EU seeks to strengthen its position in Southeast Asia at first summit – at the expense of Russia and particularly China. Singapore increases military cooperation with Berlin.
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Left-liberals and neoliberals really should not be in the same party
In four short articles Bill Mitchell addresses the need for progressive politics to free itself from neoliberal language, constructs and economists. Its a good read for the weekend. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Greek police clash with students protesting against university shutdown
Hardly had a right-wing government been re-installed in Greece and the EU political elite could gave a sigh of relief – everything back to normal – the old problems reappear. And they will not go […]
Geopolitics
The Cradle: The western diplomatic offensive on Lebanon fails
The diplomatic maneuvers led by Washington and other western capitals, alongside the sprawling US embassy in Beirut, are built on a faulty premise – that Lebanon is fractured and vulnerable, ripe for a kind of […]
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