 The Japan Times | Economic woes, political volatility may creep into US foreign affairs The Japan Times He added, "I think there is a big potential cost for the world if that sentiment gets out of hand and if the US politicians feel like they need to withdraw in some way economically from the world." The fiscal constraints arising from the economic woes ... |
Politics crippling Latin American universities MiamiHerald.com By Andres Oppenheimer The appointment of Venezuelan-born Rafael Reif as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week raises an interesting question: why are so many Latin Americans excelling in the world's best universities, ... |
 Gulf Times | Transforming Nato into a global body Gulf Times The result will be a safer world. In 1949, the world was rapidly dividing into two principle political-military blocs, East and West, alongside a large “non-aligned movement.” Nato faced off against the Warsaw Pact, created by the Soviet Union and its ... |
 Politico | Marco Rubio as vice president: the Bilderberg conspiracy Politico ... Dutch hotel where it first gathered in 1954, exists solely to bring together between 100 and 150 titans of politics, finance, military, industry, academia and media mostly from North America and Western Europe once a year to discuss world affairs. |
Greek politics, Spain banks test survival of eurozone TriValley Central Wolfgang Shaeuble, who holds the region's purse strings, chastised the leaders of the world's biggest economies as they headed to Washington for a weekend summit for efforts at fixing the crisis over the past few years that “weren't good enough. |
 USA TODAY | Obama takes women's issues from campaign trail to international stage Fox News President Obama brought women's issues – a major topic in the 2012 presidential campaign -- into world politics Saturday, when he said world leaders at the G-8 summit assembled to discuss Afghanistan, the European debt crisis and other international ... Obama sees 'emerging consensus' on economic fix G8 Leaders Tout Economic Growth, Fiscal Responsibility Security Issues Open G-8 Talks With European Debt Next |
Letters: Skip the politics when deciding on Keystone XL pipeline Detroit Free Press Oil and gasoline trade is on the open, free global market, and to suggest that the price of gasoline or crude oil will be dependent on the pipeline is just misleading from either side. Oil will be sold at the market price and could/will be shipped to ... |
World Politics Review: Reading the Tea Leaves Ahead of Iran Nuclear Talks National Iranian American Council The lead US negotiator with the P5+1 group, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, did not participate in the Schmid-Bagheri discussions this past week, I was told. But American officials have made clear that she is open to do so ... |
Biomass spread would transform global politics Western Farm Press Replacing foreign oil with domestically grown biomass would revolutionize world politics and economies, with states such as Nebraska emerging as potentially huge winners, says a former Clay County farm boy who's now one of the world's leading ... |
 USA TODAY | Greece's political deadlock drags down global markets USA TODAY ATHENS — Greece will hold a new election in June after days of talks failed to resolve the country's political deadlock, party leaders said Tuesday. The Athens Stock Exchange plunged on the news, diving 4.86% minutes after the announcement before ... Greek Socialist leader takes turn at rescue politics Greek negotiations over govt to continue How a motorbike-riding ex-Communist may become Greece's most powerful man |