A useful guide to Who's Who in the Syrian Civil War. And how many fighter they have.
Chart by @EP_ThinkTank pic.twitter.com/oGbN4A67w0— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) February 9, 2016
Who is who in Syria
09 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Syria, Syrian Civil War
Here’s where Republicans and Democrats differ on the role of government
08 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election Republican Party, Democratic Party, votor demographics
The great Palestinian lie
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestine
China controls dissidents abroad through relatives back home
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: China, dissent, Japan, tinpot dictatorships, totalitarian dictatorships
At graduate school in Japan, I was careful to rarely talk politics to Chinese students.
The reason was I assumed they were being spied on by fellow students at the behest of the Chinese security services.
@RusselNorman @JulieAnneGenter a hedge fund specialises in shorting renewable energy shares @Greenpeace
03 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming Tags: active investing, disinvestment, entrepreneurial alertness, ethical investing, Fossil Fuels, green rentseeking, hedge funds, passive investing, renewable energy, solar power, Vice Fund, wind power
Just as the Vice Fund specialises in investing in tobacco, alcohol, gaming and defence shares, Cool Futures Funds Management is starting-up to specialise in betting against global warming by shorting green stocks:
…instead of renewables being our energy future, they’re betting on the subsidies drying up and the whole industry collapsing; instead of fossil fuels being left in the ground as “stranded assets”.
An example of the nice little earners this hedge fund can come across is anticipating when particular investors will want to disinvest from fossil fuels.
When institutional investors ranging from universities to sovereign investment funds such as the New Zealand Superannuation Fund seek to disinvest from fossil fuels, that will be a good time to buy cheap shares.The
American POWs flying home from Vietnam under Paris accord signed today 1973
28 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
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Thailand declared war on the allies TD 1942
27 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics Tags: World War II
@jeremycorbyn betrays #Falklands self-determination
18 Jan 2016 1 Comment
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https://twitter.com/Mulder1981/status/681611193849634816
https://twitter.com/DGoodinson/status/688766431605968896
https://twitter.com/DavidJo52951945/status/688662517783113728
https://twitter.com/brokenbottleboy/status/686221142038806528
The modern European state system in 1919
30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Treaty of Versailles, World War I
@JeremyCorbyn the challenge facing peace talks in Syrian Civil War
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
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Young people supported the Vietnam War as much as older folk
16 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Vietnam war, votor demographics
Who controls what in Libya at the moment
13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, energy economics, growth disasters Tags: Libya, Middle-East politics, Oil prices
SIS’s external attacks and ambitions
10 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics Tags: ISIS, war on terror
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