War in Georgia exposes NATO’s fault lines

IHT - “There is no common basis upon which to judge which countries should join the organization or what NATO wants to do with a bigger alliance,” said Gunilla Herolf, a security analyst at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Until that issue is resolved, trips to Georgia by NATO ambassadors will merely disguise [...]

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A Chance for Peace in Cyprus

Spiegel - For decades, the island of Cyprus has been divided between the Turkish north and the Greek south. Now, leaders of the two sides are optimistic that reunification can be achieved. Talks began on Wednesday.

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O istini i pomirenju

B92 Blog by Aleksandar T - Da li postoji vremenski termin, neka upotrebljiva formula ili pozitivno iskustvo koje bi proces suočavanja s prošlošću, na prostoru bivše Jugoslavije, pokrenuli sa mrtve tačke? Da li je ovaj proces potreban i uopšte moguć kada je jezik kojim oficijelne politike komuniciraju prepun nerazumijevanja, optuživanja i govora mržnje? [...]

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Europe’s hypocrisy

Guardian - During my holidays I saw a vivid illustration of how the divisions that once plagued Europe can be healed. As I cycled across the border between Austria and Slovakia, not only did nobody ask to see my passport, I noted that the booths set up for inspecting travel documents have been entirely [...]

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Turning Russia Into a Terrorist Enclave

Moscow Times - Anybody who thinks Russia’s confrontation with the West is another Cold War has been misled. In a real Cold War, two countries have comparable military budgets, but this is definitely not the case with Russia and the United States. Much like al-Qaida, the main resource available to the Kremlin [...]

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Iran’s lights are going out

Guardian - The cities of Iran are in darkness. For two hours at a time, from the Gulf to the Caspian, the country believed to have the world’s third largest oil reserves doesn’t have the electricity to power homes, traffic lights, hospitals and the rest of civic life. There are reports of deaths in [...]

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What the presidential choice could mean

Financial Times, by Martin Wolf - This presidential election might well determine the character of the next, possibly final, epoch of Anglo-American global hegemony. The question is whether the American people will choose the instinct for conflict or that for co-operation.

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