December 11, 2011 (Vietnamica) — European leaders agreed to establish a new “fiscal compact” by means of an intergovernmental agreement late Dec 8 after 10 hours of talks. The United Kingdom will remain outside the agreement, which will seek to improve fiscal stability and economic co-ordination between its signatories.
December 9, 2011 (Vietnamica) — Today is a very sad day. We believe that the markets are telling us that there is a horrible abscess in Europe, and that the Euro is the pus. We believe that fuelled by injustice, the infection of nationalism will now tear Europe apart – making outright enemies of Germany and Greece, France and Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
November 9, 2011 (Vietnamica) — Change in the international system comes in large and small doses, but fundamental patterns generally stay consistent. From 1500 to 1991, for example, European global hegemony constituted the world’s operating principle. Within this overarching framework, however, the international system regularly reshuffles the deck in demoting and promoting powers, fragmenting some and empowering others, and so on. Sometimes this happens because of war, and sometimes because of economic and political forces. While the basic structure of the world stays intact, the precise way it works changes.
Ireland – Vietnam Trade Value: 2004-2010September 14, 2011 (Vietnamica) – By the end of December 2010, Ireland has registered 6 investment projects in Vietnam with committed capital of US$5.64 million. Of which, implemented capital was US$1.72 million. Ireland-Vietnam trade dropped sharply in crisis years of 2008, 2009 then soared in 2010.
September 13, 2011 (By George Friedman, STRATFOR; Repub. by Vietnamica) – When I visited Europe in 2008 and before, the idea that Europe was not going to emerge as one united political entity was regarded as heresy by many leaders. The European enterprise was seen as a work in progress moving inevitably toward unification — a group of nations committed to a common fate. What was a core vision in 2008 is now gone. What was inconceivable — the primacy of the traditional nation-state — is now commonly discussed, and steps to devolve Europe in part or in whole...
June 29, 2011 (By Marko Papic, Stratfor Global Intelligence; Repub. by Vietnamica.net) – Europe continues to be engulfed by economic crisis. The global focus returns to Athens on June 28 as Greek parliamentarians debate austerity measures imposed on them by eurozone partners. If the Greeks vote down these measures, Athens will not receive its second bailout, which could create an even worse crisis in Europe and the world.
