http://www.fpif.org/issues/financial FPIF Issues: Financial Flows Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:51 -0400 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/2mmyVwYvnzs/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 From the decline in democracy to the rise in the price of peace.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/2mmyVwYvnzs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/nplvIf_BmVE/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions http://www.fpif.org/blog/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions Mon, 13 May 2013 08:45:33 -0400 In order to qualify for the next loan installment, Prime Minister Coelho must convince the European Union and the IMF that he can make draconian cuts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/nplvIf_BmVE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/ykXTFV4dkvs/us_explores_military_engagement_with_burmas_brutal_military http://www.fpif.org/blog/us_explores_military_engagement_with_burmas_brutal_military Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400 In its rush to jump on the Burma investment bandwagon, the U.S. is actually exploring working with Burma's army.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/ykXTFV4dkvs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/us_explores_military_engagement_with_burmas_brutal_military http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/MNrsK2irjUc/burma_as_capable_of_scapegoating_muslims_as_anybody http://www.fpif.org/blog/burma_as_capable_of_scapegoating_muslims_as_anybody Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0400 Burma's Muslims are caught in a cross-fire between Chinese and Western investment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/MNrsK2irjUc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/burma_as_capable_of_scapegoating_muslims_as_anybody http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/74X03w7JsDA/explaining_the_cyprus_shakedown http://www.fpif.org/articles/explaining_the_cyprus_shakedown Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:07:07 -0400 Despite Cyprus' small size, the implications of its bailout deal deal could have serious consequences for the eurozone.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/74X03w7JsDA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/explaining_the_cyprus_shakedown http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/hBi8iyiyBPY/tunisia_and_the_imf_ennahdas_mana_from_washington_part_two http://www.fpif.org/blog/tunisia_and_the_imf_ennahdas_mana_from_washington_part_two Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400 Despite reservations, both Washington and Paris have decided that, when it comes to Tunisia, the horse they are going to ride is the Ennahda party.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/hBi8iyiyBPY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/tunisia_and_the_imf_ennahdas_mana_from_washington_part_two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/YqGVHaLMJQQ/structural_adjustment_former_president_ben_alis_gift_to_tunisia_part_one http://www.fpif.org/blog/structural_adjustment_former_president_ben_alis_gift_to_tunisia_part_one Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:57:18 -0400 Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/YqGVHaLMJQQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/structural_adjustment_former_president_ben_alis_gift_to_tunisia_part_one http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/AemRNSzLwtA/wall_streets_climate_finance_bonanza http://www.fpif.org/articles/wall_streets_climate_finance_bonanza Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:31:16 -0400 An elite group of developed countries appears to be on the brink of instigating yet another corporate handout and big bank giveaway--this time in the name of fighting climate change.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/AemRNSzLwtA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/wall_streets_climate_finance_bonanza http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/X7LY72B7EFw/the_great_afghan_corruption_scam http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_great_afghan_corruption_scam Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:58:51 -0400 The U.S. flooded Afghanistan with military and aid funds, while expediently skipping any process of oversight, and so turned Operation Enduring Freedom into Operation Enduring Corruption.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/X7LY72B7EFw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_great_afghan_corruption_scam http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~3/k4EpYxs74AM/sopac_expedites_new_seabed_mining_legislation_for_lockheed_martin http://www.fpif.org/blog/sopac_expedites_new_seabed_mining_legislation_for_lockheed_martin Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:00:00 -0400 An organization intended, in part, to assess coastal protection and geo-hazards seems, instead, to be working on behalf of Lockheed Martin.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/FinancialFlows/~4/k4EpYxs74AM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/sopac_expedites_new_seabed_mining_legislation_for_lockheed_martin