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Tuesday, 21. August 2012  0 comment(s) |
 Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Researcher - The Global Security research programme "Legitimate rape", Todd Akin & GOP VP Candidate Paul RyanTodd Akin, a member of the House of Representatives Science Committee, seeking to become a US Senator, thinks women can somehow prevent themselves from becoming pregnant if they were raped. Scarily it fits in the no-science & subjugate women approach favored by Republicans across the country. |
| Monday, 2. May 2011 0 comment(s) |
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Researcher - The Global Security research programme The impact of Osama Bin Laden’s death on ISAFOsama Bin Laden’s death will have a number of consequences. One of them is likely to be that it will become more difficult to sustain the U.S. effort in Afghanistan. |
| Tuesday, 25. January 2011 1 comment(s) |
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Researcher - The Global Security research programme How did China learn to build 'stealth' planes?A week ago China introduced its first 5th generation jet, the J-20. There are multiple layers to the story, today's post concerns speculation about how China might have acquired technology that helped in the design and construction of the J-20. |
| Monday, 29. November 2010 1 comment(s) |
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Researcher - The Global Security research programme Wikileaks ja Tiitisen listaMitkä asiat todella vaarantavat kansallisen turvallisuuden? |
| Wednesday, 26. May 2010 0 comment(s) |
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Researcher - The Global Security research programme Transatlantic financial sector reformWe have just witnessed a week when transatlantic financial sector reform moved from words to deeds. This reassertion of state power on both sides of the Atlantic may be a harbinger of things to come – perhaps even a transatlantic free trade area. |
| Thursday, 6. May 2010 2 comment(s) |
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Researcher - The Global Security research programme Of black swans, wetlands, nuclear power and worst-case scenariosThe oil spill that has hit the U.S. coast and further threatens large swathes of the coast from Louisiana to Florida is a tragic accident, with extensive social, environmental and economic consequences. The event is a Black Swan and holds a precious lesson for Finland, as it makes decisions on nuclear power and finalizes demands that it will place on the potential nuclear power firms. |