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Food baskets for year 2050
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 14, 2009
Food baskets for year 2050; (Nov. 14, 2009)
I decided to combine and edit four posts into a comprehensive essay that might forecast the world’s agricultural state in the year 2050 as it will be inhabited by 10 billion people. The posts are: The long-term “Revenge of Geography”; “Food BANG, not the Big One”; “The world’s [...]
“Peace treaty”: Paris, 1919
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 14, 2009
“Peace treaty”: Paris, 1919; (Nov. 14, 2009)
I watched a documentary on the French channel TV5 this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. The documentary was relating and commenting on the five months that dragged on before the most lousy “peace treaty” was finally signed to end WWI. The chiefs of the main 5 nations who won in [...]
The world’s food basket: Africa is heaven for agro-business investments; part 2.
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 12, 2009
The world’s food basket: Africa is heaven for agro-business investments; part 2. (Nov. 12, 2009)
Let us plan for the year 2050; most probably earth will be inhabited by 10 billions humans. We are barely feeding the current world population and millions are dying of famine related malnutrition. Many under-developed States with vast “fertile” lands are [...]
Africa is targeted to be exclusively the world’s food basket
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 11, 2009
Africa is targeted to be exclusively the world’s food basket; (Nov. 11, 2009)
If you have lands with no water, if you have water and no fertile land, if you have accumulated enough in your Sovereign Fund then the way to go is to invest in foreign fertile lands for agricultural “self-sufficiency”, which means import food [...]
The European Union (EU): Modern Europe leading human rights
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 11, 2009
The European Union (EU): Modern Europe leading human rights; (Nov. 10, 2009)
The previous post “European Union (EU) describes Modern Europe” covered a few statistics and then a short description of the EU administrative and legislative institutions. This follow up post will cover what is working, then analyzing what need to be ironed out, and then [...]
The two most powerful regional powers: Turkey and Iran
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 9, 2009
The two most powerful regional powers: Turkey and Iran; (Nov. 10, 2009)
Turkey is the 16th ranked economy and Iran the 17th with the understanding that Turkey has no oil or gas production while Iran is the second exporter of oil and the second in world’s reserve. Turkey has a population of 70 million [...]
I demand freedom to pay tribute to my Idol
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 9, 2009
I demand freedom to pay tribute to my Idol
People are more inclined to be loyal to a saint, a shrine, or an honored Imam, or apostle. People have need to use their senses to get connected to a spiritual entity: you cannot expect human to think exclusively of an abstract notion without the [...]
The European Union (EU) describes Modern Europe
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 7, 2009
The European Union (EU) describes Modern Europe; (Nov. 7, 2009)
The European Union is the most striking political and social achievement in the 20th century. The backbones of most of the UN peace keeping forces around the world are European contingents; the EU is the highest contributor in humanitarian budgets and for reforming obsolete public institutions [...]
Just men wearing daggers as symbol of manhood: Yemen
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 6, 2009
Just men wearing daggers as symbol of manhood: Yemen
There is a devastating civil war in Yemen: Is it of any concern to the UN? The UN did it again! Civil wars in non-oil producing Arab States are left to run its natural steam until the State is bankrupt and ready to be picked up at salvage [...]
Next in line for Nobel Peace Prize: Erdogan, Turkey’s PM
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 5, 2009
Next in line for Nobel Peace Prize: Erdogan, Turkey’s PM
In December 18, 2004 I wrote “Turkey: A Regional Power in the Making “. In February 4, 2009 I updated my article “A Regional Power out of hibernation in the Near East“. Another update is required because Turkey seems to vigorously and quickly act everywhere.
Turkey [...]
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