Something special happens on the Mediterranean coast in August and perhaps we should let world events fade into the background for a few weeks.
The Russians are Coming
Russia will likely invade Ukraine in the coming days and this will probably set back international cooperation for years to come on critical issues such as gas supplies to Europe and the peaceful development of the Arctic
After Crimea, What about Venezuela?
As expected, Russia has annexed Crimea and will have enormous influence on Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk unless he wants to also lose the Eastern half of his country. At issue is that . Without allied support, U.S. President Barak Obama can not threaten military action because he will then look too much like […]
Crimea & Ukraine
As I write, apparently Russian troops are, according to CNN, taking strategic positions in Simferopol, the capital of the autonomous region of Crimea, which has been formally part of Ukraine since 1954. Russian troops are also reportedly being deployed around the Russian bases which have been leased from Ukraine. The provisional Ukrainian government, which was […]
The Ukraine, Venezuela, and Thailand
While I was enjoying the Doing Good Doing Well conference on Friday and Saturday, the world appeared to be starting to change once again. Events in the Ukraine and Venezuela over the week-end have the potential to sharply re-draw the geo-political map in two critical parts of the world and are also deeply linked to the […]