ECONOMIC WARFARE INSTITUTE: EHRENFELD AND JENSEN

http://acdemocracy.org/economic-warfare-institute.cfm

CONTENTS   

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

FLOTILLA ITEM 1: Ehud Rosen: Who Is Behind the Second Gaza Flotilla? http://jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=0&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=378&PID=0&IID=7745&TTL=Who_Is_Behind_the_Second_Gaza_Flotilla
ITEM 2: Benny Avni: A Flotilla of Fiends-and Useful Idiots http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/flotilla_of_fiends_and_useful_idiots_k0Sas1R7v0Y7hmZ86sDVRO

EGYPT

ITEM 3: REUTERS: U.S. shifts to closer contact with Egypt Islamists http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-usa-egypt-brotherhood-idUSTRE75T0GD20110630
ITEM 4: LA TIMES: Egypt’s pro-democracy activists feel their grip slipping.  Opposition groups seek to postpone September elections amid fears that the more unified Muslim Brotherhood and members of the former regime will gain too much influence.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/27/world/la-fg-egypt-political-battle-20110627

SYRIA

ITEM 5: WORLD TRIBUNE: U.S. now quietly seeking regime change in Syria http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/me_syria0797_06_29.asp

SYRIA-LEBANON

ITEM 6: John Hannah: Countering Syria’s Lebanese power play http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/30/countering_syria_s_lebanese_power_play

SOUTH ASIA


AFGHANISTAN

ITEM 7: WSJ: IMF Raises Concerns Over Two Afghan Banks
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303763404576416220424164378.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews

PAKISTAN

ITEM 8: CSM: Top Taliban leader quits the Pakistan Taliban

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0629/Top-Taliban-leader-quits-the-Pakistan-Taliban?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Auto%2006292011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyNTA5MwS2

AL-QAEDA

ITEM 9: CBS NEWS: Hackers shut down Al Qaeda Net communications

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20075596-501465.html

FORMER SOVIET UNION

ITEM 10: David Kramer, Christopher Walker: Outpost of Tyranny: The conditions that created the Arab Spring are just as present in the former Soviet Union. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/29/outpost_of_tyranny?page=full

EAST EUROPE


MOLDOVA

ITEM 11: RADIO NETHERLANDS: Six uranium traffickers arrested in Moldova http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/six-uranium-traffickers-arrested-moldova

EUROPE


GREECE

ITEM 12: TIMES UK: Lagarde Duty: The IMF head must make the eurozone face reality over Greece http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/leaders/article3079183.ece
ITEM 13: WSJ: The French Deception: Europe’s latest Greek debt scheme is one more political evasion. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576413943178618516.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

GERMANY

ITEM 14: REUTERS: Germany extends anti-terror laws, ending long debate http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/germany-laws-idUSLDE75S1PA20110629

EAST ASIA


CHINA

ITEM 15: George Magnus: China can yet avoid a middle-income trap

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2173923c-a286-11e0-9760-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1QmKl642m
ITEM 16: VOA NEWS: China Pledges Lasting Friendship with Sudan http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/China-Pledges-Lasting-Friendship-with-Sudan-124701259.html
ITEM 17: BUSINESS SPECTATOR AUSTRALIA: China’s looming debt threat http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/China-debt-inflation-Beijing-economy-default-inves-pd20110630-JATN6?OpenDocument

LATIN AMERICA


VENEZUELA

ITEM 18: WSJ: Health Woes Cause Chávez to Postpone Key Summit http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303763404576416080544838492.html?mod=WSJ_World_LeadStory

BRAZIL

ITEM 19: FINANCIAL TIMES: BG doubles Brazil reserves estimate http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/868f5d90-a2ea-11e0-a9a4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1QmKl642m

UNITED STATES
ITEM 20: WP: Brennan: Counterterrorism strategy focused on al-Qaeda’s threat to homeland http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/brennan-counterterrorism-strategy-focused-on-al-qaedas-threat-to-homeland/2011/06/29/AGki1LrH_story.html
ITEM 21: DEAL BOOK (NYT): New Investment Strategy: Preparing for End Times http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/a-new-investment-strategy-preparing-for-end-times/

ISSUES


ENERGY

ITEM 22: BLOOMBERG: Israel’s Sara, Myra May Hold 6.5 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-30/israel-s-sara-myra-may-hold-6-5-trillion-cubic-feet-of-gas.html
ITEM 23: CNBC: Is the Greek Crisis a Boon for Russia’s Gazprom?

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43561012
ITEM 24: BALTIC TIMES: Breaking the monopoly power

http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/28972/

CORRUPTION

ITEM 25: Joe Palazzolo: SFO Aiding SEC In Sovereign Wealth Fund Probe

http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2011/06/29/sfo-aiding-sec-in-sovereign-wealth-fund-probe/?mod=google_news_blog

SHARI’A BANKING/INVESTMENT

ITEM 26: ARAB NEWS: ‘Muslims must adapt to change’

http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article464207.ece
ITEM 27: REUTERS: Islamic finance eyes Thai infrastructure funding http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/islamicfinance-thailand-idUSL3E7HT0RE20110629

TERRORISM FUNDING

ITEM 28: Ioannis Michaletos: Radical Islam Passing through Greece http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/3768.cfm#down

ILLEGAL DRUGS

ITEM 29: RADIO NETHERLANDS: ‘Half the cannabis sold should be banned’

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/’half-cannabis-sold-should-be-banned’

CYBERWARFARE

ITEM 30: John Gapper: Companies make it easy for hackers

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2351a670-a286-11e0-9760-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1QmKl642m
ITEM 31: TECHNEWSWORLD: LulzSec’s Latest Lark Targets Ariz. Cops http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72746.html

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (IMF, World Bank, UN)
ITEM 32: Anne Bayefsky: North Korea to Head U.N. Conference on Disarmament
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/north-korea-head-un-conference-disarmament_575920.html

http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=wus7micab&et=1106324907906&s=2040&e=001LpoO0N8RZcyHosWZpgVrfMy5ZHEdC2arlFbzO75DNcbiYDvttwMSPlnnTiWsIajMjseq9JmX2UouW8nUNbPSBhzykmwyraX6NDR_R5QTM7NeSD-8AEpe-06WnzUmuKba

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