John J. Xenakis - Page 27

Contents: Australia’s defense plans stress huge naval buildup targeting China; China threatens Australia with economic retaliation for criticizing it

Contents: Bulldozers bury the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais France; Russian and Syrian war crimes are ‘weaponizing’ the refugee crisis for Europe

Contents: Pakistan unexpectedly executes murderer of liberal politician Salman Taseer; Generational changes of behavior; Salman Taseer’s son describes what’s happened to Pakistan; Greece turns into a huge refugee camp

Contents: Surprise victory of reformists in Iran signals bloody power struggle; 70,000 refugees may be trapped in Greece within weeks

Contents: More on China’s New Silk Road through the ‘Caspian Trade Corridor’; China and Cambodia hold military exercises amid South China Sea tensions

Contents: Greece facing humanitarian crisis with thousands of refugees on Macedonia border; Tsipras: ‘Greece will not become a warehouse for souls’; Greece recalls ambassador to Austria as refugee crisis worsens

Contents: China sends fighter jets to South China Sea; Readers debate a war between the US and China; Who would win a war between the US and China?

Contents: China building powerful new radar system in South China Sea; Report: China’s military buildup neutralizes America’s aircraft carriers; John Kerry and Russia announce a new Syria peace plan

Contents: Delhi in crisis as India sends thousands of troops to quash Jat riots; Jats demand entry into the ‘reservation system’ for jobs and education; Bomb explosions strike Assad strongholds in Syria as Kerry speaks of ‘provisional’ peace

Contents: Latest Syria peace plan officially fails; Shifting alliances across the Mideast

Contents: US warplanes strike suspected ISIS training base in Libya; US warplane attack on Libya raises question of ground troops; Europe plans to expand Operation Sophia into Libyan waters

Contents: Six Turkish soldiers killed in explosion a day after Ankara attack; New terrorist attacks cause further splits in US-Turkey relationship; Russia’s attacks on civilian hospitals in Aleppo follow the ‘Grozny model’

Contents: Car bomb attack on military in Ankara Turkey kills 28; Erdogan slams US, UN policy, renews demand by Syria ‘safe zone’

Contents: China speeds rapid military buildup in South China Sea; China promises ‘Peace in our time’ at ASEAN conference

Contents: Missile strikes on Syria’s hospitals and schools called ‘war crimes’; China to substantially increase military budget as army restructures; China’s massive lending binge: four times as much as forecast

Contents: Turkey doubles down on shelling Kurds in Syria; Qatar says it will join Saudi Arabia, UAE sending troops to Syria; John Kerry suggests that al-Assad and the Russians are delusional

Contents: Turkey’s military strikes Kurdish positions in Syria, north of Aleppo; Saudi Arabia and Turkey plan joint ground troop incursion into Syria; The death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia

Contents: Increasingly desperate European Union threatens Greece over refugee crisis; European Union in chaos over the refugee crisis; Nato deploys warships to Aegean sea to deter people smugglers

Contents: US and Russia agree to a farcical ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria; Russia launches massive military exercises, apparently targeting Turkey and Syria; The vitriolic hatred of Bashar al-Assad

Contents: Pentagon deploying hundreds of troops to Helmand in Afghanistan; Turkey’s Erdogan splits further with US, blaming it for a ‘sea of blood’

Contents: Mass exodus from Aleppo continues amid reports Russians are using cluster bombs; United Nations demands that Turkey admit tens of thousands of Syrian refugees; Turkey border ‘buffer zone’ could result in clash with Syrian army

Contents: Bangladesh covers up Tibetan art after China threat; Desperate China official rapidly selling of foreign currency reserves; Monday’s stock market plunge blamed on China and on weak earnings; Hong Kong experiences worst violence in years

Contents: Plans continue for Western military deployment into Libya; UAE says it’s ready to supply ground troops to fight ISIS in Syria

Contents: Turkey will keep Syria border closed as Aleppo refugees mass; Europe sends mixed messages to Turkey about new flood of Syrian refugees; Syria, Iran and Russia ridicule Saudi Arabia’s army; Turkey confiscates parrots and parakeets on Syria border; North Korea launches long-range missile, violating Security Council resolution

Contents: Turkey blocks tens of thousands of Aleppo Syria residents from entering Turkey; As Iran’s election approaches, generational conflict becomes vicious; Iran’s historic struggle between Principlists and Reformists

Contents: Syrian regime encircles Aleppo, causing new flood of refugees; Saudi Arabia ready to send ground troops into Syria; Saudi Arabia sees itself in an existential crisis; Turkey denies Russian reports of Syria invasion

Contents: Syria peace talks collapse as Russia carpet bombs opposition in Aleppo; John Kerry warns of ISIS expansion in Syria

Contents: Jordan’s King demands more refugee aid from international community; US Navy’s Freedom of Navigation Ops in South China Sea to grow in scope and complexity

Contents: West Bank tensions rise after Palestinian policeman shot dead; Israel rejects France’s ultimatum to recognize state of Palestine

Contents: Dozens killed in ISIS attack on a Shia shrine in Damascus Syria; Damascus shrine attack deals another blow to the Syria ‘peace talks’ in Geneva

Contents: Turkey threatens ‘consequences’ after Russia violates its airspace again; The English language becomes an issue between Turkey and Russia

Generational Dynamics, Japan, Bank of Japan, BOJ, Haruhiko Kuroda, European Central Bank, ECB, Swiss National Bank, SNB,, Sweden, Denmark, negative interest rates, quantitative easing, QE, Ben Bernanke

Contents: Russia builds military presence in Dagestan after ISIS attack; US, Britain, France, Italy continue plans for Libya invasion against ISIS

Contents: China’s game of Go beaten by Google’s AI software program AlphaGo; Google DeepMind’s Go algorithm uses massive pattern matching neural networks; Google’s AI technology will soon start taking people’s jobs

Contents: India deploying ‘submarine killer’ planes to counter China’s submarines; India to build satellite tracking station in southern Vietnam; China demolishes Southern Mongolian herders’ homes in mid-winter

Contents: Mass protests force Moldova to choose between Europe and Russia; Moldova crisis presents opportunities and dangers for Russia