The Ukraine – a decisive transfer of the balance of power from west to east
By Cameron Leckie
Mar 30, 2022
The 2022 Russo-Ukraine is also a proxy war between Russia and the Western world. We should be prepared for a decisive transfer of the balance of power from West to East.
By Elijah J. Magnier
The “maritime security belt” trilateral four-day drill between Iran, China and Russia in the sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean will mark the Middle East for decades to come. It signals the end of US absolute hegemony and control of the Middle East- and of the world. The joint drills are being carried out at the heart of the zone of US maritime influence. The drills are tactical exercises simulating the rescue of frigates under attack by a mutual enemy over a 17,000 km area. They are not strategic, because China and Russia will not have access to Iranian harbours on an ongoing basis. No common adversary is expected to face Russia, China or Iran together in these waters. The aim of these exercises is for all three countries to send a common message to the US. The maritime ‘message’ addressed to the world this December 2019 realistically is that the period of the global dominance of the USA as the sole and self-elected “policeman of the world” is coming to an end.
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<p>The US Empire is truly its last days. What was said on live television at the UN with the ”joint” statement made by Lavrov, and with Kerry at the conclusion, are “the things history is made from”. And what was said behind closed doors versus what was said publicly is more than likely to be oceans apart. There are certain key phrases that were used that are the biggest indication that this wide-gulf exists, setting aside an objective assessment of the situation which also demands such a view. Any objective appraisal indicates the US has a vulnerable position.</p>
by JOAQUIN FLORES, based in Belgrade, serves as director for the Center for Syncretic Studies. The center was founded in 2013 in Belgrade as an international ideological education organisation, a discussion forum, review of significant works and news items, and an advocacy organization developing proposal recommendations, as well a research facility for syncretic and inter-disciplinary social analysis. He is also the managing editor of Fort Russ news service, as well as the president of the Berlin based Independent Journalist Association for Peace.
Havainnosta kartaksi - Kartoituksen ja maanmittauksen historiaa Suomessa on Maanmittauslaitoksen ja Kansallisarkiston yhteinen näyttely, joka on esillä Kansallisarkistossa 3.7. - 4.10.2013.
Havainnosta kartaksi -verkkonäyttely avaa näyttelyn sisältöä verkossa ja tuo nähtäville osan Kansallisarkistossa esillä olevista kartoista.
Näyttely koostuu kahdesta teemasta, joista toinen kuvaa kartan käyttöä maalla, toinen vesistöillä.
Maa-aiheisten karttojen sisältö vaihtelee karttojen käyttötarkoituksen mukaan. Merikartat taas ovat erityiskarttoja, joiden tärkein tehtävä on ohjata vesillä liikkuja turvallisesti lähtösatamasta määräsatamaan.
Verkkonäyttelyn kartat ovat vuosilta 1650–1941. Karttoja säilytetään Kansallisarkistossa.
The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories.
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