JORGE RODRIGUES SIMAO

MYTH 1: ISIS is crazy and irrational

If you want to understand the Islamic State, better known as ISIS, the first thing you have to know about them is that they are not crazy. Murderous adherents to a violent medieval ideology, sure. But not insane. Look at the history of ISIS's rise in Iraq and Syria. From the mid-2000s through today, ISIS and its predecessor group, al-Qaeda in Iraq, have had one clear goal: to establish a caliphate governed by an extremist interpretation of Islamic law. ISIS developed strategies for accomplishing that goal - for instance, exploiting the grievances non-extremist Sunni Iraqis have with their Shia-dominated government. Its tactics have evolved over the course of time in response to military defeats (as in 2008 in Iraq) and new opportunities (the Syrian civil war).

Brussels Attacks: Manhunt Underway as ISIS Claims Responsibility

L`EUROPE FACE AU DÉFI TERRORISTE - Le Monde 24 Mars 2016

L`horreur au coeur de Bruxelles - Libération 23.03.2013

Paris Terror Attacks

Barnier: The EU is at risk of disintegration

HojeMacau - Perspectivas - A Europa em risco de desintegração - 24.03.2016

“The European Union, in turn, would be diminished by Britain’s departure. Britain would cease to play its historic role of maintaining a balance between hostile blocks on the continent. Its departure would powerfully reinforce a process of economic and political disintegration that is already under way.”

The Tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival?

 George Soros and Gregor Schmitz

O sistema de controlo de fronteiras europeu teve fortes probabilidades de se estalar em pedaços, após a reunião a 7 de Março de 2016, entre a União Europeia (UE) e a Turquia. Estava em causa o problema dos imigrantes, pois mais de cinquenta mil refugiados da Síria e do Iraque inquietam a Grécia, que não sabe o destino a dar-lhes, enquanto os países próximos, liderados pela Áustria, constroem barreiras físicas e impõem rígidos controlos. O primeiro-ministro inglês e o presidente francês, entretanto, reuniram-se na França, por causa das comemorações relativas ao centenário aniversário da batalha do Somme, a mais sangrenta da I Guerra Mundial.

Are you balanced? Do you share your time, your energy, your life, as much with yourself as you do with those around you? We all know how simple it is to say “yes, yes, yes” each time someone makes a request. After all, it makes us feel good, makes us feel needed, and makes us feel loved. And the more we say yes, the more they ask of us. And we tell ourselves this is an example of even more love.

China: governo discute XIII Plano Quinquenal

China explica novo plano quinquenal em versos cantados em inglês

HOJEMACAU-PERSPECTIVAS-O DËCIMO TERCEIRO PLANO QUINQUENAL DA CHINA

“China’s plan to lift all of its poor people out of poverty by 2020 concerns whether the country can fulfill its goal building  a moderately prosperous society in all respects throughout  the next five years. The Chinese Government has prioritized its poverty alleviation plan across the nation, and has already set in motion the process to improve the living standards of an estimated 70 million people living under the country’s poverty line.”

Beijing Review, Vol 59, No 9, March 3, 2016

O “Décimo Terceiro Plano Quinquenal” para o período de 2016 a 2020 foi aprovado na “Quinta Sessão Plenária do Décimo Oitavo Comité Central do Partido Comunista da China”, celebrada em Pequim, de 26 a 29 de Outubro de 2015, e constitui uma referência decisiva, num período capital do processo de reforma e abertura da China. Quer pelo seu contexto, como pelo seu conteúdo e expectativas, está condenado a ser um documento essencial na longa transição chinesa.