The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the world’s only multilateral treaty with 192 state parties, verifiably bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. The convention marked the 20th anniversary of its entry into force in April, 2017. The CWC prohibits the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer, and use of chemical weapons. To date, approximately 95 percent of all declared chemical weapons stockpiles have been eliminated. Speaking at the final plenary session of the 14th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club on October 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his concern over the US failure to comply with its obligations to eliminate chemical weapons (CW). The United States still possesses the largest stockpile of CW in the world. “Moreover, the USA has pushed back the deadline for eliminating their chemical weapons from 2007 to as far as 2023. It does not look proper for a nation that claims to be a champion of non-proliferation and control,” the president noted.
In the contemporary era, one of the US government strategies is to prevent Russia could rise to the status of major global or even regional power. In practice, the US government wants to avoid facing the future of a reinvigorated Russia. On Russia, it is important to note that its strategic objectives are: 1) to defend itself from the threat to their territory represented by the United States and with NATO forces; and, 2) achieving world power status lost with the collapse of the Soviet Union. To defend against the threat to their territory represented by the United States and the NATO forces, the military strategy of Russia provides for the resetting of the Army and Navy with the use of conventional and nuclear weapons in response to an attack on the country.
The worsening economic situation resulting from Russia's price drop of oil and the economic strangulation resulting of sanctions imposed by the US and European Union may radicalize the conflict with the United States making the Russian government decides on preventive military intervention in Ukraine that could further strengthen the power of Vladimir Putin in charge of Russia mobilizing the nation against foreign enemies. By contrast, the United States and NATO forces should act extending the siege of Russia starting a new Cold War.
In the contemporary era, one of the US government strategies is to prevent Russia could rise to the status of major global or even regional power. In practice, the US government wants to avoid facing the future of a reinvigorated Russia. On Russia, it is important to note that its strategic objectives are: 1) to defend itself from the threat to their territory represented by the United States and with NATO forces; and, 2) achieving world power status lost with the collapse of the Soviet Union. To defend against the threat to their territory represented by the United States and the NATO forces, the military strategy of Russia provides for the resetting of the Army and Navy with the use of conventional and nuclear weapons in response to an attack on the country.
The worsening economic situation resulting from Russia's price drop of oil and the economic strangulation resulting of sanctions imposed by the US and European Union may radicalize the conflict with the United States making the Russian government decides on preventive military intervention in Ukraine that could further strengthen the power of Vladimir Putin in charge of Russia mobilizing the nation against foreign enemies. By contrast, the United States and NATO forces should act extending the siege of Russia starting a new Cold War.
LNG Supply System for Nuclear Plant- Cunico CorpCunico Corp
Within 10 years the majority of shipping vessels will run on LNG...a cleaner, alternative fuel source. The newest innovation in LNG carrier engine design, M-type, electronically controlled, gas injection (ME-GI) engines, optimize the capability of slow speed engines by running directly off BOG (removing the need to reliquefy the gas) or utilizing fuel oil, and ME-GI propulsion results in less fuel consumption.
Environmental legislation is currently impacting the marine market segment. Ships were traditionally powered by Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), which produces high levels of harmful pollutants. LNG is one of the only fuel source able to comply with the environmental legislation.
RAND_PEA2510-1 - AVOIDING A LONG WAR.pdfEdouardHusson
Rapport de la Rand Corporation plaidant pour une fin négociée rapide de la guerre entre l'Ukraine et la Russie. Le débat est lancé à Washington sur la meilleure manière de terminer la guerre sans avoir à concéder une défaite américaine.
LNG Supply System for Nuclear Plant- Cunico CorpCunico Corp
Within 10 years the majority of shipping vessels will run on LNG...a cleaner, alternative fuel source. The newest innovation in LNG carrier engine design, M-type, electronically controlled, gas injection (ME-GI) engines, optimize the capability of slow speed engines by running directly off BOG (removing the need to reliquefy the gas) or utilizing fuel oil, and ME-GI propulsion results in less fuel consumption.
Environmental legislation is currently impacting the marine market segment. Ships were traditionally powered by Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), which produces high levels of harmful pollutants. LNG is one of the only fuel source able to comply with the environmental legislation.
RAND_PEA2510-1 - AVOIDING A LONG WAR.pdfEdouardHusson
Rapport de la Rand Corporation plaidant pour une fin négociée rapide de la guerre entre l'Ukraine et la Russie. Le débat est lancé à Washington sur la meilleure manière de terminer la guerre sans avoir à concéder une défaite américaine.
Ten years without ABM Treaty. The issue of missile defense in Russia-US relat...Russian Council
What is the real threat posed by the U.S. Missile Defense to Russia now and in the foreseeable future?
What are the possibilities of reaching military and political compromise on missile defense? These issues are dealt with in this short version of the scientific paper entitled "Ten years without the ABM Treaty. The issue of missile defense in Russia-US relations" authored by experts from the Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences under the research program of the Russian International Affairs Council.
Report of the Scientific Advisory Group on the status and developments regard...Christina Parmionova
An enhanced version of the report of the Scientific Advisory Group on the status and developments regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon risks, the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, nuclear disarmament and related issues has been prepared with generaous financial support to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs from Kazakhstan.
Frozen Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space and Problems on RussiaJeanmarieColbert3
Frozen Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space and Problems on Russia’s Periphery
Hard Targets and Intelligence
Week 3
Duggleby
The Florida State University
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Sovereignty?
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Let’s address that sovereignty thing again
Only states deal with sovereignty and exercise authority over territory
States have “national interests,” which drive decision-making and policy
History, Culture and Religion play a major role within a state…
So does Nationalism, Patriotism and Pride!
The United States is the only remaining true super-power following the collapse of the Soviet Union
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What is a ‘Frozen Conflict’?
Armed conflict has ended, but no peace treaty or political resolution has resolved the tensions to the satisfaction of the different sides(1)
Russia is responsible for ALL internationally recognized ‘frozen conflicts’ that began since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991
Sovereign nations affected represent 1/3 of countries previously part of the USSR: (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia)
Russia’s response has been to send ‘peacekeepers’, but then remain in the region and ‘stoke the fire’
Moscow’s pretext and justification is the need to ‘protect’ its compatriots—ethnic Russians and Russian speakers (1)
It all begins innocently, with attempts to appeal to the geographically conflicted locals by citing common values, the Orthodox Church, culture
—leads to handing out Russian citizenship/passports(2)
Internal sovereignty is achieved, but external sovereignty is not—no international recognition.
The United States and NATO respects the sovereignty of all states affected
Agnia Grigas: Frozen Conflicts; A Took Kit for US Policymakers
Beyond Crimea, the new Russian empire
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Frozen Conflicts
Ukraine and Moldova are restricting Russian military access to the breakaway territory of Transnistria, where Russia maintains about 1500 “peacekeepers”
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Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP)
U.S. sponsored, 18-month, $64 million program aimed at increasing the capabilities of the Georgian Armed Forces and enhancing Georgia’s CT capabilities
Began in May, 2002, ultimately trained and equipped four 600-man Special Forces battalions (2 Brigades) with light weapons, vehicles and communications
Was US SOF lead in the beginning, shifting to the USMC and the British Army
GTEP ended in April 2004, but actually continued under the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program, preparing Georgian troops for operations in Iraq
3d largest troop contributor in Afghanistan in 2008. Georgia had its two U.S. trained brigades deployed at the time Russia invaded in August of that year. This was certainly a calculated strategic move by Putin
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Georgia Frozen Conflicts
Ukraine and Moldova are restricting Russian military access to the breakaway territory of Transnistria, where Russia maintains about 1500 “peacekeepers”
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Hybrid Warfare
Hybrid warfare is a military st ...
On the Qualitative Transformation of Russian-American Relations on Strategic ...Russian Council
The research is conducted in the framework of joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Atlantic Council (AC) on perspective of “mutual assured stability” model in Russia-U.S. strategic relations. The research was presented on Russian-US seminar “Russia-U.S. relations: new impetus to cooperation”, March 25, 2013.
Jofi Joseph on Prospects for CTBT RatificationJofi Joseph
Jofi Joseph outlines why the Obama Administration should undertake ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to carry through on its campaign promises from 2008.
Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented constitutes "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, including but not
limited, to those with respect to the price of silver, lead and zinc, the possibility, timing and amount of estimated future production, costs
of production, and reserve determination and reserve conversion rates, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievement of Silvercorp Metals Inc. (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
factors include, among others, risks related to international operations, risks related to Chinese government issuance of mining and
related development permits, risks related to joint venture operations, the actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of
economic evaluations, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, commodity price fluctuations especially in prices
of silver, lead and zinc, as well as other factors. Readers should review the Company’s most recent Form 40-F for a more complete
discussion of these factors and other risks, particularly under the heading “Risk Factors”.
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) is intended to help the reader understand the significant
factors that have affected Silvercorp Metals Inc. and its subsidiaries’ (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) performance
and such factors that may affect its future performance. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the
Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 and the related notes
contained therein. The Company reports its financial position, results of operations and cash flow in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
(“IASB”
Chris Helweg
Chris Helweg
World Silver Survey 2019
This is the twenty-ninth annual edition of the World Silver Survey produced for The Silver Institute. The World
Silver Survey 2019 was produced by the GFMS team of metals market analysts at Definitive. The information
contained herein is based in part on the analysis of publicly available data such as hallmarking series, trade
statistics, company reports and other public-domain information. More importantly, it is also based on a large
series of interviews with the industry’s main players, carried out over the year by the team. This work generates
the essential data to allow the compilation of reliable estimates for world supply and demand and inform the
analysis of market structures, and the degree of significance of any changes and developments.
Chris Helweg, Vlagtwedde, De groeiende rol van mineralen voor een koolstofarm...Chris Helweg
Chris Helweg, Vlagtwedde, Groningen.
De groeiende rol van mineralen voor een koolstofarme toekomst
World Bank
grondstoffen vragen prognoses tot 2050 de wereldbevolking zal tegen 2050 naar verwachting meer dan 9 miljard bereiken, duurzame ontwikkeling, met inbegrip van koolstofarme ontwikkelingsstrategieën, hernieuwbare energie en veerkrachtige steden en landschappen
commodities demand projections up to 2050
global human population expected to reach over 9 billion by 2050,
sustainable development, including low carbon development strategies, renewable energy, and resilient cities and landscape
Silver in medicine – past, present and future Chris Helweg
Silver in medicine – past, present and future
Silver potentially has a role to play in tackling both antimicrobial resistance and improving common antibacterials, but for these efforts to positively impact communities around the world applications must be cost‐effective. Small quantities of silver help to enable this requirement.
Een inzicht in de Amerikaanse streven naar wereldheerschappij, Chris Helweg
By Chris Helweg,
Een inzicht in de Amerikaanse streven naar wereldheerschapij, wat zijn de doelen, wie zijn de spelers, wanneer is dit begonnen, wat is bereikt, hoe gevaarlijk is Een korte blik voor geïnteresseerde mensen, wat een echt beleid is dat de VS de afgelopen 25 jaar heeft geregeerd. Ik ben niet echt een goede schrijver of vertaler, maar dit is vrij eenvoudig te controleren, oprechte feedback is welkom. Op mijn LinkedIn-pagina kun je de afgelopen jaren over mijn doel lezen. Waakzaamheid blijft noodzakelijk, ik hoop dit beleid transparant te maken door middel van deze publicaties. Want kijk eens naar het nieuwe budget van Donald's Trump met deze kennis in gedachten? Wat dan?
An insight in the us strategy for global dominationChris Helweg
An insight in the US strategy for global domination. The Project for the New American Century
PNAC goals of the neocons
Eliot Abrams
John Bolton
The Project for the New American Century
Essential social, medical, educational and retirement services have to be gutted so that those funds can be directed towards a military buildup
the WTO and the IMF will dictate financial terms to the entire planet.
Trumps new Budget.
Een inzicht in de US wereldwijde strijd voor dominantieChris Helweg
Een inzicht in de Amerikaanse streven naar wereldheerschapij, wat zijn de doelen, wie zijn de spelers, wanneer is dit begonnen, wat is bereikt, hoe gevaarlijk is dit, en werkt Donald Trump hier ook aan mee?
An insight in the us strategy for global dominationChris Helweg
An insight in the US NEOCON strategy for global domination.
These are the PNAC goals
Who are behind PNAC?
The bankrollers from the WTO and the IMF
Essential social, medical, educational and retirement services have to be gutted so that those funds can be directed towards a military buildup.
An empire cannot function with the slow, cumbersome machine of constitutional democracy on its back. Empires must be ruled with speed and ruthlessness.
Chris Helweg:
Last year, for the fifth year in a row, the silver market
recorded another deficit; this time of 26.0 Moz (810 t).
Mine supply fell for the second consecutive year by 4%
in 2017, following 13 consecutive annual increases prior
to 2016. This was a result of years of Capex reductions
in combination with supply disruptions, particularly in
the Americas. With scrap supply contracting by 1% in
combination with net-hedging of 1.4 Moz (44 t), total silver
supply fell by 2% to just under one billion ounces.
World Gold Council
Gold Outlook 2018: Watch the Fed, Debt and Geopolitics
Analysts share their thoughts on the gold outlook for 2018. Most agree that it will take a sharp shock to the market to move the price significantly higher.
Fight over arctic region ( images & bad dutch translation) Chris HelwegChris Helweg
Chris Helweg
The proportions of the Arctic mineral reserves are by all means impressive. The region estimatedly contains 25% of the world’s hydrocarbons, mostly in the form of natural gas. Russia’s portion of the Arctic is known to hold at least 560 billion barrels of crude which is 2.5 the total in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the lures of the Arctic region include deposits of diamonds, gold, platinum, manganese, nickel, titanium, coal, etc. which are mostly found on the territory of Russia. Importantly, the Northern maritime route is the avenue opening access to all of the above.
De verhoudingen van de Arctic minerale reserves zijn oké indrukwekkend. Het gebied bevat estimatedly 25% van's werelds koolwaterstoffen, meestal in de vorm van aardgas. Ruslands gedeelte van het Noordpoolgebied is bekend dat het houden van minstens 560 miljard vaten ruwe olie die 2.5 is het totaal in Saoedi-Arabië. Bovendien omvatten de kunstaas van het Noordpoolgebied afzettingen van diamanten, goud, platina, mangaan, nikkel, titaan, kolen, enz., die meestal te op het grondgebied van Rusland vinden zijn. Nog belangrijker is, is de noordelijke maritieme route de laan die toegang tot al het bovenstaande te openen.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Silvercorp Metals Inc. ("Silvercorp" or the "Company") (SVM.TO) (NYSE American: SVM) reported its financial and operating results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2017. All amounts are expressed in US Dollars.
Future Of Fintech In India | Evolution Of Fintech In IndiaTheUnitedIndian
Navigating the Future of Fintech in India: Insights into how AI, blockchain, and digital payments are driving unprecedented growth in India's fintech industry, redefining financial services and accessibility.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
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Welcome to the new Mizzima Weekly !
Mizzima Media Group is pleased to announce the relaunch of Mizzima Weekly. Mizzima is dedicated to helping our readers and viewers keep up to date on the latest developments in Myanmar and related to Myanmar by offering analysis and insight into the subjects that matter. Our websites and our social media channels provide readers and viewers with up-to-the-minute and up-to-date news, which we don’t necessarily need to replicate in our Mizzima Weekly magazine. But where we see a gap is in providing more analysis, insight and in-depth coverage of Myanmar, that is of particular interest to a range of readers.
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
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In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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Russian President Slams US for Non-Compliance with Arms Control Agreements
1. ANDREI AKULOV | 21.10.2017 | WORLD
Russian President Slams US for Non-Compliance
with Arms Control Agreements
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the world’s only multilateral treaty with
192 state parties, verifiably bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction.
The convention marked the 20th
anniversary of its entry into force in April, 2017. The
CWC prohibits the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention,
transfer, and use of chemical weapons. To date, approximately 95 percent of all
declared chemical weapons stockpiles have been eliminated.
2. Speaking at the final plenary session of the 14th
annual meeting of the Valdai
International Discussion Club on October 19, Russian President Vladimir
Putin expressed his concern over the US failure to comply with its obligations to
eliminate chemical weapons (CW). The United States still possesses the largest
stockpile of CW in the world. “Moreover, the USA has pushed back the deadline
for eliminating their chemical weapons from 2007 to as far as 2023. It does not look
proper for a nation that claims to be a champion of non-proliferation and control,” the
president noted.
Russia and the United States are parties to the CWC, which required them to
destroy their stockpiles by 2007 with a potential extension until 2012. Both failed to
meet the 2012 deadline and received the extension.
On September 27, the Russian leader presided over the destruction of last declared
chemical weapons three years ahead of the 2020 deadline Russia had set for itself.
Under the December 2014 decision of the 19th Conference of the States Parties, the
deadline for eliminating Moscow’s chemical weapons was extended to complete
work at the Kizner facility in the country’s Udmurt Republic no later than 2020.
President Putin described the elimination as a historic event but it went largely
unnoticed by Western media despite the fact that the Soviet Union’s CW stockpile,
including VX, sarin, soman, mustard, lewisite, mustard-lewisite mixtures, and
phosgene, was enough to destroy all life on the planet Earth several times over. For
comparison, the US has postponed the elimination till 2023, citing lack of budget
funding. That will be 11 years after the US promised to destroy its chemical weapons
stockpiles, and eight years after Russia finished destroying its arsenal. If the US
finally meets its promise of destroying all chemical weapons by 2023, the process
will have taken more than a quarter of a century and cost an estimated $40bn.
The pretext of inadequate funding sounds rather odd. Other nations have also asked
for extensions of deadlines but the United States is evidently not in a hurry to comply
with the CWC and the delays are really impressive.
The US has a history of using weapons to cause mass casualties among civil
population, such as white phosphorous shells in Iraq, depleted uranium in Syria and
cluster bombs in Yemen.
The United States has failed to comply with the 2000 Plutonium Management and
Disposition Agreement (PMDA), updated in 2010 to make Russia quit it. According to
the PMDA, Russia and the US agreed to transparently dispose of weapons-grade
plutonium, thereby preventing it from being reused for military purposes. Russia has
gone to great lengths to uphold its end of the bargain. It has built a mixed oxide
(MOX) fuel facility in the city of Zheleznogorsk in Eastern Siberia. It has also
invested in BN-600 and BN-800 fast neutron reactors, which will use MOX fuel,
made of weapons-grade plutonium and ensure it is unusable for nuclear warheads.
The US has failed to construct the plant in Savannah River, South Carolina. Then it
decided to change the disposition method without Russia's consent as required by
the agreement.
3. The decision to abandon the plutonium recycling project in South Carolina was a
violation of PMDA. The change of method allowed the US to leave the breakout
potential, which could be retrieved, reprocessed and converted into weapons-grade
plutonium again.
In 2014, the 123 Agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation was unilaterally
suspended by the US. The talks on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty have been
deadlocked for many years with the US-Russian cooperation on the safety and
security of nuclear sites and materials ended in 2014. The US has recently taken
steps to dismantle the Open Skies Treaty. Russia ratified the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 2000. The USA has not done it as yet.
The future of two key Russia-US arms control agreements between Russia and the
United States to limit offensive nuclear weapons – the 2010 New Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty (START-3) and the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Treaty – is teetering on the brink. The INF is under attack with both sides exchanging
accusations of violations. The US Congress is applying efforts to undermine the
treaty. The New START has been decried by the administration. No arms control
talks between the two powers are taking place. The US nuclear modernization
plans may ultimately bury the existing arms control regime.
The militarization of space and the looming race of hypersonic weapons remain to be
the problems unaddressed. The logic of finding ways to limit these capabilities and
avoid arms races becomes increasingly convincing.
Almost every channel of negotiation is deadlocked and the entire existing arms
control infrastructure appears to be crumbling. With US adherence to the arms
control regime remaining uncertain, all remaining agreements are in jeopardy, while
the prospects for Russia-US arms control look dim. The Russian president has
expressed its concern. It’s not too late to turn the tide.