August FDH Lounge News Nuggets

By Rick Morris

We’re adapting a segment that we have used on our show repeatedly in order to try to highlight some of the more intriguing news headlines going today.  We have also posted links here for geopolitical headlines in the past and we’ll work this into this theme.  Much like The FDH Lounge itself, we’ll try to keep it broad-based as far as what is catching our eye.

^ From Foreign Affairs, the implications of the power grab by Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood president.

^ From Forbes Magazine, the theory that China is running out of money.

^ From the UK’s Guardian, fears that Syria is exporting their chaos into Lebanon.

^ From Real Clear World, the many different fronts currently bringing trouble to Israel.

^ From Der Spiegel, investors are preparing for the worst with the Euro.

^ From Forbes Magazine, the troubling implications of Iraq becoming the #2 oil supplier in OPEC.

^ From The Diplomat, previewing a potential future conflict with China.

^ From the UK Telegraph, Iran is fighting to the bitter end in Syria.

^ From Global Post, what the epic Bo trial in China says about that society.

^ From The Economist, the South China Sea is fast becoming one of the world’s most consequential areas of dispute.