Re: ESU origins..

Obviously, many possible precursors, and all possibly part of a mix.

I'm embarrassed how much of this is news to me.

Doug

Bob Blanchett <bob.blanchett@gmail.com> wrote on 11/22/2011 05:22:41 AM:

> From: Bob Blanchett <bob.blanchett@gmail.com>
> To: gzg@firedrake.org
> Date: 11/22/2011 06:19 AM
> Subject: ESU origins..
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> An excellent precursor for the ESU might be the current SCO The
Shanghai
> Cooperation Organization
> On 22/11/2011 5:00 PM, <gzg-d-request@firedrake.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Phillip Atcliffe <atcliffe@ntlworld.com>
> >
> > Peter Thoenen wrote on 11/21/2011 11:03:02 AM:
> >  >> Just caught this off a economic blog I follow:
> >
> >  >> "On 18 November 2011, the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and
> > Russia signed an agreement, setting a target of establishing the
> > Eurasian Union by 2015. The agreement included the roadmap for the
> > future integration and established the Eurasian Commission and the
> > Eurasian Economic Space, which both will start work on 1 January
2012."
<<
> >
> > On 21/11/2011 18:20, Doug Evans wrote:
> >  > And I mis-read 'Eurasian Economic Space' as a precursor for the S
in
> > ESU. ;->= <
> >
> > What intrigues me is the use of the word "Space" in this context.
Either
> > there's nuance about that word in Russian that isn't obvious to
> > Westerners, or the three presidents are showing unusual mathematical
> > knowledge for politicians... or they're thinking a long way ahead.
> > Didn't the ESU /start /as the "Eurasian Union" in the GZGverse?
Hmmm...
> >
> > Phil
> >