The Professor gives a quick update on news stories in the past week that have interested him..
Turkey accepting Syrians refugees…
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan winning another term…he’s the man!...
The big SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) meeting and its impacts…
And please, please, please, if you don’t know what the SCO is all about, please watch this vid and get schooled: SCO Video
...and pass it on to others too! World citizens got to know this stuff! Be globally literate!
Sino-ships ahoy, my plaid friends! As the Spratly spat in the South China Sea continues to swell, a new component to the Chinese sea power equation has been added: China’s first aircraft carrier has been revealed! What is so special about this particular piece of weaponry? How many other countries have them? Why would China want one? What does it mean for the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, and perhaps the world? The Avenger will cover all these queries, and elaborate on the why/how/where the Chinese plan to project their aircraft carrier power to.
The Professor gives a quick update on news stories in the past week that have interested him..
German Chancellor Merkel in Washington D.C.…
Sough China Sea action getting hot; conflict coming?...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates blasts NATO members for being wimps…
Want the whole background of NATO to understand the above news story? GO here and pan down to the NATO video series:
http://www.plaidavenger.com/lecture/international-organizations/
South China Sea shenanigans are afoot my friends! An aggressive China has been bumping into ships from Vietnam and Philippines on the high seas just south of the mainland…and the shizzle that goes down over the Spratly Islands located therein are going to affect military and strategic policy in the Pacific for decades to come! What’s that? You don’t know jack about the Sprats? Well then, settle in for a few minutes and find out the where, who, and why this little group of rocks that is quickly becoming the focus of an international showdown that may eventually involve China and the US squaring off against each other, along with other Asian nations in in the fray!
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Wowsers!!! Huge big nuke deal just went down in Germany, and I ain’t talkin’ meltdown here! Prime Minister Angela Merkel of Germany just announced that her state has totally renounced nuclear energy use, and will have all reactors off-line by 2022…which is a stunning 180 degree turn from her administration’s position just 9 months ago! Of course, a lot of this stems from fears of the Japanese nuclear disaster earlier this year, but the move by the 4th largest economy and a world superpower in its own right is sending shockwaves thru the nuclear industry and the world. This could very well be a “JFK:we-will-put-a-man-on-the-moon” moment in history that shapes the future of the planet as Germany may spur a true movement towards alternative energies that other countries embrace. BUT, don’t count out nuke energy just yet, as there are many other states still going forward in the future with the fission fun!
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