The geopolitical implications of Israel's apology to Turkey
Israel's apology to Turkey for the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid represents both a diplomatic coup for President Obama and a significant shift in the geopolitics of the Mideast region.
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The Geopolitical Implications of Israel's Strike on Syria
After months of tension and indecision Israel has taken limited military action against Syria. This represents an apt point of time to reflect upon the geopolitical significance of this action for the region.
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Golan Tremors
The exchange of fire between Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights region has vast geopolitical implications for the wider region.
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Facebook Turns Off Facial Recognition In The EU, Gets The All-Clear On Several Points From Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner On Its Review
The ongoing investigation into Facebook's transparency on user data and privacy by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has come to a positive conclusion for the social network. The DPC, whose decisions had wider-ranging implications for all of Facebook's business in Europe, had made several recommendations earlier in the year to bring Facebook's policies in line with that of data protection regulations in the region. And it has now officially announced that "the great majority of the recommendations have been fully implemented to the satisfaction of this Office." Key to Facebook's success is that it is turning off its facial recognition features, also known as "Tag Suggest": This feature has already been turned off for new users in the EU, the DPC notes, "and templates for existing users will be deleted by 15 October."
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NASA Voyage To Explore Link Between Sea Saltiness and Climate
DevotedSkeptic sends this excerpt from NASA: "A NASA-sponsored expedition is set to sail to the North Atlantic's saltiest spot to get a detailed, 3-D picture of how salt content fluctuates in the ocean's upper layers and how these variations are related to shifts in rainfall patterns around the planet. The research voyage is part of a multi-year mission, dubbed the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS), which will deploy multiple instruments in different regions of the ocean. ... They will return with new data to aid in understanding one of the most worrisome effects of climate change — the acceleration of Earth's water cycle. As global temperatures go up, evaporation increases, altering the frequency, strength, and distribution of rainfall around the planet, with far-reaching implications for life on Earth."
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