ASEAN Union, Petition Shutdown, Monsanto's Nobel - New World Next Week

the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: ASEAN Countries Could Become Ground Zero For Another Proxy War

Use of Food Banks in England triples in 6 months (16Oct13)

The use of food banks in England has tripled over the past six months of 2013.
Recorded from Channel 4 News, 16 October 2013.

US Shutdown viewed from Asia

Barack Obama's failure to turn up at the recent Asian summits in Bali and Brunei gave China license to criticize the role of the US dollar in the global economy and to push its rival agenda for the Asia Pacific region. While the US remains the world's only truly global superpower, the FT's Paul Davies looks at how the dysfunctional politics of the US is affecting the country's status in Asia