On November 30, the French baguette was formally added to the United Nations’ Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The bureaucrats had finally gotten hold of a glorified bread stick, adding it to their spreadsheet list of cultural items worthy of preservation. A delighted French President took the moment to gloat at […]
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The US Isn’t Wrong For Withdrawing From UNESCO
By suspending approximately 22% of the organization’s funding, US’ deliberately seeks to inflict consequences in order to pressure its counterparts in Security Council and G20 to do its bidding.
Obama’s Byzantine Style in the ‘Greater Middle East’
For the last few years the incumbent US administration was getting adhered to a new, more sophisticated principle in foreign policy: to act overseas by means of its allies and to promote American initiatives as multilateral through the international organizations. Thus, the war against Libya was unleashed by France, and […]
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