SQYX __________ Ambassador At Large XXII __________ SQYX: NATO : Understanding Membership TERMS & CONDITIONS : Joint And Several Actors : USA President Trump Vitriolics : Common Cause Missions

BREAKING NEWS TRAVEL BAN BLOCK UPHELD BY COURT : "drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination" BREAKING NEWS
TRUMP : KING OF THE WORLD : PUTIN
SIXTY FIVE MILLION PEOPLE SURVIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS : CHILDREN ENDURING IMPOVERISHMENT SEARCHING OUT HOPE
MAY 25TH SINCE TIME BEGAN : salus populi suprema est lex - the right of the people is the supreme law : IN TRUTH WE TRUST 2017 ADE
THE ESSENTIALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL JUSTICE
THE SLIPPERY SIPRI SLOPE : 1000 : YEARS OF PEACE IS POSSIBLE

UNDERSTANDING NATO MEMBERSHIP TREATY : 2% : DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO

FUNDING : DIRECT & INDIRECT : FUNDING

Compared To

RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES TO EUROPE

TRUMPCARE vs OBAMCARE

SIPRI REPORT : "The USA’s spending returns to growth; Saudi Arabia’s spending falls significantly

The United States remains the country with the highest annual military expenditure in the world. US military spending grew by 1.7 per cent between 2015 and 2016 to $611 billion. Military expenditure by China, which was the second largest spender in 2016, increased by 5.4 per cent to $215 billion, a much lower rate of growth than in previous years. Russia increased its spending by 5.9 per cent in 2016 to $69.2 billion, making it the third largest spender. Saudi Arabia was the third largest spender in 2015 but dropped to fourth position in 2016. Spending by Saudi Arabia fell by 30 per cent in 2016 to $63.7 billion, despite its continued involvement in regional wars. India’s military expenditure grew by 8.5 per cent in 2016 to $55.9 billion, making it the fifth largest spender.

The growth in US military expenditure in 2016 may signal the end of a trend of decreases in spending, which resulted from the economic crisis and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. US spending in 2016 remained 20 per cent lower than its peak in 2010. ‘Despite continuing legal restraints on the overall US budget, increases in military spending were agreed upon by Congress,’ said Dr Aude Fleurant, Director of the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure (AMEX) programme. ‘Future spending patterns remain uncertain due to the changing political situation in the USA." : 2017 APRIL

SO, WHO MADE AMERICA THE WORLD'S COP ?

IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE & DEPLETES DOMESTIC BUDGET PROVISONS

"Figures released by the Russian Federal Treasury have confirmed that Russia's defence budget has been cut by 25.5% for 2017, falling from RUB3.8 trillion (USD65.4 billion) to RUB2.8 trillion." : JANE'S360 : ed n.b. RUB2.8T=USD49.3T (2017 May 25th)

USNEWS : BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

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UNDERSTANDING WAR CRIMES & CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

CAIRO 1921 CONFERENCE CREATING IRAQ : CHURCHILL & DH LAWRENCE

LEGACIES AS PATHWAYS : THE SPLITTING OF PALESTINE : ENDURING TRAGEDIES

EXTERNAL

DEBTLOAD

IT IS ALWAYS IMPERATIVE TO REESPECT HISTORICAL CAMPAIGNS

HOPE SPRINGS ENTERNAL WITHIN THE BREAST OF THOSE WHO BEAR THE JUST CAUSES

"“The whole history of the Middle East in the half century between 1919 and 1969 is a history of the undoing of the work of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and the settlements made after the First World War.” —Jon Kimche, Swiss journalist and author"

ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION 1825 : TREATY OF ST PETERSBURG

TWO ROW WAMPUM
WORLD'S OLDEST CONTINUOUS TRADE TREATY : HAUDENOSAUNEE & EMPIRE OF NETHERLANDS
COVENANT CHAIN

CHANGE IS RENEWAL IN EMBRACING FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORICAL PEACE COVENANTS AS BOLD PATHWAYS FOR TOMORROW

"The federal government then made three treaties with the Haudenosaunee in 1784, 1789 and 1794, proving that the Haudenosaunee were recognized as a legal political entity by the United States. At Fort Stanwix in 1784, the Haudenosaunee made their second treaty with the US recognizing the independent lands of the Haudenosaunee and establishing a formal boundary line. The Haudenosaunee were formally and legally recognized by the United States by virtue of this treaty. This boundary line was repeated, with minor adjustments in the next two treaties. Through these treaties, the two parties agreed to respect each other’s sovereignty. One of the most significant figures among the founding fathers who wrote the Constitution was Rufus King, who then became one of New York State’s first US senators. King equated Indian treaties with all other international treaties."