Last week Russia launched a satellite designed and made in Israel.
The satellite can detect objects about the size of an open magazine. Cool!
The first mission seems to be to gather data (on Alias it is called …

There are four countries that are driving the global growth of stock markets. Three of them are in Asia – China, Russia and India. The fourth is Brazil (it’s not in Asia. But, then you …

There has been a lot of talk about Chinese Piracy and concessions cracking down on the Chinese. 
What I read today reminded me of an old Carpenter’s song that was song by the brother of the bunch, Richard Carpenter.
The …

Doing business anywhere, in Russia, Korea, Japan China or elsewhere depends on good communication among partners and unfortunately among the political leaders as well..boneheaded as they may be.
Dr. Volonstov wrote about how Russia may be …

Dr. Alexander Voronstov recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations between North Korea and Russia and that relationship’s in Asia.
Dr. Volontsov pointed out that a key to maintaining public relations with North Korea …

Dr. Alexander Volonstov of the Brookings Institution is Head of the Department for Korean and Mongolian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He also serves as Vice Secretary General for ISKS. …

Dr. Bojiang Yang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations in North East Asia.
Of the five speakers, Dr. Yang was the most difficult to follow. It had much to do with not being …

Ford is motoring along. Their sales soared 85% in the first quarter in a country where they are still the biggest foreign automaker – Russia.
Their Focus compact sedan led the way complemented by an expanded credit …

The Moscow Times reported that now is the time to book your dacha.
I remember these things and the love my Russian friends had for them. They can only be visited during the summer, which comes on …

Russia’s economy has grown at an average of 7% over the past five years.
The dollar income per capita has risen by nearly 29% each year over the same period – that’s faster that China. Whoa!
How …