State Of Emergency In The Maldives The tropical paradise and world-famous tourist destination of the Maldives has been put under a month-long state of emergency over fears that a violent regime change scenario is about to commence. The tiny but geographically disperse Indian Ocean archipelago sits along a key maritime […]
Month: November 2015
China’s Diplomacy and Deterrence of Parade
Historically, Diplomacy and War are the two primary means to pursue, protect and preserve interests of a state. Differing from the past, contemporary diplomacy is characterized by the smart combination of both hard and soft power. In this globalized world every state being rational, protecting its national interests seeks to […]
Syria: why the West meddling into a 3000 years old realm has failed
Earlier this week I attended a panel on the ‘Syrian Refugee Crisis’ at a college about 50 miles from my home at Rochester, NY where there would be 2 other speakers, both professors at a school. One was a philosophy professor who spoke about the ethics of war, and the […]
Ultimate fiasco of the Ukrainian army
In early November, while celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk proclaimed that “the Ukrainian army has been fighting and winning for 20 months.” This was a startling announcement for the head of a government which has lost pretty much everything […]
Is Charlie Hebdo a Western Hate-Machine?
On Thursday French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo published another insulting cartoon on the tragic incident of Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt. Charlie Hebdo ridiculed the plane crash by two cartoons. The first cartoon shows parts of the aircraft and a passenger falling toward the ground, while an Islamic […]
Macedonian Media: ‘We are subject to assymetrical warfare’
We are publishing exclusive English source text of the analytical paper by Andrew Korybko, prepared for the Macedonian agency Infomax and released last week. He speaks about continued maneuvers of the Macedonian opposition backed by the US Embassy in Skopje to spur new protests throughout Macedonia. According to Mr.Korybko, the […]
“Greater Albania” Is A Myth To Preserve The Country’s Unity (II)
(Please read Part I prior to this article) The Power Of The Christian Community The State Of Religious Affairs: What’s usually left out of the conversation when discussing Albania is the strategic Christian minority inhabiting the northern and southern border regions, and the potential for them to sympathize more with […]
“Greater Albania” Is A Myth To Preserve The Country’s Unity (I)
Outside observers tend to think of Albania as a monolithic bloc, but just below the “Greater Albania” surface is a depth of societal division, periodically drained by the “unifying” valve of ethnic irredentism. The country is suffering from such a degree of corruption and mismanagement that thousands of its citizens […]
Netanyahu, War Crimes and the Future of Palestinean State
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s ridiculous claim that a Palestinian persuaded Adolf Hitler to exterminate the Jews of Europe was referred to as a Holocaust Blunder and roundly criticized in the New York Times editorial of 22 October and around the world. Mr Netanyahu has since retracted his statement. The retraction, however […]
Contemporary EU Geopolitics and the US-Assisted Rise of the Intermarum (II)
(Please read Part I before this article) The Central Balkans Description: This bloc of interests is still taking shape, but unlike the others that have been mentioned, it’s actually opposed to the Intermarum’s geopolitical dictates and can be understood as being the multipolar world’s frontline defense organization. The Central Balkans […]
Contemporary EU Geopolitics and the US-Assisted Rise of the Intermarum (I)
The unprecedented electoral success of Poland’s Law and Justice Party (Pis) has given the country its first majority government since 1989 and handed all positions of power to the ruling party. The logical consequence of this is that it’s paved the way for “Gray Cardinal” Jaroslaw Kaczynski to streamline his […]
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