Comments on: G8 and EU Growing Pains

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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:02:21 +0000

[...] at OTB notes attempts to put together a “Union of the Mediterranean” There’s no way this will end up being anything but a centraization of government, again. [...]

By: Rick DeMent

Rick DeMent — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:55:50 +0000

Russia is also an oil exporter ...

nuff said

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:27:04 +0000

Russia has the 11th largest GDP in the world. Not in the class of the U. S., China, or Japan but not a lightweight, either.

Fair enough. Indeed, they're slightly ahead of India on the list. And Mexico, at 15, is higher than I would have guessed.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:24:48 +0000

The addition of Russia, a major regional actor but an economic lightweight,

Russia has the 11th largest GDP in the world. Not in the class of the U. S., China, or Japan but not a lightweight, either.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:52:30 +0000

It interests me that the people who have been arguing against the buyout fever in private industry of late, which results on massive companies which tend to be less responsive to and less respectful of individuals, tend to hold their silence when governments play the same game, as in the EU, or in this case.