Excerpt from “Demography and development in Russia“, UN Development Program (28 April 2008) – Excerpt: Demographic development in Russia that to a large extent has much in common with the European one is characterized by the following trends: 1. It is already for forty years that fertility in Russia cannot provide for the simple replacement …
Comment on a thread at the DNI blog: “IMHO, the United States is so far down this path that – absent some deus ex machina – its political / economic decline seems to be inevitable and irreversible. Under these circumstances, our efforts should not be to seek to stem or to reverse this process but rather …
Summary: Part two of four part series.   Here is part one, part three, and part four. Forecast #3: the death of the US Constitution The Constitution was originally designed to specify the duties for each of America’s three branches and to limit their powers. Its ability to do the latter function has faded rapidly since the New Deal. …
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Summary: Part one of a four part series. Here is part two, part three, and part four. Expect more successful Al-Qa’ida operations, of increasing sophistication Rise of the Petro-Empires! Forecast #1: Expect more successful Al-Qa’ida operations, of increasing sophistication It’s easy to scorn Al-Qa’ida as bit players on the global stage, inflated by western Governments for …
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