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21st Century Challenges to American Democracy: Part 2

CESRAN Int.6 May 20156 May 2015

Rising Public Debt, Dwindling Democracy. Conservatives attribute the rising public debt to government spending on costly entitlement and social programs. They conclude that deficit financing for entitlement and social programs...

Americas CESRAN Blog

21st Century Challenges to American Democracy: Part 1

CESRAN Int.6 May 20156 May 2015

Abstract: It requires several hundred pages to address the complex subject of challenges to American democracy in the post-Cold War era of a global multi-polar economic and political power structure....

Americas CESRAN Blog

Argentina: A Case Study of Israel’s Zionist-Wall Street Destabilization Campaign

CESRAN Int.5 May 20155 May 2015

Introduction A recent article by Jorge Elbaum, the former executive director of DAIA (Delegation for Argentine Jewish Associations), the principle Argentine Jewish umbrella groups, published in the Buenos Aires daily...

CESRAN Blog Middle East

Saudi’s Stance on Mediation Undermines Muslim institutions

CESRAN Int.5 May 20155 May 2015

The conflict in Yemen is a multi-sided civil war rather than a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and that needs to be recognised before mediation can be made...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Russian Foreign Policy under Dmitry Medvedev’s Presidency (2008-2012)

CESRAN Int.29 April 20154 May 2015

Summary Putin’s Russia (2000-2008) not only established internal stability, following the difficult and painful transition of the 1990’s onwards, but recovered economically, bolstered by a rapid increase in revenues from...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

So the Oceans are Worth $24 Trillion U.S.

CESRAN Int.26 April 201524 July 2015

It is good to know that we humans have done our audit and determined what the oceans are worth. The chief architect putting a price tag to 70% of the...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Nazarbaev Heads For A New Term In Kazakh Vote

CESRAN Int.26 April 201526 April 2015

Voters in Kazakhstan are voting in a ballot that is expected to result in the reelection of President Nursultan Nazarbaev. With authorities clamping down on opposition and keeping tight control over...

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The Concept and Practice of ‘Nation Branding’

CESRAN Int.18 March 201518 March 2015

The branding of nations has become an important aspect of cultural and national representation in contemporary times. Countries are eager to attract tourists, students, and workers, stimulate inward investment, and...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Russia and Eurasia

Islamic State, Afghanistan and Pakistan!!

CESRAN Int.25 February 201527 February 2015

The Baqiya wa Tatamaddad (remaining and expanding) strategic motivations of the Islamic State have created a commotion that needs to be examined objectively, particularly reports related to the terror organization’s recruitment...

CESRAN Blog China and Neighbourhood

China Inherits Obama’s Nightmare

CESRAN Int.13 February 201513 February 2015

As NATO withdraws from Afghanistan, the continuing terrorism emanating from there and Pakistan has become a security threat to China Two weeks before Barack Obama took his ﬁrst oath of ofﬁce...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Ukraine Analysis: A Deal Which Is “Neither Breakthrough Nor Disaster”

CESRAN Int.13 February 201524 August 2017

After all night talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk, the outcomes of the four party talks in the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany) have neither brought a major breakthrough or a...

CESRAN Blog Europe

Syriza’s Spinning, but Nobody’s Buying

CESRAN Int.13 February 201513 February 2015

The Greek crisis is accelerating more rapidly than many anticipated. As CNN reports: Greek markets are tumbling after the European Central Bank raised the pressure on the country’s new anti-austerity...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Russia and Eurasia

Has China Made Its First Big Military Sale In Central Asia?

CESRAN Int.8 February 20158 February 2015

China has reportedly provided both Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with sophisticated air defense systems, which would represent the largest Chinese military equipment deal thus far in Central Asia. Reportedly, China has...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

Climate Change in the News – Geo-engineering, Agriculture and GHGs and Norway’s Carbon Pledges

CESRAN Int.8 February 20154 October 2015

I write a considerable amount about climate change. Why? Because I consider it and runaway human population growth to be the two most significant negative impactors in the 21st century. This...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

New Georgian Interior Minister Faces Multiple Challenges

CESRAN Int.5 February 20155 February 2015

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has promoted First Deputy Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri to succeed his former boss, Aleksandr Chikaidze, as minister. Chikaidze had submitted his resignation on January 23, citing as...