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POPSThe New Geopolitics of Food ~ Welcome To The 21st-Century Food Wars
Unfortunately, today's price hikes are driven by trends that are both elevating demand and making it more difficult to increase production: among them, a rapidly expanding population, crop-withering temperature increases, and irrigation wells running dry. Each night, there are 219,000 additional people to feed at the global dinner table. More alarming still, the world is losing its ability to soften the effect of shortages. In response to previous price surges, the United States, the world's largest grain producer, was effectively able to steer the world away from potential catastrophe. From the mid-20th century until 1995, the United States had either grain surpluses or idle cropland that could be planted to rescue countries in trouble. When the Indian monsoon failed in 1965, for example, President Lyndon Johnson's administration shipped one-fifth of the U.S. wheat crop to India, successfully staving off famine. We can't do that anymore; the safety cushion is gone.
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POPSNATO Intervention is Union Agenda To understand why Western powers are pushing so hard to launch military operations against Libya, you have to look at the failed Mediterranean Union. CFR's Lee Hudson Teslik's "A Mediterranean Rendezvous" states; "The union's formation also raises a more basic question—what exactly is gained by founding a new bloc? The Economist, in a recent cover story, says global institutions have devolved into an "outdated muddle." Western foreign policy, geopolitics and systems of governance have not been able to produce the results that the globalists desire. It should be no surprise that France is the first country to recognize rebel forces as legitimate government. There are some legal issues that remain, an official speaking for US Defense said "Certain activities," would require a United Nations Security Council resolution, "but what we need is a clear and proper legal basis."
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POPS10 Shocking Stats on China’s College System China has been priming itself to enjoy hegemonic status in a few generations. Education forms an essential component of superstardom, and the Asian giant has been expanding its offerings to its expanding student base.
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