Oriental Review

Active Endeavour and Drug Trafficking

By ORIENTAL REVIEW

We all are aware of the basic frameworks of the US response to barbaric 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Bush’s administration and NATO launched unprecedented media, diplomatic and military campaigns aimed to suppress the adversary inside its haunt in Afghanistan. But few remember that the US Operation Enduring Freedom and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force weren’t [...]

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Anti-Globalism As a Mirror of Changing World

By Pyotr ISKENDEROV (Russia)

Last weekend was marked by new anti-globalization campaigns, this time in Perth, Australia, where a Commonwealth’s summit had kicked off.According to Alex Bainbridge, one of the campaign’s initiators, they are advocating for observation of human rights, protection of the environment, protesting against nuclear weapons and corruption. The Australian protesters condemned the war in Afghanistan, which [...]

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Who Bin Laden’s Skull Is Grinning At?

By Pyotr ISKENDEROV (Russia)

A decade since the terrorist attack that shook the US on September 11, 2001, we are at the point where it is appropriate to revisit the lessons the world learned from the drama and to reassess its global impact. Instead of ending with some kind of a result that could be offered as its justification, [...]

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Who Needs A Crisis in Kosovo?

By Elena PONOMAREVA (Russia)

A new round of tensions in Kosovo recently grew out of a “trade war” at the border of the breakaway province. Formally, the conflict can be traced back to Pristina’s July 20 decision to ban imports from Serbia, a step supposed to mirror the position taken by Belgrade which does not recognize Kosovo’s customs stamps [...]

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Norway’s Bloodbath Reflects Mental Balkanization

By Pyotr ISKENDEROV (Russia)

The avalanche of comments in the wake of the twin terrorist attack in Europe’s exemplary Norway range from expressions of belief that the terrorist at the epicenter of the disaster must be insane and the possibility of recurrences of the situation can be safely discounted to claims that the plot is attributable to a powerful [...]

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Who Decides On Nation-States?

By Wayne MADSEN (USA)

The national aspirations of peoples are governed by rank public relations schemes On July 9, the Republic of South Sudan became the newest internationally-recognized nation-state. As the result of a civil war truce and peace deal worked out five years previously, South Sudan and its former master, the Republic of Sudan, independent since 1956, mutually [...]

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Will International Terrorists Help the U.S. Build ‘Greater Middle East’?

By Pyotr ISKENDEROV (Russia)

The so-called ‘Arab spring’, which started as a wave of anti-government riots in Tunisia and Egypt, is now developing in full accordance with the US scenario, its main aim being to reshape the geopolitics, which the Bush administration once described as ‘Greater Middle East’ plan… Emphasis is made on maintaining instability in this region through [...]

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US in Afghanistan: Leaving To Stay

By Maxim MINAEV (Russia)

One of the most high-profile events in the international politics in June was the announcement by the US president Barack Obama on the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan. Meeting his election pledges, Obama initiated the conclusion of the military operation by the United States and their allies on Afghan territory that had lasted [...]

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The Arrest of Ratko Mladic and International Law

By Alexander MEZYAEV (Russia)

The arrest of former Serbian Commander Gen. R. Mladic on May 26 evokes serious questions of both moral and legal character. Clearly aware of the shakiness of the indictment Mladic is about to face, the global media tend to avoid touching upon the legal aspect of the Mladic case. It is an open secret that [...]

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The Legal Prosecution of “Wrong” Historical Consciousness

By Hannes HOFBAUER (Austria)

“The mass killings around Srebrenica in July 1995 took place in the context of the Bosnian civil war that led to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Whereas Muslim troops terrorised Serb villages around Srebrenica during winter and spring, Bosnian Serbs took over the old mine-town in July and killed hundreds, if not thousands of Muslim men [...]

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Balkans in the Nets of the New World Order (II)

Pyotr ISKENDEROV (Russia) Part 1 The focal point of the US, EU, and NATO politics is steadily drifting east. The agendas of the architects of the new world order for the May 28 – June 2 NATO Parliamentary Assembly session and the Bilderberg Club conference opening on June 4 are topped by the themes of [...]

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Balkans in the Nets of the New World Order (I)

Pyotr ISKENDEROV (Russia) Facing an unprecedented economic crisis, the EU is hurriedly offloading the Balkan part of its agenda. The year’s major Balkan event – the EU-Balkan summit – will take place in Sarajevo on June 2. The previous summit, which convened in Brdo (Slovenia) on May 20, was plagued with scandals and, when all [...]

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