens; Pakistan’s government promises that each drop of blood will be avenged

Contents: Obamacare follows Nixon’s wage-price controls in financial ‘death spiral’; Britain’s National Health Service continues its own death spiral

Contents: Cameroon shuts down internet for English-speakers protesting French-speakers; Brief generational history of Cameroon; English-speaking activists face death penalty for separatist protests

Contents: UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile tests; China’s foreign policy becomes complicated by North Korean test; America’s likely response: More THAAD and Aegis missile defense systems

Contents: Hezbollah keeps on fighting, but says it will honor Syria ceasefire; Tensions grow over the future of Bashar al-Assad

Contents: Iraq: Supporters of al-Sadr and al-Maliki turn again to violence in Baghdad; Iraq’s army poised to begin Battle of Mosul in the west

Contents: Grexit risk: Greece may refuse a new round of austerity; Greece will evacuate 75,000 people in Thessaloniki to defuse WW II bomb

Contents: Kenya’s High Court blocks attempt to close Dadaab refugee camp; Closure of Dadaab demanded after 2015 Garissa University attack in Kenya

Contents: China-Philippines détente unravels over Scarborough Shoal; Mainstream media frets over Steve Bannon, the Fourth Turning, and Donald Trump

Contents: Investigation reveals depraved new atrocities by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad; Epicenter of Syrian conflict moves from Aleppo to Idlib and al-Bab

Contents: China sails warships near Japan’s Senkaku Islands; Tensions rise between China and Trump administration

Contents: Trump will honor Australia refugee deal, despite calling it ‘worst deal ever’; Australian politics in turmoil over refugee deal

Contents: Egypt’s air force accused of bombing rebel targets in South Sudan; Egypt accused of ‘dirty deal’ to sabotage an Ethiopian dam project

Contents: Devastating UN report on Burma shows scale of ghastly atrocities; Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s government may have to respond to the report; Generational Dynamics interpretation of Burma (Myanmar) atrocities

Contents: Hundreds of thousands of people protest left-wing corruption in Romania; Massive Romanian protests linked to 1989 ouster of violent dictator

Contents: Israel expels residents of Amona West Bank settlement, testing rule of law in Israel; Israel approves large settlement — first new settlement in West Bank in decades

Contents: New fighting between Ukraine and Russia flares up in eastern Ukraine; Thousands of US troops in Poland conduct joint drills with Polish troops

Contents: Philippines war on drugs in chaos after murder of S. Korean businessman; US will upgrade Philippines military bases, despite Duterte’s threats

Contents: Trying to keep up in a world in a state of hysteria; Leading Muslim government advisor in Myanmar (Burma) is assassinated; Ethnic cleansing of Myanmar’s Rohingyas threatens regional stability

Contents: Furious Turkey threatens migrant deal over Greece’s failure to extradite; Desperate EU officials still try to shut down Mediterranean migration route

Contents: China places missiles on Russia’s border — to gain respect and attack America; Centuries-old Russia-China border dispute could lead to another war

Contents: Dow surges past 20,000, further expanding dangerous Wall Street bubble; China desperately imposes controls on capital outflows

Contents: Russia, Iran, Turkey sign farcical Syria peace agreement; Syria peace conference sees a return to ‘proximity talks’; The aftermath of the destruction of Aleppo

Contents: Trump may permit US military cooperation with Russia in Syria; Russia will build major naval base in Tartus Syria

Contents: Explosive Israeli policy decisions reportedly put on hold at Trump’s request; Israel prepares for the Palestinian ‘Oslo Generation’