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via NY Times… But as is often the case in this impoverished region, the truth is more complicated. In this instance, the authorities say, it reveals how a furious effort to protect a lucrative oil-smuggling racket has morphed into an international incident infused with troubling memories of the Balkan ethnic carnage of the ’90s. With […]
June 28, 2011
Mr Gates’s tenure as defence secretary has seen many of the Rumsfeld-era wounds healed, thanks in no small part to Mr Gates himself. But as he prepares to leave office on Thursday, that rapprochement is being tested over the skies of Libya, raising new questions over whether Mr Gates’s tenure set Nato on a new, firmer path […]
April 14, 2011
In the rush to define President Barack Obama’s “doctrine” following his decision to lead NATO’s initial no-fly-zone operations in Libya, experts have latched onto every detail’s possible meaning. But in the end, it’s easier to say what his strategy is not than what it is. While frustrating, such ambiguity makes sense for a cost-conscious superpower […]
April 12, 2011
But if this historically unreliable Anglo-French coalition proves unable to sustain a long operation, what then? There is certainly no European force that can replace it. There isn’t even a European foreign policy: Years of diplomacy, debate and endless national referendums culminated, a couple of years ago, in the selection of two powerless figureheads as […]
April 6, 2011
Thus the denouement of the economic crisis in the European Union threatening it with dismemberment may give rise to a savior who will salvage it from its ultimate catastrophe, the Islamization of Europe. The Balkanization of the European Union a Blessing in Disguise? « The Global Journal.
March 16, 2011
At a meeting of the South East European Co-operation Process, SEECP, in Montenegro’s seaside resort of Budva, Sutanovac stressed that Serbia has a significant role in promoting that cooperation He warned that, “despite the evident improvement of the regional spirit and cooperation, we should not close our eyes to obvious problems.” “In addition to the […]
March 10, 2011
Reading the Wall Street Journal recently I was struck with a reported estimate that if our budget deficits were not restrained and the national debt reduced, we would soon as a nation reach $900 Billion in interests payments annually. Considering that ~25% of the national debt is owned by foreign entities ($1.1 Trillion by the […]
March 2, 2011
Washingtonpost.com March 2, 2011 Ex-Pentagon Adviser Says US Should Cut Afghan Aid By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press WASHINGTON — By pumping more than $100 million into a hydropower plant, the United States sought to improve the lives of Afghans and win the hearts and minds of tribesmen and farmers who might otherwise turn to the […]
February 28, 2011
The Economist February 26, 2011 Military-to-military relationships The Ties That Bind America’s armed forces may sometimes succeed where its diplomats cannot NOBODY knows whether Egypt’s army will steer the country to free and fair elections. But there is less doubt about its role in minimising conflict during the demonstrations that eventually toppled Hosni Mubarak, the […]
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October 29, 2011
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