Day: May 16, 2012
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Iceland and Greenland Discuss Adopting the Canadian Dollar as National Currency
The economic downturn has claimed many victims: individual citizens, corporations, countries and potentially entire monetary unions (such as Greece in the euro). Iceland is no stranger to economic hardship, becoming the first nation to declare sovereign bankruptcy in years when it did so in 2008. In order to jumpstart the economy, use of the loonie […]
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Chinese Defense Strategist Li Xiaojun Urges Australia to Pick a ‘Godfather’
- May 16, 2012
- Alliance
- Allies
- ally
- Asia Pacific
- Australia
- balance of power
- Bob Carr
- China
- Cold War
- Defense
- Defense strategiest
- Defense strategy
- East Asia
- Foreign Minister
- Li Xiaojun
- Military
- military alliance
- military build up
- military strategy
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- United States
- United States of America
- US
Defense strategist Li Xiaojun advocated that Australia choose a ‘godfather’ between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, calling Australia’s close military alliance with the U.S. a throwback to the Cold War era. Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr met with his counterpart and future Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Australia to celebrate 40 […]
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Newly Elected French President Francois Hollande Declares: ‘My enemy is the world of finance.’
- May 16, 2012
- 2012 French Presidential Election
- Austerity
- Continental Politics
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- Economics
- Euro
- Euro Crisis
- Euro-skepticism
- Europe
- European Union
- Fifth Republic
- financial crisis
- France
- Francois Hollande
- Francois Mitterand
- Monetary Union
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Parti socialiste
- PS
- public sector
- Single-Currency
- Socialism
- Socialist Party of France
- The Union for a Popular Movement
- unemployment
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
Francois Hollande, fresh off of his victory over former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, declared during the campaign that the ‘world of finance’ is his enemy and now he has a chance to make good on his promises to dilute the power of the financial sector in French politics. Among his proposals include increasing taxes on […]
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