The World's Water Crises Are Already Hitting Food Production
Water is everywhere except when and where it is needed most. We see so much water that it has become invisible. We need a Blue Revolution or millions will go hungry. Click here to read more.
A 2010 Vision for Ireland – Breaking the Mould of "Victimhood"
We are no longer victims, we achieved before and will do so again.
Most of all are aware that Ireland is at a pivotal point at present. Click on this link to read how we can take the best from the Celtic Tiger years.
The Economy is Broken - How Do We Fix It?
The Blame Game is very satisfying, but until we take responsibility
for our own part in creating economic crisis we are condemned to
make the same mistakes over and over again, Click on this link to read
Richard Whelan's closely-argued discussion of international and national
lessons of the current Great Recession.
Back to the Future – Depression Mark 2
The Great Depression began in 1929, in 2009 now another has begun.
Richard Whelan says short-term “fixes” for past problems created market distortions which fanned the flames of the current meltdown in financial markets. Click on this link to read his closely-argued essay, add a comment, and mail a link to interested colleagues and friends.
See also: More of Richard's views (June 2009) on the Great Recession.
 Richard
Whelan:
- Author of acclaimed
study on Al Qaeda
- Expert on war
on terror
"Al-Qaedaism:
The Threat to Islam, The Threat to the World” was
published by Ashfield Press, Dublin, in October 2005, and
is available on Amazon.
It has been translated into Turkish under the supervision
of Prof Dr Huseyin Bagci of the Middle East Technical University,
and was published in Turkey in May 2006 by Platin.
Click here for
more information on "Al-Qaedaism: The Threat to Islam,
The Threat to the World”.
Click here to download a high-resolution photograph of the author
Richard Whelan, a recently retired senior partner in an international financial
services company, is a member of the International Institute
for Strategic Studies and the Belgian Royal Institute for
International Relations.
He has studied international politics
and strategic studies independently for over 30 years.
He has carried out extensive private research during that
period
focusing on terrorism, WMD, the nuclear balance, and non-proliferation,
the conflict in the Middle East, strategic developments
in the USSR and Russia, the people’s Republic of China
and Taiwan, the first Gulf War, and the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and related topics almost all of which has been
drawn upon in researching and writing “Al-Qaedaism
The Threat to Islam The Threat to the World”. |
