Here’s a story that tells you about an important transforming event in my life and sets the stage for this discussion. When I was at NYU’s journalism school, my first draft of a masters thesis was an in-depth report of
Egypt has shifted to a more cooperative mode viz. the United States after Mubarak learned the tough way that you can’t play both ends of the game and win (see 23 October report). The anti-West crowd aimed its guns at
There appears to be a growing retro-trend in the world that the rule of countries is best kept within families. Besides Bush, note Syria’s Assad; Jordan’s Hussein; Egypt’s Mubarak; Morocco’s Hassan; Libya’s Khaddafi (to his daughter); Congo; Iraq; North Korea;
In case you were wondering, here’s a list of Stuff Ivan Monitors. I’m interested in knowing what else you think I should be reading. Dailies New York Times Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswire BBC World Television Stratfor Intelligence
Markets: Early jumpstart in January due to relief that Y2K went OK and in anticipation of a good first quarter with sales of pent-up demand goods such as PC’s; markets will head south late January in anticipation of a fed
Over the years I have participated in several conferences in which the aims and objectives of Zionism were discussed. I cannot say that I recall anything from these conferences which tend to degenerate into bitching sessions. This is a really
American Presidential Situation — Neither Side Wins In the End Given the split legislature we have elected, I project that Bush will be better to deal with Congress. He will seek consensus and get bills passed. Gore will be self-righteous
27 Countries Rated based on having been visited in the past 3 years (except Egypt last visited in 1992 but which I wanted to include for context). This is a really subjective rating and it is hard to rate 27
1. Switzerland Quality. Places to see. Ease of tourism. 2. Vienna Lovely and grand city kept up well; great cafes. 3. USA Good amount of things to see; reasonable prices and ease of tourism. 4. Canada Quebec and Montreal are
Historically, bad news comes to light after elections. There are few stories and events waiting to surface that could have a material effect on world markets and the general mood. 1. Banks are heavily lent to telecom companies, whose shares
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