Japan workers told to go home and procreate

Japan workers told to go home and procreate

Posted from <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/28/japan-sexual-health>

Japan’s workers are being urged to switch off their laptops, go home early and use what little energy they have left on procreation, in the country’s latest attempt to avert demographic disaster.

In response, the labour ministry plans to submit a bill early next year exempting employees [...]

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Perception and Misperception between the US and UK

This morning brief links to an article that claims the NSA spied on Tony Blair while he was PM.
The US and Great Britain have enjoyed a “special relationship” since the 1940’s.  After WWII, Britain was no longer powerful enough to manage world affairs as effectively as it had before, and British leaders took to cuddling [...]

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Economy First

The same way the foreign policy debates foreshadowed the importance of economic policy in the coming administration, Obama’s first nominations also illustrate the current economic concerns. During the foreign policy debates, forecasted subjects such as China went completely unmentioned because their places were filled with vital economic converns which have overshadowed the American psyche. Unlike [...]

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More On The Much-Discussed Pirates…

Shippers Seek Naval Blockade of Somali Coast to Stop Piracy
Currently, countries surrounding Somalia are attempting to help with some level of control on the piracy taking place around the Somali coast. However, it is an unrealistic way of solving the problem because the coast is so long (over 2400 miles) and would require a grander-scale [...]

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The Challenge Obama’s Peace Platform: Security

The Challenge Obama’s Peace Platform: Security

From -> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1039874.html -> Obama’s Mideast peace platform is coming into focus.

“The crux of their plan to solve the conflict centers on four principles which they believe Obama ought to adopt and publicly declare as policy:
· An Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 lines, with [...]

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Clinton for… Secretary of State

Hillsry Clinton has been offered the appointed seat, and she has claimed that she will give up her seat in the senate to become the Obama administration’s Secretary of State. According to an article in the LA Times, “friends said the job was an irresistible one for Clinton, whereas the Senate may have lost some [...]

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Setting a Constructive Russia Agenda

Steven Pifer is an expert on Russian affairs at the Brookings Institution who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine during the Clinton administration, says U.S.-Russia relations have “deteriorated significantly” since the Putin-Bush summit of 2002. He suggests that the next administration try to return to negotiations on limiting strategic arms, something that President- Elect Obama [...]

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President’s Role in National Security

Ever since the creation of the New Deal policies developed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the emergence of the mdoern presidency has taken into effect with regards of the executive branch becoming the tool of establishing foreign policy. The strength of the structure of the national security apparatus of the United States adapts to the [...]

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We Have Been Typealyzed

Typealyzer
This website claims to analyze and categorize blogs.  According to Typealyzer, AFPblog is one of the Thinkers.

The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to
difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for
something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle
connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications.
They enjoy working with complex [...]

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Just Wanted to Get This In Before Somebody Else Did

Tuesday Map: Pirates sail the seven seas | FP Passport

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