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New Russian ballistic missle system Club-K would massively cut down global trade

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The new ballistic system Club-K, developed by Russia, is aimed at small countries, "to defend their sovereignty" against the super powers.  Three to Four Cruise Missiles could be hidden in Cargo Boxes on Container Ships and send to any point in the world. This would be a way for rogue states to use free trade on the oceans for military and political purposes. When this technology will become real and Russia is going to sell it to countries which are declared enemies of the West, it could have a huge effect on global trade.

Something new: Economy controls Politics?

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The rating agency Standard & Poor is putting force on European governments, by downgrading the credit ranking on Greece and Spain. It is getting tougher for these countries to gain credits from private banks, from now on. It is an exceptional situation, as normally it is the other way around, politics controls economics. Spain and Greece are countries, that have a political tendency towards the left, which means, a greater part of society is controlled by politics, than in more modest countries like Germany, England or the Netherlands. This also means, that the state is involved in a lot of business, which should really be private. It seems, that all preconditions are true at the moment, that political change is triggered by global economics.