London, March 22, 2009
Hindustan Times (India)
A leading British thinktank has warned of the "grave threat" of social unrest in response to the global recession over the next two years.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in a paper published Friday, rated the risk of upheaval that could “disrupt economies and topple governments” as “high or very high” in 95 countries. “Popular anger around the world is growing as a result of rising unemployment, pay cuts and freezes, bail-outs for banks, and falls in house prices and the value of savings and pension funds," said the EIU paper, entitled Manning the Barricades.
“As people lose confidence in the ability of governments to restore stability, protests look increasingly likely.” A spate of incidents in recent months had shown that the global economic downturn was having political repercussions.
“This is being seen as a harbinger of worse to come. There is growing concern about a possible global pandemic of unrest,” said the paper. Top of the list of high-risk countries were Zimbabwe, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia and Sudan.
However, three of the European Union's neighbours — Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia-Herguegovina — were rated as being at “very high risk” of social upheaval. The paper pointed out that two European governments —in Iceland and in Latvia — had already fallen as a result of crisis.
In Europe, Britain was “not immune” from the danger of serious social unrest and “more likely” to suffer from it than Germany and the Netherlands, but “less likely” than France and the US. A lot depended on how United States President Barack Obama responded to pressure to “defend American jobs and companies against foreign imports,” said the paper.
“As the downturn worsens, far more intense and long-lasting events can be expected, such as armed rebellions, military coups, civil conflicts and perhaps even wars between states,” it said.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in a paper published Friday, rated the risk of upheaval that could “disrupt economies and topple governments” as “high or very high” in 95 countries. “Popular anger around the world is growing as a result of rising unemployment, pay cuts and freezes, bail-outs for banks, and falls in house prices and the value of savings and pension funds," said the EIU paper, entitled Manning the Barricades.
“As people lose confidence in the ability of governments to restore stability, protests look increasingly likely.” A spate of incidents in recent months had shown that the global economic downturn was having political repercussions.
“This is being seen as a harbinger of worse to come. There is growing concern about a possible global pandemic of unrest,” said the paper. Top of the list of high-risk countries were Zimbabwe, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia and Sudan.
However, three of the European Union's neighbours — Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia-Herguegovina — were rated as being at “very high risk” of social upheaval. The paper pointed out that two European governments —in Iceland and in Latvia — had already fallen as a result of crisis.
In Europe, Britain was “not immune” from the danger of serious social unrest and “more likely” to suffer from it than Germany and the Netherlands, but “less likely” than France and the US. A lot depended on how United States President Barack Obama responded to pressure to “defend American jobs and companies against foreign imports,” said the paper.
“As the downturn worsens, far more intense and long-lasting events can be expected, such as armed rebellions, military coups, civil conflicts and perhaps even wars between states,” it said.
25 comments:
Why wait two more years to see Hun Xen topple, why not now?
People Power!! Let get him out!
I dont see any Unrest! Khmers now afraid of Hunsen like a mouse and a cat! Hun sen and his cronies do whatever they want! Pol pot already put War mentality fears into khmer mind! Hun sen is just a lucky son of a bitch! Wait for peaceful way like SAM RAINSY he can wait in the next 3 lives...nothin gonna happen! hun sen fears the most people revolution...but people is too scare! So hun sen laugh his ass off and even turn the fear around and threat people that he wll make a war if they dont choose him! This is so clear!
YEP I AGREED WITH 7:18 UNTILL THER"S ANOTHER BRAVE MAN LIKE POL POT DID TO LONNOL! NOTHING GONNA KICK HUN SEN OUT! AND HE RULES FOREVER! SAM RAINSY DOING NOW JUST TO HELP HUN SEN LOOKS EVEN BETTER COSMETICALLY AND HUN SEN KNOW VERY WELL THAT PUUSYCAT SRP CANT DO A DAMN THING TO HIM HE LEAVES SAM RAINSY ALIVE TODAY TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK EVEN BETTER! HE NEEDS ONE POWERELESS OPPOSITION ANYWAY!
God will topple him soon.
No concern here, our armor tanks and cannons are in great shape await pouk Ah Scam Rainxy to make a move.
God will explode the armor tanks.
It is one of the signs of "the end of the world". Can you not see it yet? Slowly but surely it is like the rainfall during Noah's day. The global chaotic moments are already in motion, can you not see it yet? Exponentially, the world most fearful time in mankind history is creeping nearer every day. Just keep your eyes and ears open.
look like 9:32 Mi Kadouy Hanoi Hooker, Saigon Sucker, GI Boom Boomer manage to pop up every comment in this blog. No matter what you try your preach, there will never be Indochina. Khmer doesn't eat dog like youn does.
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10:31PM.
This 9:32 can be Vietnamese or Khmer whose family tied to the Vietnamese by marriage.
The well trained Viet spies speak good of Khmers and pretend to go along with Khmers, but as soon as they know our secrets, somebody would be missing in the middle of the night, then the same spies came back pretended to share pain with us.
Don't expose ourselves to others even you see them often, but act like a professional.
K-5 is an example, the strategy of Vietnamese to caught the Khmer nationalists. They can make a Vietnamese spy looks & sounds just like you or me.
Dumb! Dumb! God will do nothing to Hun Sen if he turns to believes in God, as Duch does, because Jesus will save those who commit tons of sin, while the Buddha let them suffer the consequences of their own evil acts. If the right time comes for people to oust him, of course they will. Nothing stays permanent.
. . .I agree that sooner or later, around 2025, there will be a big chaos or natural disaster, as some scientists recently predicted.
Born Buddhist like myself I explored other religions, such as a largest religion Christianity.
I understood different from you (11:54PM).
A case like Duch who turned to God because he is willing no more to killing other lives he was ordered to do. Duch foresook evils and now follows righteousness. If his repentance is sincere, who knows he may be forgiven by GOD, but if not sincere, he will face the last judgment day, we Buddhists called Sassna pleung chhess kal.
Our Lord Buddha teaches us the way of life but still many criminals get away from the crimes. Look at aroud us, the criminals are mostly powerful people.
I don't think we realy understood why or when the criminals will be judged, all we know we are sinners (manuss mean Bab), and if we are not sinners we would not be here on earth, we would be gone to heaven like Lord Buddha and never again be born.
If we are Buddhists really believe in sin or babkam or kama, then what we Khmers received are from our past karma we did. Who knows we are today may be we were living in the past lives and we may had done too many evil deeds to others.
I don't feel bad or angry why Hun Sen the uneducated guy can be a leader. Like Cuban friend of mine said why the butcher Fidel Castro stays in power for too long? or why Chavez a new socialist dictator rises to power in venezuela? or why Than Shwe a military dictator rules Burma, and so on?
Hey,
Look on the bright side, under Hun Sen -- everyone has a job. When a teacher come to get pay for the month, uncle Hun Sen demand that a portion of the salary be paid to his CPP members. In order to keep the job, uncle Hun Sen everyone to pay for it under his kingdom.
Another facts about uncle Hun Sen education system is that a teacher needs to pay the CPP member at least 3,000-4,000 USD in order to transfer to teach in another school or township.
Uncle Hun Sen demands that whenever his cronies travel anywhere in the Kingdom -- that the National Road be close just for their convenient.
Uncle Hun Sen Police Forces' job are keep Khmer citizen terrorize and dirt poor in order to control the people at all levels. Every corner in Battambang filled with these police body that stopped motorist and extorted money for their own gain.
The people of "dey kraharm" were displaced. Uncle Hun Sen & Aunty Bunrany Hun Sen Red Cross were no-where to offer the people of any water or food. Khmer people Loves uncle Hun Sen.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE 1.7 MILLION SOULS PERISHED WASN'T ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE LOVES TO BE OPPRESSED AND TERRORIZED BY THE MAN THEY VOTED FOR.
Let's go Pouk Ah Scam Rainxy. We're ready whenever you are.
Old dog never learned a new trick. When will you stopped using word "Ah Scam Rainxy", It's not honorable to attack uncle Hun Sen's kingdumb.
After more than a decade of peace and stability, Cambodia appears almost all the time in negative indicators. Is it coincidence or it is the reality?
9:32
You and your fake Phd have to learn how to use it first in order to be ready.
Here's a tip for you:
Aim the canon at your father Huynh Sen.... better yet, line him up with his fat wife and pretend that they were posing for a picture. Hit the red button and run as fast as you can to join them. Write back if it doesn't work. Bitches!
1:07AM,
You are mistaken by thinking that I had never attended church services. I had been trained as church teacher for Khmers in the state of WA in 1983. These days, even if I am a Buddhist, going to the temple every week, I still watch Dr. Richard, Mr. Joel Osteen, Mrs. Joy Meyer, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and many more pastors on TV every week; but nothing can surpass the Buddha's teachings.
. . .and aloow me to add just a little bit: Do not be mistaken by thinking that Bible was written before the Buddha time. It was wriiten long after that; therefore, a lot of similar ideas have passed down from the former to the later!
Khmer people will stand up and fight to remove hun sen from power sooner or later. Even now hun sen fears internal uprising from within cpp.
oK! AH HUN XEN thing of lightning too! Ah Hok landy come in to his dream every night!
oK! AH HUN XEN thing of lightning too! Ah Hok landy come in to his dream every night!
It will be very sad if any of the crisis problems will be dealt with force, that's just not the way to go here. I understand lots of people are not very happy but the idea here is to stay calm and let the government resolve the problem. I hope no wars break out.
Take care, Elli
No need to be concern with the financial crisis. Our armor tanks got pouk Ah Scam Rainxy name on it already.
If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):
Also known as:
Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Revolution Party
Khmer Rouge Party
Khmer Krorhorm Party - គណបក្សខ្មែរក្រហម
You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia.
You're support the killing at least twelve innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack in Cambodia.
You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.
You're support political assassination and killing in Cambodia.
You're support attempted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
You're support corruptions in Cambodia.
You're support murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).
You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin was a former Khmer Rouge commanders.
Now, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge leaders, since their leader (Pol Pot) is dead.
From 1975 to 1979, these Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.
From 1980 to present, these Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for killing innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997, assassinated journalists, political assassination and killing, murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire) and attempted assassinate and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Tribunal?
Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.
Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.
I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.
Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.
Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Torture
Execution
Massacre
Atrocities
War Crimes
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Regime had committed:
Assassination
Murder
Killing
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Intimidation
Death Threat
Threatening
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Mass Evictions
Land Grabbing
Corruptions
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Acid Attacks
Injustice
Steal Votes
Violate the Constitution
These are the Trade Marks of Hun Sen's Khmer Rouge Regime.
Under Hun Sen Regime, no criminals that has been committed murder and all other crimes within Hun Sen's government ever been brought to justice.
Information change without notice as it become available.
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