On June 2, 2020 the Kremlin published an unprecedented six-page document entitled Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of Nuclear
Le blog de Ben Cramer, un chercheur sur les guerres et les paix qui a repris l'enseignement de Bouthoul le père de la polémologie (une spécialité très française) " Si tu veux la paix, connais la guerre". Son dada : la géopolitique du développement durable, l'éco-politique internationale et l'insoutenable légèreté des adeptes de la destruction durable.
By Elijah J. Magnier
The “maritime security belt” trilateral four-day drill between Iran, China and Russia in the sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean will mark the Middle East for decades to come. It signals the end of US absolute hegemony and control of the Middle East- and of the world. The joint drills are being carried out at the heart of the zone of US maritime influence. The drills are tactical exercises simulating the rescue of frigates under attack by a mutual enemy over a 17,000 km area. They are not strategic, because China and Russia will not have access to Iranian harbours on an ongoing basis. No common adversary is expected to face Russia, China or Iran together in these waters. The aim of these exercises is for all three countries to send a common message to the US. The maritime ‘message’ addressed to the world this December 2019 realistically is that the period of the global dominance of the USA as the sole and self-elected “policeman of the world” is coming to an end.
DiploFoundation is a non-profit foundation established [2002] by the governments of Malta and Switzerland. Diplo works to increase the role of small and developing states, and to improve global governance and international policy development.
"Orient XXI is neither a daily news website nor an academic organ reserved for specialists. We want it to be ‘in-between’, aimed at a large and varied public interested in the region for many different reasons – at students as much as people with relatives or friends on the other shore, at men and women involved on a daily basis in the countless economic, cultural, and interpersonal networks linking North and South."
The continued division of Cyprus suits Britain’s geopolitical interests, as well as those of world powers that see the Mediterranean island as a useful pawn in a longstanding game of chess. Darren Loucaides reports from a country that wants to determine its own future.
Susan George: "Geocide is alas more general: it is a massive assault against nature of which we are only a part, against all earthly life and against Creation as well as the complete denial of human rights; I submit that this ultimate act of destruction is underway and that we need a name for it. Without a name, we have no concept and without a concept we cannot combat it. This is why I searched for a new word."
"The real problem is that we are faced with determined, well-organised adversaries who care nothing about human rights or climate change; who would probably laugh at the very mention of geocide. They want only one thing: business as usual and a world in which they can make endless amounts of money using any and all available resources, no matter what the costs to nature and to human life. Unless we can accept this reality and confront these adversaries, as well as the public and private organisations they serve, I’m afraid we have no hope of ultimately preventing geocide."
Why our intuition about sea-level rise is wrong. Harvard geophysicist Jerry Mitrovica explains that climate change is not just about a global average sea rise.
<p>The US Empire is truly its last days. What was said on live television at the UN with the ”joint” statement made by Lavrov, and with Kerry at the conclusion, are “the things history is made from”. And what was said behind closed doors versus what was said publicly is more than likely to be oceans apart. There are certain key phrases that were used that are the biggest indication that this wide-gulf exists, setting aside an objective assessment of the situation which also demands such a view. Any objective appraisal indicates the US has a vulnerable position.</p>
by JOAQUIN FLORES, based in Belgrade, serves as director for the Center for Syncretic Studies. The center was founded in 2013 in Belgrade as an international ideological education organisation, a discussion forum, review of significant works and news items, and an advocacy organization developing proposal recommendations, as well a research facility for syncretic and inter-disciplinary social analysis. He is also the managing editor of Fort Russ news service, as well as the president of the Berlin based Independent Journalist Association for Peace.
Havainnosta kartaksi - Kartoituksen ja maanmittauksen historiaa Suomessa on Maanmittauslaitoksen ja Kansallisarkiston yhteinen näyttely, joka on esillä Kansallisarkistossa 3.7. - 4.10.2013.
Havainnosta kartaksi -verkkonäyttely avaa näyttelyn sisältöä verkossa ja tuo nähtäville osan Kansallisarkistossa esillä olevista kartoista.
Näyttely koostuu kahdesta teemasta, joista toinen kuvaa kartan käyttöä maalla, toinen vesistöillä.
Maa-aiheisten karttojen sisältö vaihtelee karttojen käyttötarkoituksen mukaan. Merikartat taas ovat erityiskarttoja, joiden tärkein tehtävä on ohjata vesillä liikkuja turvallisesti lähtösatamasta määräsatamaan.
Verkkonäyttelyn kartat ovat vuosilta 1650–1941. Karttoja säilytetään Kansallisarkistossa.
The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories.
The Swedish-Russian-US-Arctic Ocean Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere-Carbon Interactions När inlandsisen drog sig tillbaka från norra halvklotet för drygt 7 000 år sedan översvämmades stora landområden i Arktis av havsvatten. Ruttnande växt- och djurrester på bottnarna i dessa grundhav har genom årtusendena bildat enorma mängder metan och andra växthusgaser. Gaserna har tidigare antagits vara effektivt instängda i permafrosten och så kallade gashydrater. Men på senare år har man upptäckt att permafrosten tinar och att kuster och grundhav läcker växthusgaser. - I första hand ligger naturliga processer, som pågått sedan inlandsisen drog sig tillbaka, bakom upptiningen av permafrosten. Dels är havsvattnet varmare än permafrosten, dels sipprar det upp geotermisk värme genom sprickor i jordens skorpa, förklarar Örjan Gustafsson, professor i biogeokemi vid Stockholms universitet och en av de vetenskapliga ledarna för projektet SWERUS-C3.
As natural gas from shale becomes a global energy "game changer," oil and gas researchers are working to develop new technologies to produce natural gas from methane hydrate deposits. This research is important because methane hydrate deposits are believed to be a larger hydrocarbon resource than all of the world's oil, natural gas and coal resources combined. [1] If these deposits can be efficiently and economically developed, methane hydrate could become the next energy game changer.
A simple guide to plotting maps in R using the High-resolution map data of the World. Examples are given for plotting the whole world, a selection of individual countries, a map of the United Kingdom or adding locations to your map.
The intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is leading a worldwide effort to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) over the next 10 years.
L. Ronga, T. Pecorella, E. Del Re, und R. Fantacci. Proceedings of the International Workshop of COST Actions 272 and 280, Satellite Communications - From Fade Mitigation to Service Provision, Seite 295--302. (Mai 2003)