http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Chris+Woolfrey Politics Chris Woolfrey Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=298214&ca=Politics In recent months, the island of Cyprus has seen a renaissance. Tourism is booming, and in the TRNC the North Cyprus Property Boom has been marked as the peak of prosperity for the partitioned island;it has been named as one of the world's chief property hot spots. Politically, too, Cyprus has seen a... Politics Chris Woolfrey Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=296512&ca=Politics The divided island of Cyprus, split between the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and the Greek protected Republic of Cyprus, for 34 years, now sees a new round of peace talks, which began this morning (03/09/08). It is the fourth meeting between the leaders of the partitioned island since... Politics Chris Woolfrey Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=296539&ca=Politics Conceived and promoted by a team of journalists and experts including Peter Myers, Dr. Victoria Johnson and Andrew Simms, the 100 months problem is the idea that in roughly 8 years, our current lifestyles will have taken the earth beyond a revocable point when it comes to global warming and climate... Politics Chris Woolfrey Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=296174&ca=Politics In all the debates on the effects and implications of global warming, climate change and CO2 emissions, one thing can certainly be agreed; things are changing. There may or may not be reason to discredit the idea that climate change is a man-made phenomena, and there may or may not - though this wri... Politics Chris Woolfrey Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=295739&ca=Politics Over the last year, two key concepts have reigned over all others: the economy and the environment. Like opposing forces they push and pull at one another, with economic downturns running counter to calls for increased spending on the environment, including renewable energy development and sustainab... Politics Chris Woolfrey Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=295076&ca=Politics World population growth is accelerating. True, the rate has halved since the historical peak of 2.2% in the 1960s, but estimates show that by 2050, population numbers will be close to 9 billion - almost 3 billion more than current rates. Increased growth has led to the concept of the mega city; huge... Politics Chris Woolfrey Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=293588&ca=Politics With the post-Olympic headlines understandably focused on the sporting achievements of the likes of Usain Bolt and his domination of the sprint events, or team G.B's new record gold medal tally, it is perhaps expected that that which dominated media coverage before the event - the environmental poli... Politics Chris Woolfrey Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=293651&ca=Politics After the detailed media coverage that surrounded the Beijing Olympics highlighted the dubious effect that a highly populated nation can have on the world's environment, some of the earth's major cities are expected to come under the microscope with regards to their CO2 emissions policies. As popula... Politics Chris Woolfrey Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=291527&ca=Politics Since the dominance of the Ottoman Empire during the middle of the last millennium, Turkey - in various forms - has been a prominent force in both European and middle eastern politics. It has continually exerted a sphere of influence over the two continents, and never committed to both; in that resp... Politics Chris Woolfrey Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=291001&ca=Politics It was announced this week that genuinely committed talks on the reunification of Cyprus would come into effect in September of this year. Demetris Christofias, the Greek Cypriot president, met with the Turkish Cypriot president Mehmet Ali Talat on the 28th of August, and both are reportedly keen to...