India: Muthalik's Plea

Chief of right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik begs the BJP's central leadership to change their decision, allowing him to join the BJP . The BJP had originally voted to have Muthalik part of their party but allegations of his misconduct has surfaced and denied his entry. A recent incident between Sri Ram Sene activists and a few bi-standards in a pub turned violent. These activists assaulted men and women and acting in an "obscene manner". That incident  jeoperdized Mithalik's chances of joining the BJP party. I can understand  why the BJP decided to let Mithalik go. If they would have allowed Mithalik into their party knowing what his right wing activities had done, The public would be outraged. Like any democratic government system, the voters place a significant importance in electing leaders to serve in each party. The people would not want anyone of the members condoning in violence amongst their own people so  Mithalik's acceptance to the BJP was right to be abolished. Mithalik is now begging to have his spot back and it is unclear if the PBJ is willing to budge. I agree with their decision and do not find their decision unreasonable. Th




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India:Muthalik's Plea

Chief of right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik begs the BJP's central leadership to change their decision, allowing him to join the BJP . The BJP had originally voted to have Muthalik part of their party but allegations of his misconduct has surfaced and denied his entry. A recent incident between Sri Ram Sene activists and a few bi-standards in a pub turned violent. These activists assaulted men and women and acting in an "obscene manner". That incident  jeoperdized Mithalik's chances of joining the BJP party. I can understand  why the BJP decided to let Mithalik go. If they would have allowed Mithalik into their party knowing what his right wing activities had done, The public would be outraged. Like any democratic government system, the voters place a significant importance in electing leaders to serve in each party. The people would not want anyone of the members condoning in violence amongst their own people so  Mithalik's acceptance to the BJP was right to be abolished. Mithalik is now begging to have his spot back and it is unclear if the PBJ is willing to budge. In my opinion I don't not disagree with the BJP's decision. I think they made right move in taking Mithalik's out of BJP.

China and U.S. Solar Trade Agreement

In this article, China and the U.S. have had mayor disagreements with the transportation of solar panel materials from one country to another. Recently, China had finalized their tariffs and duties against the U.S. polysilicon suppliers. China is sticking to their original proposal to provide an antidumping penalty of 53-57 percent on a roster of US suppliers, and 2-49 percent on a smaller list of South Korean suppliers, all in effect for five years starting January 20.These long months of trying to settle an agreement has tarnished the profit margins of these companies in China producing these particular material. This article has some substantial detail of  the ongoing debate and to sum it up, both parties a negatively affected by not coming to terms with a solution. I can  agree with both sides and think that is China is more reasonable with  the amount of tariff they want to charge to the U.S. Editor James Montgomery believes that, "Any U.S. companies importing solar products or components need to make sure their suppliers are participating if they are called upon -- if they don't they'll likely be hit with big penalties, and the importing company will be fully liable".  Montgomery stresses on this alarming neglect by the U.S. when this whole debate began.  This whole debate is a little fuzzy to me because this prolonged debate is not only affecting both the U.S. and China's economy, it also affects the workers and business corporations. 

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/01/us-china-solar-trade-update-another-battle-or-a-path-to-peace

Russia: Why Russia really wants Crimea

        Over these past weeks, Russia has been a major topic of discussion when Russian military invaded Ukraine. This article provided an simple out look on the conflict between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his forceful tactics to dominate Crimea.  Gregory Feifer claims that Putin wants to gain control of Crimea because, " Putin sees Westernization in Russia’s southern neighbor as an existential threat to his regime, if not in the way the Kremlin formulates it". Putin's motives are only beneficial to himself and not Russia. By invading Crimea, Russia can forcibly demand Ukraine to uphold Putin's regime. Obviously, Putin does not want his capitalist government sink so he uses military tactics to try and scare Ukraine from becoming its own independent country. I don't agree with Putin's forceful tactics and think his actions are self centered and beneficial to his increase in wealth and not Russia's wealth fare. The U.S. Main concern is to defend the people of Ukraine and ensuring the safety of the people ofCrimea. President Obama has made it clear, if Putin pulls the trigger, the U.S.Army will be ready to fight. Right now, their is no telling what Putin has planned and for now the people of Ukraine are in constant fear of their lives. I just hope, the U.S.,Ukraine leaders, and Putin can compromise on a deal.


Article Link:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/russia/140307/russia-ukraine-crimea-putin-motives