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The Integration of Eurasia and Berlin
«Today we’re partners, but not friends» – said Russian ambassador to Germany Vladimir Grinin meeting journalists from different countries in Berlin by the end of April. After many years of assurances that the both countries are strategic partners, the opinion mainly expressed by Russian politicians, one should welcome the more sober assessment of Russia-Germany relations. [...]
Continue reading...The Arab World: From Nationalism to Tribalism
Sunday, April 1, 2012
The “parade of autonomies” we are currently witnessing in the Arab world, primarily in Iraq and Libya, is an indicator of the crisis the region’s nation-states are undergoing. Unlike Europe, however, it is less a consequence of integrationist trends than an indicator of the Greater Middle East’s archaism, its return to tribalism. Farewell to the [...]
Continue reading...Currency Warfare: What are the Real Targets of the E.U. Oil Embargo against Iran?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Who is the European Union’s so-called “oil embargo on Iran” really aimed at? This is an important geo-strategic question. Aside from rejecting the new E.U. measures against Iran as counter-productive, Tehran has warned the member states of the European Union that the E.U. oil embargo against Iran will hurt them and their economies far more [...]
Continue reading...International Rating Agencies Back Up US Dollar
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Standard and Poor’s is warning that a credit rating downgrade might loom on the horizon for the EU as a whole, which is predictable news considering that 15 Eurozone countries have already ended up on the agency’s review list. The current round of hammering Europe is taking from the US rating agencies leaves little doubt [...]
Continue reading...The Eurasian Union: Competition or Partnership with the EU?
Monday, November 7, 2011
Not so long ago, in 2008, during a routine Bergedorf round table on “Europe’s East between Brussels and Moscow,” the Swedish diplomat and expert Anders Aslund suggested that Russia essentially has nothing to offer the former Soviet Republics in the area of integration because it does not belong to any significant defense or economic union.[1] [...]
Continue reading...Anti-Globalism As a Mirror of Changing World
Friday, November 4, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Is Euro Becoming «Contageous»?
Saturday, October 8, 2011
For quite a time history of economic crises was able to do with a brief list of vivid images. The term «Black Thursday», for instance, has unequivocally meant the exchange collapse of 1929 for many years. Yet the time went by, crises took place all the more often and now it’s difficult to understand without [...]
Continue reading...A Fairy-Tale About Europe
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
On the 17th of October EU summit is to take place — primary issue on the agenda of the day is the extension of Schengen zone to the EU freshmen of Bulgaria and Romania. Yet, the latest events have endangered the Schengen extension. Holland and Finland object to that, while all of the EU decisions [...]
Continue reading...Who Needs A Crisis in Kosovo?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...The Legal Prosecution of “Wrong” Historical Consciousness
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
“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 [...]
Continue reading...‘Empires Only Fall When They Have to Pay Their Bill’
Friday, April 8, 2011
When I read this by Oscar Wilde I thought that surely one couldn’t characterize such cataclysmic events with a simple one liner but on reflection one can usually add that the financial catastrophe is ignored by those in charge proving again Mair’s Axiom I – you make a serious mistake assuming that people in charge [...]
Continue reading...Russia In The Mirror Of World Policy
Sunday, January 23, 2011
By Tatyana Tallerova (Russia) Last year Russia not only managed to establish and consolidate its positions at the international arena, but also set the foundation for the further growth of the state authority in 2011. The most important event was the creation of the Customs Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. Thus the [...]
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