<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>StratRisks</title> <atom:link href="http://stratrisks.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://stratrisks.com</link> <description>Observing The Grand Geopolitical Game of Risk</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:56:08 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Energy Engagement: Turkish warplanes intercept Israeli jet violating Turkish Cyprus airspace</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6109</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6109#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:56:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Border Incursion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strategic Interests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ankara]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cyprus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dervis Eroglu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turkish Cyprus]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6109</guid> <description><![CDATA[TURKEY accused Israel on Thursday of violating the airspace of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus in a controversial oil and gas exploration area.The Israeli aircraft "violated" the northern Cyprus's airspace five times in Monday's incident which saw Turkish fighter jets chase out the intruder, the army command said in a statement.The airspace violations reportedly occured between 11:05 a.m. and 12:49 p. m., and lasted a total of eigth minutes.It gave no other details about the incident nor the type of Israeli plane involved in the alleged incursion over the breakaway statelet, which is recognized only by Ankara.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6109/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PLA ships seen testing drones in Pacific Ocean</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6106</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6106#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Intelligensia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strategic Interests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China Naval Academy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[East China Sea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military Digest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Okinotori Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Ocean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PLA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senior Colonel Li Jie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[uav]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unmanned]]></category> <category><![CDATA[us]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weapons]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6106</guid> <description><![CDATA[Japan says more Chinese naval ships have been seen near Okinawa, with some staging drills involving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) able to carry missiles and conduct surveillance that analysts say is crucial for China to expand its maritime power.The Joint Staff Office of the Japanese Defence Ministry said the country's maritime defence force on Monday morning spotted three Chinese ships - two Type 054A multi-role warships and one Dongdiao 232 electronic surveillance ship - going through the Okinawa Miyako Strait on their way to the East China Sea.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6106/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Greek eurozone exit &#8216;could spark coup&#8217;</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6103</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6103#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:38:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GeoPolitics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Risks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[black market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[coup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[currency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dollar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[euro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indonesian Rupiah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[London]]></category> <category><![CDATA[market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mr Savouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tosca Fund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[us]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6103</guid> <description><![CDATA[As markets prepare for the prospect of a Greek exit from the euro, one prominent British economist says Greece could face a military coup if it abandons the single currency.Financial markets have been sold down amid speculation Greece will have to leave the eurozone and abandon its debts.But Sav Savouri, chief economist at London based hedge fund Tosca Fund, says the country has little option but to remain in the 17-member currency bloc because the situation will be very bleak if it leaves.Mr Savouri had a grim view of the outlook for the country if Greece returned to the drachma.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6103/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Plans to strike Iran &#8220;ready&#8221;, says U.S. Israel envoy</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6100</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6100#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:34:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Risks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ambassador]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ambassador Dan Shapiro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[program]]></category> <category><![CDATA[strike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6100</guid> <description><![CDATA[U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.Like Israel, the United States has said it considers military force a last resort to prevent Iran using its uranium enrichment to make a bomb. Iran insists its nuclear program is for purely civilian purposes."It would be preferable to resolve this diplomatically and through the use of pressure than to use military force," Ambassador Dan Shapiro said in remarks about Iran aired by Israel's Army Radio on Thursday.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6100/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US/Australia Cocos Islands spy plan</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6096</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6096#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Intelligensia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military Buildup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stratagem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strategic Interests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cocos Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[defence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Defence Force Posture Review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global Hawk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indian Ocean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mr Woolcott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Woolcott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royal Australian Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South China Sea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Soviet Union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Third World]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[united nations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[us]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6096</guid> <description><![CDATA[DEFENCE plans to develop the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean as a base for Australian and US spy drones and aircraft run counter to assurances Canberra has given the United Nations, one of Australia's most senior foreign policy figures has warned.Australia promised it would not ''militarise'' the islands when persuading key nations at the world body not to oppose the transfer of the former British possession to Australian sovereignty, the former Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Richard Woolcott, said.The recent Defence Force Posture Review suggested Defence consider upgrading the Cocos Islands airfield to support the new P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft likely to be acquired by the Royal Australian Air Force.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6096/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US helps coordinates arms for Syria rebels: report</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6092</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6092#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paramilitary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Powerplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[allies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kofi Annan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[President Bashar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[report]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[revolt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[State Department]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[us]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weapons]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6092</guid> <description><![CDATA[Syria's rebels have seen an influx of arms including anti-tank weaponry for their fight against President Bashar al-Assad regime, in an effort coordinated with the help of the United States, a report said today. Officials in President Barack Obama's administration insist it is not directly supplying the weapons or providing funding, with Gulf states paying for the new arms, the Washington Post said, citing US and foreign officials. But Washington has stepped up links with the rebels and regional militaries allying with them, playing a role in the rebel's foreign support network, the report said.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6092/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Euro fears rise as Greeks withdraw money from banks</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6088</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6088#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GeoPolitics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[500]]></category> <category><![CDATA[banking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carsten Brzeski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EFSF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[euro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[European Central Bank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Provovopoulos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[German]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ING]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mr Provopoulos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category> <category><![CDATA[President Karolos Papoulias]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6088</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greeks have withdrawn billions of euros from their banks in recent days, with the country's president warning of "panic" at the prospect of the country leaving the eurozone."My family already sent some €20,000 of our savings to my sister, who lives in Switzerland," says M.S., a Greek citizen who lives in Brussels and works in the financial sector.Like him, many Greeks are either transferring their savings abroad or taking them out of the banks, driven by fear that the country may have to leave the eurozone.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6088/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8216;Accidental war&#8217; waiting to happen on EU periphery</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6085</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6085#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:57:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Risks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[April Azerbaijani]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aram Yesayan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Armenian American]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arshak Nersisyan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BTC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Collective Security Treaty Organisation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Abgaryan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nagorno-Karabakh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Semneby]]></category> <category><![CDATA[province]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Giragosian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[us]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6085</guid> <description><![CDATA[ If or when a full-blown conflict erupts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, it will probably begin like this.According to a senior source in the Armenian defence ministry, on 27 April Azerbaijani troops sneaked over the Armenian border in the north-east province of Tavush and took up positions on either side of a road connecting the villages of Movses and Aygepar.At around 2am local time - the source said - they opened fire from close range at the windscreen of an approaching car carrying out-of-uniform Armenian soldiers. The ambush killed 28-year-old David Abgaryan, 21-year-old Arshak Nersisyan and 26-year-old father-of-one Aram Yesayan.The killing is a "clear provocation," the source told EUobserver in Yerevan on 5 May. He added: "We have not reacted yet. I underline 'yet'."]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6085/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Eurozone shocked by ‘O’ percent economic growth</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6081</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6081#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[debt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[debt crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[euro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ING]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joost Beaumont]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paolo Pizzoli]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Plaza Mayor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6081</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 17-nation eurozone grows 0 percent in quarter as Germany remains the only large economy to post expansion. Even the Netherlands’ economy shrinks 0.2 percent, signaling no quick recovery for the euro area Two men are the only customers of an almost empty terrace in the Plaza Mayor, in Madrid. Spain has announced that its economy is back in recession. AP photoThe eurozone just avoided recession in early 2012 but the region’s debt crisis sapped the life out of the French and Italian economies and widened a split with paymaster Germany.Eurozone gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated in the first quarter, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat said yesterday.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6081/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lebanese army deploys in Tripoli areas hit by fighting</title><link>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6078</link> <comments>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6078#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:41:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MichaelVail</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flashpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AFP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ahmed Jaber]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jabal Mohsen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[revolt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security forces]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Syria Street]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Syrian President Bashar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tension]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terrorist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thank God]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tripoli]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://stratrisks.com/?p=6078</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Lebanese army deployed Tuesday in sectors of Tripoli affected by clashes, calming the area after three days of sectarian fighting that killed nine people, an AFP correspondent said.Troops entered Syria Street, the frontline of fighting between the districts of Bab el-Tebbaneh, and Jabal Mohsen, at around 6:00 am (0300 GMT).Bab al-Tebbaneh sits opposite Jabal Mohsen, where the majority of residents are supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6078/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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