Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived the vote of no-confidence but it was a Pyrrhic victory. His high-risk gamble saved the EU bail-out money, but his roll of the dice was also the end of his leadership role. Greece will have to go on hold with the current government, but all Greeks will be looking forward to a new and different government. But elections won’t beheld until all the bail-out money has been delivered.
The chatter over a possible Israeli attack on Iran continues. It remains unclear whether this chatter represents nothing more than a continuation of the psychological warfare waged by the Netanyahu Government against Iran or whether this is the real thing. The details in the Ha’aretz article are quite specific which suggests that the latter explanation is more consistent. But such a move would be highly destabilizing and high-risk.
The evidence on climate change gets a little deeper. As the article suggests, the rate of greenhouse gas emissions exceeds the levels initially predicted by the United Nations.
The Occupy Wall Street Movement has been global from the beginning. The development of the organized transnational links formalizes this globalization. Whether the movement becomes fully globalized remains to be seen. But the development of global civic society is the most interesting and compelling story of the 21st century.
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