Sharnoff’s Global Views is an excellent resource for anyone interested in international relations. Founded and managed by Dr Michael Sharnoff, this publication provides unique content on a range of global topics written by people from all over the world. Their website can be found at: https://www.sharnoffsglobalviews.com/
Pope Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday to very large crowds, enthusiastic about his participation. This is his first trip abroad. The first International World Youth Day was held in Buenos Aires in 1987. The first event took place in Rome in 1986.
Please visit the following link for a brief history of the background of this popular event:
https://worldyouthday.com/about-wyd/wyd-history
On Sunday, July 21, 2013 King Albert abdicated and was replaced by his son, the new King Phillippe I . No foreign royals were present as King Albert had only announced his intentions a few weeks before. There was little time for elaborate preparations, though there was a parade as Sunday was National Day in Belgium. The new king, like his father, is a strong supporter of the European Union. The first Belgian king ascended the throne on July 21, 1831.
An excellent article that puts the royal ascension into the context of the current political situation can be found at the following link:
Michael Dobbs, author of One Minute to Midnight, provides a detailed step by step account of the Crisis on Twitter. https://twitter.com/missilecrisis62
Everyone interested in the Cuban Missile Crisis should read One Minute to Midnight.
The Foreign Policy article he wrote can be found at: https://cubanmissilecrisis.foreignpolicy.com/blog/630847 and his New York Times article is at: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/opinion/the-eyeball-to-eyeball-myth-and-the-cuban-missile-crisiss-legacy.html?_r=0
This month of October 2012 marks fifty years since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There are a number of conferences that examine the events of October 1962:
October 15, 2012 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1:00-2:30 pm
Is the World More Dangerous 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-world-more-dangerous-50-years-after-the-cuban-missile-crisis There will be a live webcast of this event.
October 17, 2012 Woodrow International Center for Scholars 3:30-5:00 pm
The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis: Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khruschev, and the Missiles of November
October 18, 2012 National Archives McGowan Theater Noon
From the Vaults: The Cuban Missile Crisis Films from the Archives holdings.
https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/events/
October 23, 2012 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Foreign Relations of the United States and the Cuban Missile Crisis
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/foreign-relations-the-united-states-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis
October 24, 2012 Woodrow Wilson International center for Scholars 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear Order of Battle
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/cuban-missile-crisis-nuclear-order-battle
October 25, 2012 Elliott School George Washington University 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons Learned
https://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2012&mon=10#1883
In Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on Thursday, February 9th the Azeri President Ilham Aliyev met with the Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
The European Finance Ministers have demanded that Greece ratify the austerity package by this Sunday and identify an additional 325 million Euros of spending reductions Wednesday before they will release any bailout funds.
Argentina has complained about the recent deployment of Prince William to the Falkands as well as the British deployment of an advanced destroyer to patrol the waters near the disputed archipelago. The British Foreign Office has released a statement that says that the people of the Falkland Islands are British by choice and that there will be no sovereignty discussions with Argentina unless the residents of the Islands want such talks. The Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has said that she is going to complain to the United Nations about what she termed UK militarization of this conflict.
On February 4 China and Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution on Syria. The resolution was based upon an Arab League peace plan. The Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, stated that his country wanted an end to the bloodshed but felt that the resolution sent an unbalanced message to Syria and did not call for an end to rebel attacks, nor did it take into account what he termed the association of the rebel groups with extremists. Ambassador Churkin further stated that Russia was committed to a solution to the Syrian crisis but said that peaceful settlement was undermined by the advocacy of regime change by certain influential members of the international community. All other thirteen members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution and strongly condemned its veto.
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin ( Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) was born in Moscow June 6, 1799 and died in Saint Petersburg February 10, 1837. Pushkin is considered the founder of modern Russian literature. His works include: Boris Godunov, Yevgeny Onegin, Poltava and the Prisoner of the Caucasus. He wrote in every literary genre and his influence on other prominent Russian writers was significant.
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