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Syria, the UN and Parliamentary Democracy

The game-changer in the Syrian crisis is not the US soliloquy whether a unilateral strike is to be or not to be.  That is a normal phenomenon of the past half-century. It is the impressive working of parliamentary democracy in the United Kingdom.  That is not. Last week, the British ... keep reading

Written by Kennedy Graham MP last month, about Politics & Government, War

Syria, the UN – and New Zealand

Syria   is a global human tragedy.  I used to live in the Middle East.  I was there during 9/11.  I know the intensity of feeling among the Arab nation on these things. I often went into Syria, including Damascus.  I revisited the Syrian border last year. I entered the ... keep reading

Written by Kennedy Graham MP last month, about Chemicals, Children and Families, War

Climate Change Now Seen as Security Threat Worldwide

Defence establishments around the world increasingly see climate change as posing potentially serious threats to national and international security, according to a review of high-level statements by the world’s governments released here Thursday.  The review, “The Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change: Preliminary Results  ,” found that nearly three ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in March, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Politics & Government, War

What's The Biggest Threat for US Military's Top Brass in Pacific : Climate Change !

The United State's top military official in the Pacific says the biggest long term security threat in the region is climate change. In an interview with the Boston Globe   Admiral Samuel J Locklear III, commander, US Pacific Command said significant upheaval related to the warming planet "is probably the ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in March, about Climate Change, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, War

The International Responsibility for Justice in Occupied Palestine

The conflict in Gaza may have come to an inauspicious end last night following a ceasefire agreement, but there is little reason to rejoice for the Palestinian people. Although a ground assault of the Gaza Strip was narrowly avoided, still well over 1,500 air strikes by F-16 fighter jets ... keep reading

Written by Adam Parsons/Share the World's Resources in November 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty, War

NZ Ships Can't Go into Same Harbour in Japan Naval Exercise Because of the Nuclear free Issue. How Bizarre!

  The New Zealand  Government expected that its  two ships, Te Kaha and Endeavour would  be refused entry to Pearl Harbour during a joint naval exercise in Hawaii despite the signing of a new military agreement. And they were right.Te Kaha was refused entry to Pearl Harbour along with Endeavour ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in July 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Nuclear, Politics & Government, War

US Navy Recruits Players for Online Wargame to Tackle Energy Challenges

The Navy’s Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (OPNAV N45), together with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) invites civic and military collaboration in energy MMOWGLI (Massive Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet).  The game will build on efforts to improve the U.S. Navy’s combat capability and energy ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in May 2012, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Design, Education, Technology, War

Another Man's Shoes; The Continuing Agony of Syria

Friday: I am in the Middle East.  There are four of us together as I write – two National MPs, one Labour, one Green.  We have been in Israel and Palestine, listening to the entrenched views of each side.  Final settlement is a mirage, for as far as the eye can ... keep reading

Written by Kennedy Graham in May 2012, about Children and Families, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, War

Syria- How Come The World Does Nothing ?

In the first question time of the 50th Parliament I challenged the Foreign Minister   about the NZG policy on the Syrian crisis.  He delivered the ‘bipartisan’ foreign mantra that the Government condemned the killings in Homs, regretted the Security Council veto  , and supported a transition to a democratic regime ... keep reading

Written by Kennedy Graham in February 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Politics & Government, War

Oil at $200 a Barrel Because of Tensions in Strait of Hormuz?

 The pieces and policies for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf are seemingly drawing inexorably together. Since 24 December the Iranian Navy has been holding its ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises, covering an area in the Arabian Sea stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian ... keep reading

Written by John C.K.Daly in January 2012, about Coal & Oil, Events, Ocean, Trade, Transport, War

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