http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/europe-and-the-world Blog Articles Tagged with 'europe-and-the-world' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150024?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Very, very worrying news from India and Pakistan. I especially don t like all the stuff about school textbooks.On Friday, India warned its citizens to stay away from Pakistan, claiming that they were in danger from agencies that operate outside ... Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:41:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1150024?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149478?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world On April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp exploded in the harbor of Texas City, Texas. The ship was carrying ammonium nitrate as part of Marshall Plan relief for post-war Europe. Ammonium nitrate is both an effective fertilizer and a potent explosive, and ... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:46:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1149478?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148665?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world The US state of New Hampshire now has more female senators than male in the upper house of state government.After [the November 4] election, thirteen of the twenty-four state Senate seats in New Hampshire are now occupied by women. Peggy Gilmore (Dis... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:59:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148665?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1147764?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Here is some interesting reading and debating material for our readers (hat tip Sargasso). Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has published an essay through Bertelsmann entitled The Financial Crisis: Three Ways Out for Europe (pdf). Teaser... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:00:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1147764?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1146271?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world I m beginning to think that our neighborhood grocery store here in Tbilisi could be an interesting source of stories about the politics and economics in the Second World. The tastiest corn chips come from Turkey, the cooking oil brands are almost a... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:24:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1146271?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1139181?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Your US federal government, the benchmark for effective policymaking that we can only approach by creating a similar monster state: they are still promising to balance the budget, as if that was a) realistic and b) desirable. ... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:36:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1139181?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1134718?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world There are essentially two basic critiques of the EU s institutions; one is the classic, Monnet/Schuman house ideology view that its problems are simply because there isn t enough of it. If it was more like the US federal government, it would work... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:14:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1134718?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1122804?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Flight to quality is about the only thing I can say for sure about the ongoing Wall Street crisis that swallowed up a 158-year-old investment bank and forced Merrill (no-relation) Lynch to be sold to some outfit in North Carolina. (The $613+ billion ... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:04:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1122804?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1114552?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Not many, but some. One is Armenia. The Armenians are annoyed at the Georgians for their generally shoddy treatment of the Armenian minority in Georgia. More to the point, Armenians generally look down their magnificent noses at Georgians, consider... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:30:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1114552?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113354?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world It seems clear they done it; for God knows what reason - arrogance, hoping beyond hope, misjudgment - Georgia started something it couldn t finish. The Russians, for their part, were playing for it for years; the harassment campaign, the motor-rifl... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:19:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113354?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113358?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Kevin Drum does a pretty good job summing it up:Russia got what it wanted: control of the two disputed provinces, a military humiliation for Georgia, and a successfully executed shot across the bow that proves they can still play in the big league... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:10:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113358?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1112108?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world The war has a retrograde feel says Charlie. I believe* it s only the third conventional war between two countries since the Gulf war. They were far more common during the cold war era. The other was the Ethiopia-Eritrea war**, and Iraq. One hopes... Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:21:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1112108?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1112109?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world James Sherr writes in today s Telegraph: Russia is exasperated with the West and also contemptuous of it. In the Georgian conflict, as in the more subtle variants of energy diplomacy, Russians have shown a harshly utilitarian asperity in connect... Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:48:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1112109?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1110765?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Here s another little USA extradition headache for an eastern European country, but unlike the Serbian case where it s a bar fight that turned out very badly, this one is a tiny little slice of the global nature of the current financial crisis. ... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:39:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1110765?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1105217?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Following up to my earlier post, some discussion of the international reaction to Kosovar independence.At the moment, 43 countries have recognized Kosovo s independence. (I m defining country here as member of the UN General Assembly. ... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:55:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1105217?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1104434?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Anybody who s interested in Kosovo has long since bookmarked this incredibly useful page. Scroll down a bit and you ll see that it lists every country that has recognized Kosovo (current tally: 43) plus the official statements of almost every co... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:42:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1104434?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1097074?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world As some parts of Europe prepare for Jean-Claude Juncker s Club of the Few while others fall by the wayside, it s time to look back at how we got here. Nothing unites Europeans like football, and this year s Euro 2008 tournament is turning... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:00:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1097074?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1089352?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Lest we be accused of running an all-football blog in June, let s pause to briefly take note of the fact that George Bush is on the continent at the moment, beginning in Ljubljana (and a little unsteady on his feet?) for the EU-US annual summit bef... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:23:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1089352?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1056231?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world Just a short linkdump post. Newsweek has an interesting opinion piece by Fareed Zakaria entitled The Rise of the Rest that ties in nicely with my previous post Uncomfortable thoughts and philosophy. Zakaria is much more positive about the emergence o... Mon, 05 May 2008 01:18:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1056231?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1056009?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world The American continent is about to get its first high-speed train. Where?Argentina.Argentina on Tuesday signed a contract with a consortium led by Alstom of France to build the first high-speed train in the Americas, linking Buenos Aires with the cit... Sun, 04 May 2008 12:27:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1056009?rsstype=tag&tag=europe-and-the-world