October 2011 ~ İBG Blog

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs: The magician

11:28 PM Apple, Economist, incredible, Industries, Mr Jobs, Steve Jobs, Technology industry, The magician

The revolution that Steve Jobs led is only just beginning. When it came to putting on a show, nobody else in the computer industry, or any other industry for that matter, could match Steve Jobs. His product launches, at which he would stand alone on a black stage and conjure up an “incredible” new electronic gadget in front of an awed crowd, were the performances of a master showman. All computers do is fetch and shuffle numbers,...

Russia and China veto new UN sanctions against the Syrian regime

2:05 PM China, International relations, Middle East, Middle East Studies, Political Science, POLITICS, Russia, Syria, syrian revolt, syrian revolution, syrian uprising, UN Sanctions, veto

As the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Syria continues, Russia and China have blocked an effort by Western nations to impose new sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.After last-minute negotiations delayed a United Nations Security Council vote on Tuesday evening, Russia and China exercised their veto right and quashed a European-led resolution threatening Syria with sanctions.Germany, Britain, France and Portugal...

İsa Burak Gonca graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Eastern Mediterranean University of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Masters Program in Political Science and International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of Yeditepe University. He is now a PhD Candidate in the Field of the International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Suleyman Demirel University. He is currently doing his PhD studies on China's energy security and geoeconomic interests in Central Asia.