Greece

And the circle is complete.

"Years ago, Vladimir Putin suggested that there could be a [HTML_REMOVED]#8220;Greater Europe[HTML_REMOVED]#8221; stretching from Lisbon, Portugal, on the Atlantic to the Russian city of Vladivostok on the Pacific. The EU, under Washington[HTML_REMOVED]#8217;s thumb, ignored him. Then the Chinese started dreaming about and planning new Silk Roads that would, in reverse Marco Polo fashion, extend from Shanghai to Venice (and then on to Berlin).

Thanks to a set of cross-pollinating political institutions, investment funds, development banks, financial systems, and infrastructure projects that, to date, remain largely under Washington[HTML_REMOVED]#8217;s radar, a free-trade Eurasian heartland is being born. It will someday link China and Russia to Europe, Southwest Asia, and even Africa. It promises to be an astounding development. Keep your eyes, if you can, on the accumulating facts on the ground, even if they are rarely covered in the American media. They represent the New Great - emphasis on that word - Game in Eurasia."

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176026/tomgram%3A_pepe_escobar%2C_the_pivot_to_eurasia/

Concentration of power isn't a good thing.

Free trade agreements done in secret aren't a good thing.