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PL 112-98: George Clooney, Erbil, Khartoum, Tehran And The Coming Disenfranchisement Of Dissent

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa George Clooney, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative in the Hollywood flick Syriana, framed in the film by his own government for torture by Hezbollah, was arrested in front of the Embassy of Sudan … Continue reading

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Whither Chinamerica?

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa From Hyderabad, India: In 2011 nominal dollars on purchasing power parity (PPP) terms the economy of the People’s Republic of China is worth $11 trillion in real terms. It is unclear where the valuation … Continue reading

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The President Presents His Budget, 2

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa I had written in 2010, about this same time, about the president’s budget (which has not yet been passed). The annual ritual in Washington calling on the politicians to tell the people whose money … Continue reading

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Why The Yen Should Be The Global Reserve Currency

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Mourning the lives lost in the atomic bombing, we pledge to convey the truth of this tragedy throughout Japan and the world, pass it on to the future, learn the lessons of history, and … Continue reading

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The Strategic Climax With China

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The prolonged process of raising China is coming to an end. China’s perestroika which was allowed to begin by Nixon and Kissinger without the glasnost has all been reconstruction and no openness. The overturning … Continue reading

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Lightweight Must Not Be Thrown Around

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Tim Geithner, is still living in the 1990s in his heyday as the chief American negotiator during the Asian crisis when he had practiced the … Continue reading

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Blowing Up The Chinese Basket

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa China had moved in the past several years from pegging its currency, the renminbi (also commonly known as the yuan) to a secret basket of currencies, perhaps consisting of a time varying mix of … Continue reading

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