Articles tagged "Europe"
The Western View of Russia
Tuesday, September 01 2009
By George Friedman A months-long White House review of a pair of U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) installations slated for Poland and the Czech Republic is nearing completion. The review…
The European-Libyan Game
Sunday, August 30 2009
IN A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT on Monday, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill repeated his explanation for why his government decided to release Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the…
Erdogan’s Outburst and the Future of the Turkish State
Wednesday, February 04 2009
By George Friedman Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan exploded during a public discussion with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos,…
Wildcat oil strikes: Europeans are finally waking up to the demise of democracy
Monday, February 02 2009
Janet Daley Last Updated: 4:39PM GMT 01 Feb 2009 The peoples of Europe have finally discovered what they signed up to. I do mean "peoples" (plural) because however much political…
And now for a world government
Wednesday, December 10 2008
By Gideon Rachman Published: December 8 2008 19:13 I have never believed that there is a secret United Nations plot to take over the US. I have never seen black…
Russia Is Brazen, Europe Weak
Thursday, August 28 2008
The future of Russia's excursion in Georgia remains to be determined. But some conclusions can already be drawn: - Russian power is extraordinarily brutal in the post-Soviet era, as we…
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