On 16 October 2012, the ISN and Center for Security Studies hosted a presentation and discussion session with Ambassador Fred Tanner, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). Ambassador Tanner discussed Europe’s current security architecture and whether it is capable of safeguarding Europe’s interests in a world of shifting power balances and an American military pivot towards Asia.
It can be said that the capitulation of the Greek government is a gigantic wear to the far left in Europe and in the world and that only uncompromising believers will get serious again any party of the extreme left which has the campaign platform to face the international financial capital. Syriza repeat failure of the leftist parties in the world, including Brazil with Lula and Dilma Rousseff governments which submitted to the dictates of finance capital. This was a victory of great importance for the European Union because sagged Tsipras who was elected on the promise to oppose the austerity programs imposed by the Troika to the Greek government.
On 16 October 2012, the ISN and Center for Security Studies hosted a presentation and discussion session with Ambassador Fred Tanner, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). Ambassador Tanner discussed Europe’s current security architecture and whether it is capable of safeguarding Europe’s interests in a world of shifting power balances and an American military pivot towards Asia.
It can be said that the capitulation of the Greek government is a gigantic wear to the far left in Europe and in the world and that only uncompromising believers will get serious again any party of the extreme left which has the campaign platform to face the international financial capital. Syriza repeat failure of the leftist parties in the world, including Brazil with Lula and Dilma Rousseff governments which submitted to the dictates of finance capital. This was a victory of great importance for the European Union because sagged Tsipras who was elected on the promise to oppose the austerity programs imposed by the Troika to the Greek government.
A presentation given to the Conference of INGOs committee for Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges on the significance of climate change as one of the complex factors affecting migration.
The conclusion suggests that climat change is a critical factor in all aspects of the work that the Council of Europe is involved in and that environmental issues - especially sustainable development - should be a top priority for its future work
PARATUS Europe event: "The Euro Crisis, Genesis and Evolution of a Drama - Understanding it First Hand". The event took place on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at the SHERATON Northbrook Hotel, Northbrook, Illinois, USA.
The presentation is about small states in Europe, how to define them, their main challenges as regional actors and the strategies to follow for an active participation in the European integration project.
A critical analysis of the concept of sustainability arguing that the structure of capitalism is an inappropriate means to address the problems created by capitalism.
Dr. Adam Bronstone presented a comprehensive, insightful brief on Brexit and the historical background and context to a TNWAC Global Town Hall in January 2019. This detailed examination of British-European relations through history up to the current Brexit troubles provided an excellent grounding in understanding this complex issue.
***
Brexit. A clever portmanteau that crept into the language of European politics around 2012, following the example of “Grexit,” when observers thought Greece was slipping out of the Eurozone. It has since evolved from a political football of the “remainers” and “exiters” to a political nightmare for the British government and their European Union colleagues.
The “exit” is a result of a referendum in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016 in which 71.8%f eligible voters turned out to render a 51.9% to 48.1% result, calling for the UK to separate from the EU. Britain which had been in the EU since 1973 when the bloc was called the European Economic Community, invoked Article 50 of the treaty starting the countdown to the divorce — set for March 29, 2019.
In the interim the UK and the EU have talked about their respective futures after Brexit but much is left to be decided with little time left to negotiate the thorny issues that remain. And in the case of Brexit if not everything is decided then nothing is decided.
How did the UK and the EU get to this point? Where are they now? Where are they going? What does it mean for the United States? To get to the nut of the problem we asked Dr. Adam Bronstone to join us for our January 17th Global Town Hall at Belmont University. He is an expert on European politics and as a UK university doctorate holder has focused much of his attention on the Brexit issue — not many others stayed up to 4 a.m. to follow the referendum results.
***
About Dr. Adam Bronstone
Dr. Adam Bronstone is the Director of Planning for the Jewish Federation of Nashville. Dr. Bronstone holds a doctorate from the University of Hull (UK), where he specialized in European Union/European politics. He has published on a variety of related issues included security and political economic matters and is currently finishing a book for Routledge which examines the changing nature of political affiliation in the wake of the 2016 US election and the Brexit referendum. He stays in touch with his British colleagues on a regular basis and stayed up until 4am watching the Brexit vote.
European Unity – in the final decade of the 20th century (the 1990.docxhumphrieskalyn
European Unity – in the final decade of the 20th century (the 1990s), Europe was united by the European Union in 1993 which had important social, economic, and political implications. The standards for being in the EU were outlined in a 97,000 page document called that acquis communitaire. These are highlighted in the chart below. Overall, the EU has been a great success.
SOCIAL
***
· The EU resulted in a fear of an influx of immigrants
· Quotas placed on immigration
· EU brought human rights standards
· Turkey brought discussions of what it meant to be “European” and religion
· End of border controls
· Maastricht Treaty brought standards for worker health and safety, crime prevention, immigration, and asylum
· Some countries opt out of aspects of Maastricht because they think it infringes on their culture (ex. Britain and the Euro)
· Movement of goods impacted (people and culture)
· Initial public rejection of constitution due to lack of involvement in process
· Feeling among member populations that they should be involved in process of governing the EU
· EU has most comprehensive and generous social welfare system
· Stable peace enjoyed; armed conflict unlikely
ECONOMIC
***
· Commitment to market economy
· Incentives for reform for former communist states
· “structural adjustment” meant funds transfer from wealthy nations to weaker nations
· Made EU the world’s largest trading bloc
· EU richest consumer market
· Trade supported by lifted barriers and border obstacles
· Maastricht introduced common monetary currency – EURO
· A Central bank
· Britain and Denmark opt out of EURO because they see it as imposing on their important cultural symbols for money
· Movement of goods impacted – like people, fish, and culture
· Common guidelines for budget deficits, debt, and inflation
· Central European Bank (98) prevent governments in trouble from manipulating their own interest rates or currency value
· World’s highest per capita income
· GDP is 5% higher than it would be otherwise (w/o unity)
· Debt crisis in Ireland, Greece, and Portugal in 010 and 011 called EU economics into question; they each required loans to prevent bankruptcy – threatened stability of the currency EURO
· Supported globalization and much foreign investment
POLITICAL
***
· Required commitment to political democracy
· Joining would legitimize a regime
· Sovereignty remained intact, especially for law enforcement, foreign policy, and defense
· 97,000 page acquis communitaire had to be adopted
· Movement of goods impacted
· EU constitution which sees a EU foreign policy chief elected and an EU president
· Complex EU bureaucracy
· Lots of debate about how much of Europe’s success is because of unification
· Armed conflict between them is virtually inconceivable
· Enjoyed a stable peace
· EU people sometimes feel alienated from “Eruocrats” … Eurocrats will respond to the people for policy making
.
A presentation given to the Conference of INGOs committee for Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges on the significance of climate change as one of the complex factors affecting migration.
The conclusion suggests that climat change is a critical factor in all aspects of the work that the Council of Europe is involved in and that environmental issues - especially sustainable development - should be a top priority for its future work
PARATUS Europe event: "The Euro Crisis, Genesis and Evolution of a Drama - Understanding it First Hand". The event took place on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at the SHERATON Northbrook Hotel, Northbrook, Illinois, USA.
The presentation is about small states in Europe, how to define them, their main challenges as regional actors and the strategies to follow for an active participation in the European integration project.
A critical analysis of the concept of sustainability arguing that the structure of capitalism is an inappropriate means to address the problems created by capitalism.
Dr. Adam Bronstone presented a comprehensive, insightful brief on Brexit and the historical background and context to a TNWAC Global Town Hall in January 2019. This detailed examination of British-European relations through history up to the current Brexit troubles provided an excellent grounding in understanding this complex issue.
***
Brexit. A clever portmanteau that crept into the language of European politics around 2012, following the example of “Grexit,” when observers thought Greece was slipping out of the Eurozone. It has since evolved from a political football of the “remainers” and “exiters” to a political nightmare for the British government and their European Union colleagues.
The “exit” is a result of a referendum in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016 in which 71.8%f eligible voters turned out to render a 51.9% to 48.1% result, calling for the UK to separate from the EU. Britain which had been in the EU since 1973 when the bloc was called the European Economic Community, invoked Article 50 of the treaty starting the countdown to the divorce — set for March 29, 2019.
In the interim the UK and the EU have talked about their respective futures after Brexit but much is left to be decided with little time left to negotiate the thorny issues that remain. And in the case of Brexit if not everything is decided then nothing is decided.
How did the UK and the EU get to this point? Where are they now? Where are they going? What does it mean for the United States? To get to the nut of the problem we asked Dr. Adam Bronstone to join us for our January 17th Global Town Hall at Belmont University. He is an expert on European politics and as a UK university doctorate holder has focused much of his attention on the Brexit issue — not many others stayed up to 4 a.m. to follow the referendum results.
***
About Dr. Adam Bronstone
Dr. Adam Bronstone is the Director of Planning for the Jewish Federation of Nashville. Dr. Bronstone holds a doctorate from the University of Hull (UK), where he specialized in European Union/European politics. He has published on a variety of related issues included security and political economic matters and is currently finishing a book for Routledge which examines the changing nature of political affiliation in the wake of the 2016 US election and the Brexit referendum. He stays in touch with his British colleagues on a regular basis and stayed up until 4am watching the Brexit vote.
European Unity – in the final decade of the 20th century (the 1990.docxhumphrieskalyn
European Unity – in the final decade of the 20th century (the 1990s), Europe was united by the European Union in 1993 which had important social, economic, and political implications. The standards for being in the EU were outlined in a 97,000 page document called that acquis communitaire. These are highlighted in the chart below. Overall, the EU has been a great success.
SOCIAL
***
· The EU resulted in a fear of an influx of immigrants
· Quotas placed on immigration
· EU brought human rights standards
· Turkey brought discussions of what it meant to be “European” and religion
· End of border controls
· Maastricht Treaty brought standards for worker health and safety, crime prevention, immigration, and asylum
· Some countries opt out of aspects of Maastricht because they think it infringes on their culture (ex. Britain and the Euro)
· Movement of goods impacted (people and culture)
· Initial public rejection of constitution due to lack of involvement in process
· Feeling among member populations that they should be involved in process of governing the EU
· EU has most comprehensive and generous social welfare system
· Stable peace enjoyed; armed conflict unlikely
ECONOMIC
***
· Commitment to market economy
· Incentives for reform for former communist states
· “structural adjustment” meant funds transfer from wealthy nations to weaker nations
· Made EU the world’s largest trading bloc
· EU richest consumer market
· Trade supported by lifted barriers and border obstacles
· Maastricht introduced common monetary currency – EURO
· A Central bank
· Britain and Denmark opt out of EURO because they see it as imposing on their important cultural symbols for money
· Movement of goods impacted – like people, fish, and culture
· Common guidelines for budget deficits, debt, and inflation
· Central European Bank (98) prevent governments in trouble from manipulating their own interest rates or currency value
· World’s highest per capita income
· GDP is 5% higher than it would be otherwise (w/o unity)
· Debt crisis in Ireland, Greece, and Portugal in 010 and 011 called EU economics into question; they each required loans to prevent bankruptcy – threatened stability of the currency EURO
· Supported globalization and much foreign investment
POLITICAL
***
· Required commitment to political democracy
· Joining would legitimize a regime
· Sovereignty remained intact, especially for law enforcement, foreign policy, and defense
· 97,000 page acquis communitaire had to be adopted
· Movement of goods impacted
· EU constitution which sees a EU foreign policy chief elected and an EU president
· Complex EU bureaucracy
· Lots of debate about how much of Europe’s success is because of unification
· Armed conflict between them is virtually inconceivable
· Enjoyed a stable peace
· EU people sometimes feel alienated from “Eruocrats” … Eurocrats will respond to the people for policy making
.
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2. GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
As Martin Sorrell points out :
Lowest Economic Growth
• Western Europe
• Middle East – will remain “bumpy”
• UK
• China – must recover
3. GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
As Martin Sorrell points out :
• Russia – significant growth
• Germany, Poland
• Latin America (Brazil, Argentina)
• Africa (West and North) – strong position / no competition
• Turkey – “best of the east and west”
• US – “bullish”
BIGGEST ECONOMICAL FORCES
4. 5 CRITICAL GLOBAL ISSUES
According to Martin Sorrell’s speech (Davos 2013) :
1. US deficit - biggest population worldwide
2. Middle East – constant uncertainty
3. Eurozone Crisis
4. China – economic growth slows down
5. Britain and the EU – renegotiations
5. GEOPOLITICAL EVENTSARAB SPRING
• Illegal immigration– populist /nationalist movements
http://thesecretrealtruth.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-post_7815.html
http://www.politicaldoubts.com/index.php/ethnika-amyntika/163-metanasteusi-araviki-anaoiksi.html
Conflict ISRAEL-TURKEY for natural gas
• Papandreou and Samaras are investing in relations with Israel
• Michael Loterm, special correspondent for the energy of Israeli Ministry of
Foreign Affairs said: “One pipeline to turkey would be low cost when you
compare it to other options”
http://www.newmoney.gr/article/8865/toyrkia-israil-sysfixi-sheseon-me-stoho-fysiko-aerio
6. GEOPOLITICAL EVENTSΑΟΖ CYPRUS – ISRAEL and Lefkosia’s
desicion for gas extraction
• Turkey opposes
• ISRAEL: «Cyprus is our friend but the gas pipeline will pass
through Turkey "!
http://www.pentapostagma.gr/2013/04/exedraisraelis-petrelaio-fusiko-aerio-kypros-tourkia.html#ixzz2QclfIA39
• “If the gas reserves belong to Greek Cypriots, then we can talk for two-
state solution”.
• “The partition is the solution” said the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu.
http://www.inews.gr/263/tourkia-an-i-kypros-thelei-dika-tis-ta-koitasmata-aeriou-tote-na-syzitisoume-kai-
dichotomisi.htm
7. GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS
Turks are threatening for continental self
delimitation between north cyprus and
Τurkey
• Kastelorizo
• Dixotomy aegean
• Impending confrontation with Greece
• “No one can remaın a spectator ıf people try to make
ınqurıes oıl ın an area where ıt ıs not clear what are the
spatıally waters of countrıes” claimed the Turk Minister of
EU Affairs Egemen Bagis.
http://www.tsantiri.gr/ethnika-themata/me-oriothetisi-ifalokripidas-me-ta-katechomena-
apili-i-agkira.html
8. GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS
Germanization of Europe
• Berlin promotes solutions that will focus on the funds already
available for the bailout, but governments and depositors of banks.
Find additional funds channeled through European instruments
accompanied by memoranda of austerity and regulations that lead
to the removal of national sovereignty.
• Berlin sets mounds in banking union and deposit guarantee scheme
in order to prevent the establishment of a true banking union in the
eurozone
http://elladasimera.blogspot.gr/2013/04/blog-post_2291.html
http://www.pame.gr/politiki/politikes/4-raix.html#.UWxrd8ocPCo
9. GEOPOLITICAL EVENTSItaly without government wants to exit
from EU
• For Greece the elections in Italy means that because of
general uncertainty, the Troika may not be exhaustive
of the rigor in supervision exercised in the country.
Should appear on the European scene that prescription
of fiscal consolidation in Greece begins somehow works.
http://www.protothema.gr/blogs/blogger/post/?aid=260118
http://exelixeis.gr/kosmos/epikairotita/i-italia-syntoma-tha-egkataleipsei-to-euro
10. 6 CONFLICTS BEFORE WW3
1. War against Iran
2. War in Middle East
3. China's attack
4. N. Korea against S. Korea
5. RUINS OF THE SOVIET UNION
6. Battle of the Tuareg
WORLD WAR 3 http://elladasimera.blogspot.gr/2013/04/7.html
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