14 December 2011 Last updated at 16:04 GMT Time cited the influence of the Arab Spring in their decision Time Magazine’s choice for the person who made the single greatest impact in 2011 is The Protester. The pick reflects the importance of demonstrations during 2011 – from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street and [...]
Tag: influence
December 15, 2011
December 14, 2011
US Envoy: Better Ties With Burma No Threat to China
The U.S. special envoy to Burma says Washington’s improved relations with the southeast Asian country should not be seen as a threat to China. Derek Mitchell told reporters Tuesday at the end of a visit to Beijing that the U.S. does not intend for its relationship with Burma to have any “negative influence on Burma-China [...]
December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
November 22, 2011
November 17, 2011
November 17, 2011
Obama tells Asia US ‘here to stay’ as a Pacific power
President Barack Obama has vowed to expand US influence in the Asia-Pacific region and “project power and deter threats to peace” there, even as he reduces defence spending and winds down two wars. “The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay,” he declared in a speech to the Australian parliament, [...]
November 17, 2011
Obama Reaffirms Asia-Pacific Foreign Policy Shift
U.S. President Barack Obama has reaffirmed Washington’s “unbreakable alliance” with Australia during a speech to parliament in Canberra Thursday. Mr. Obama said the United States’s diplomatic focus would now shift from the war on terrorism to economic and security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region. He is the fourth U.S. president to address lawmakers in the [...]
November 16, 2011
US to send marines to Australia
16 November 2011 Last updated at 10:52 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Julia Gillard and Barack Obama announce details of the new military arrangement Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with [...]
October 25, 2011
How the Occupy movement won me over | David Haack
All of July, I worked at an awful exploitative job, for which I was paid $5 an hour under the guise of a “stipend”. Disillusioned, in August, I found the general assembly. I was captivated by their plan to occupy Wall Street – with one major objection. At the time, I was under the impression [...]