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	Searching for an end game in the Korean Crisis by Murray Hunter Over the last month the media has led the world to believe that North Korea, the United states and South Korea are standing 'eye ball to eye ball' on the brink of war.
	A Celtic Tiger for some, but a kitten for most? by Christos Mouzeviris Ireland is in recent years engulfed by the crisis in the euro-zone that affects many other European countries. The country went from being one of the shining examples in the EU, to receiving an EU/IMF bail-out loan to avoid bankruptcy.
	Not even dream by Thanos Kalamidas In the anniversary of the three years since the day Greece officially entered deep recession - where recession the obviously political correct word for bankruptcy - except of the people who were forced to deal with the ugliest reality there is anot

	Korea : Challenge and Response by Rene Wadlow As the professor of economics Milton Friedman wrote "Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change." When the crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to
	The Color of Carnage by Edna Nelson We need a new word, because what do you call a terrorist with no political motivation? What do we call someone who doesn't have an alternative to that which they despise, yet still choose to act in a way that makes their discomfort the subject of headlin
	The high Australian Dollar: Whose interests is the Reserve Bank of Australia looking after? by Murray Hunter With an Australian dollar 10% overvalued according to an IMF official[i], and interest rates being among the highest in the world, maybe it's time to ask the question; Whose interests are the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) looking after?
	Boston Bombing - the insane madness by Dr. Habib Siddiqui I like athletics although I don't run or jog these days. My younger son is a good short distance runner and has won several regional awards in hurdles and relay races. Although he is a freshman in a university now, his school records in 110m hurdles and
	A Greek dictatorship of the past and their contemporary traitors' heirs by Thanos Kalamidas Today, April 21st is a day of national embarrassment in Greece and a reminder that the reptiles of the Nazism are still alive. Like today back 1967 a group of traitors army officers with the help of traitors civilians managed to put democracy in a coma th
	Asia-Pacific at the Crossroads - The Implications for Australian Strategic Defense Policy by Murray Hunter Since the Australian Government's last White Paper on defense in 2009, there have been rapid changes within the Asia-Pacific region. As a consequence, the forthcoming Australian defense white paper will be perhaps the most important that has ever been p
	Was Secretary Kerry's trip to China a "face saving" measure? by Murray Hunter In his first trip to the region after becoming US Secretary of State and after a whistle stop in South Korea John Kerry flew into Beijing to meet with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday. If one reads the BBC repo
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