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A World View

http://edsworld365.blogspot.com/

Getting past the conventional wisdom on international affairs and US foreign policy. A World View offers news, analysis and commentary on important developments in global affairs in a way that you won't need a PhD degree to understand.

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  • Meet President van Rompuy!

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 12:34 in politics, Culture, europe, Turkey

    This week Herman van Rompuy became the first president of the European Union, capping a nearly decade-long battle by European bureaucrats to reform the political structure of the EU. If you're reaction to the headline was "who?", the BBC was kind en...

  • English-Russian Language Links Over Hockey

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 10:16 in sports, Culture, internet, usa, russia

    A couple of interesting stories today from the New York Times "SlapShot" blog on hockey - first is news that Russia's upstart professional circuit, the Kontinental Hockey League has finally launched an English-language version of its website. The KH...

  • Cosmonaut\'s Blog, The Funniest Thing in Space

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 11:30 in Culture, internet, space, usa, russia

    Wired.com posted this story yesterday about Cosmonaut Maksim Suraev, blogger and current resident of the International Space Station. And unlike NASA's efforts on the Internet, Suraev's blog is pretty damn funny (thankfully RussiaToday is offering a...

  • Wise Uses of America\'s Power?

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 10:56 in Security, military, afghanistan, us foreign policy

    RealClearWorld's Compass Blog offered up this post the other day: "The Use and Abuse of American Power". The post started out talking about the United States' ongoing involvement in Afghanistan, but it went on to cite a quote from Secretary of Defen...

  • Don\'t Worry About Iran Getting The Bomb

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 10:35 in oil, india, china, Security, iran, russia, nukes, us foreign policy

    The Asia Times offers up one of the best and most interesting pieces I've read about the whole topic of Iran's pursuit of a nuclear bomb. Sure, we'd all love a world without nukes, but that just ain't gonna happen...and currently the international c...

  • Go, Russia!

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 11:01 in politics, Culture, technology, development, conspiracy, russia

    In my latest post over at The Mantle I talk about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's state-of-the-nation address entitled "Go, Russia!" Unfortunately a lack of specifics in Medvedev's roadmap for the future of Russia has left a lot of the comments...

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