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  • Why the West Keeps Misreading Iran – On Purpose: A Resilient Tech Power, Not Another Iraq, Syria or Lybia, nor Lebanon

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    Will Iran be the US’s last stand? Their second, penultimate Vietnam? Yes it will. Here’s why. The Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently been underestimated in Western strategic thinking because its internal structure and capabilities make it far more resilient than examples like Iraq, Syria, or Libya. Whilst Western politicians still sell their publics a…

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    Jeremiah Josey

  • 2015: The Year For the Downside of Solar Energy and the Upside of Banking

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    How financial success for some doesn’t equate to project success for others. Photographer: Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images Downside of Solar? Yes, downside.  The side where you slide down and things get easier and more efficient, and lower priced, and better, and people want more of it. That’s what is happening with solar power.  Look at this…

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    Jeremiah Josey

  • Seasons Greetings and Financial Events for 2014

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    Setting the scene for 2015 based on what has happened in 2014 As we close the chapter on 2014 and turn our attention to what lies ahead for 2015, I think I can safely say that 2014 has been like no other. I’ve been studying the financial markets for several years and the signs are…

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    Jeremiah Josey

  • We are the Russians – Here We Come!

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    How studying secular-rational values helps you understand a culture. Ever wonder about the psychology of the Russian people? Let’s look at where they come from. What are some headlines about Russia as a country?  (Just a few, because there are many): So lots of space for people, lots of space for food for the people…

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    Jeremiah Josey

  • A Letter to President Obama

    Inspired by witnessing a lack lustre presentaion This is a letter I sent to US President Barack Obama today, 4 September 2009. I had just watched a couple of his weekly radio address, in particular the one from 28th February 2009 where he is about to release the US federal budget, containing two key elements:…

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    Jeremiah Josey

  • The surge of US troops in Afghanistan is fundamentally flawed

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    The US – again – misreading a nation, or is there another agenda? Why? Because the strategy is short term focused, and forgets about what is really going on: a nation of disgruntled people with not much else to do, except wait for an exceptionally bleak future to roll over them. This disgruntled state is…

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    Jeremiah Josey