For the past few years, Europe has been going through a period of deep political turmoil (amid the overarching economic crisis). This unrest has come to question the foundations of European identity and uncovered dysfunctions that extend beyond the borders of the European Union. At the gates of the EU, Ukraine was deeply affected by […]
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Russia does not intend to comply with the Minsk agreement
The ink on the Minsk agreement-2 has not dried, but it’s already possible to speak about the necessity of next Norman meeting. But why? Because the agreement signed in Minsk has no value for Moscow. AsSpokesmanof the President of Russia Mr. Peskov testified: “Russia is the country, which is called by the conflict parties. This […]
India Woos Foreign Investors: Abandons Discriminatory Tax Policies
In order to woo foreign investors, Indian government has decided to accept the Bombay High Court order of October 10, 2014 that went in favour of Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd. in the Rs.3,200 crore ($0.5 million approx) tax case. Similar approach would be adopted in transfer pricing cases where courts have decided in favour […]
Union International: Abenomics Risks The Unthinkable
Union International: Shinzo Abe refreshes his mandate at the polls but Abenomics risks a catastrophic collapse of the yen. Union International has told client s that although Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe has refreshed his mandate to press forward with his controversial strategy to revitalize his country’s economy, Abenomics, the name given to the aggressive […]
Financier Christophe Mazurier praises G20 leaders for proactive stance on climate change
Ahead of the mid-November G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, the host delegation tried mightily to paint the summit as a fight for economic change, not climate change. However, powerful nations who are also at the forefront of the climate battle — the United States, Japan, China and France — reproached and pressured Australia and the […]
Nation and Ally Building in Iraq and Afghanistan Will Take Three Generations
When George W. Bush invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, I was angry and frustrated. From the beginning, I had a gut instinct that the war would not be in the national interest. Eleven years later that intuition has hardened into fact. So naturally, I was an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama for President in […]
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