Geopolitics

While I was waiting for a draft resolution from a natural gas distributing company listed on the stock market which shares I own, I decided to learn more about the topic - Natural gas, and one of the really interesting subjects to explore - Natural Gas Reserves by country. But before getting straight to the numbers, let's find out more about Natural gas: Why it's important and what you need to know As the world looks to diversify its energy mix one source, natural gas, is becoming…

China is planning an international tourism zone in its northeastern border area with Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Tumen River Delta international tourism area will include part of China's Hunchun City, as well as a 10 sq km plot each from Russia and DPRK, said the government of China's Jilin Province. The three sides will jointly build tourism facilities. At the ongoing annual session of the provincial legislature, Jiang Chaoliang, governor of Jilin, said…

<p>Yesterday I posted about&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reinisfischer.com/kyrgyzstan-join-eurasian-union">Kyrgyzstan joining Eurasian Union</a>, but forget to write about Armenia - so here is the deal (Original on RT)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his signature to a law that makes Armenia a full member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) from January 2, 2015.</p><p>The document signed Tuesday will add the 3 million people in…

<p>I have been watching closely developments of Eurasian Union since 2010. Yesterday at hotels room in Bakuriani, I had a chance to watch Russian TV (I watch TV rarely and only in hotels)</p><p>Russian news were reporting some interesting (I would say funny) news - and one of them was about that&nbsp;Kyrgyzstan to join Eurasian Union:</p><p>After three years of negotiations, Kyrgyzstan has signed up to join the Moscow-led Eurasian Union, a protectionist post-…

<p>More than year a ago I published article&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reinisfischer.com/turkey-could-join-eurasian-union">Turkey could join Eurasian Union</a>&nbsp;were I tried to compare economy of Turkey by using GDP and GDP per capita for time period 2000-2012.</p><p>I found that Turkey might reach $1 trillion of GDP by the end of 2016, so did I found that Economy of Turkey has increased for about 3 times (2000-2012)</p><p>I did used…

<p>A joint statement from the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission.</p><blockquote><ul><li><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission, join…

<p>Not so far away Germany and Russia, seemed like close bodies, signing contracts, making smaller EU nations to feel betrayed. Nord Stream project some even called a new Molotov - Ribbentrop pact, dividing Europe again.</p><p>Lately Germany, had took closer look at European Eastern Partnership, by trying to get Ukraine in. Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel personally is taking actions to make this happen.</p><p>And now - president of Germany, guy named…

15 former Soviet Union republics, then and now. In 1990 in the Soviet Union lived 287.728 million people. In 2012 in the former republics lived 290.587 million people, which is 0.98% increase. A pretty small increase for 22 years.   The thing is, not all former Soviet republics have developed equally in next 22 years, since the collapse of Soviet Union. Countries with population decrease: Country 1990 2012  Change mln  % Latvia 2.663 2.025 -0.638 -31.5 Lithuania…

In a world shaped by geopolitical dynamics, military spending plays a pivotal role in defining a nation's strategic capabilities. Let's delve into the realm of defense budgets and unveil the top 10 countries that invest significantly in their military apparatus.1. The World's Top 10 Richest Countries by Military Expenditures:United States: $682.478 billionChina: $166.107 billionRussia: $90.749 billionUnited Kingdom: $61.007 billionJapan: $59.267 billionFrance: $58.943 billionSaudi Arabia: $56.…