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Traian Basescu a Mirror of European Nationalism

15:00 31.07.2012

Traian Basescu a Mirror of European Nationalism

The collapse of the Romanian opposition's initiative to unseat president of the country Traian Basescu briefly drew heightened attention to the embattled political leader and, upon scrutiny, highlighted the ongoing erosion of the European unity. The critics of Basescu still credit themselves with the failed referendum as a major political …

Geopolitical Context of South Stream

15:00 08.06.2012

Geopolitical Context of South Stream

Russian president V. Putin confirmed at the Russia-EU recent summit that the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline would begin by the end of 2013 and projected that it would take 1.5-2 years to bring the planned infrastructures online [1]. He mentioned that the project was seriously re-energized last …

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

15:00 04.06.2012

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

Part IIThe triumph of T. Nikolic in the runoff in Serbia left in a state of shock those who were convinced that the electoral intrigue in the country had evaporated during the first round. The defeat of B. Tadic, who originally polled 16% ahead of his rival according to the …

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

15:00 30.05.2012

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

Part IIt became clear when the dust settled after the recent elections in Greece and in Serbia that two epicenters of resistance to aggressive globalism continue to exist in Europe. The US and the EU with all their might neither succeeded in coercing the new cohort of Greek politicians into …

The "Northern Front" of Global Energy Wars

15:00 16.05.2012

The "Northern Front" of Global Energy Wars

The global energy games (or wars to be more exact) have taken an important turn in the favour of Russia. In the near future the gas supplies going through North Stream route from Russia to the European Union may substantially grow. The Nord Stream AG company share holders asked experts …

Euroschizophrenia 2011

15:00 13.01.2012

Euroschizophrenia 2011

The year 2011 will be remembered as a period of unprecedented uncertainty in the history of modern Europe. On the one hand, contrary to widespread apocalyptic expectations, the EU did not crumble and the amplitude of the oscillations in the value of the relatively young European currency did stay within …

Great Britain, Greece and Austria set the trends in the EU (II)

15:00 17.12.2011

Great Britain, Greece and Austria set the trends in the EU (II)

Part 1 Back in summer of 2008, amid difficulties with the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on reforming the EU many officials in the EU government began to speak at their informal meetings about the future of Europe “at different speeds” and “concentric circles” of Europe. These concepts implied that …

Great Britain, Greece, and Austria Set the Trends in the EU (I)

15:00 16.12.2011

Great Britain, Greece, and Austria Set the Trends in the EU (I)

Part IIThe resolutions of the December 8-9 EU summit which had evoked heightened expectations eventually left a mixed impression. The official agenda of the forum appeared all-embracing, with the leaders of the 27 countries of the united Europe touching upon every issue from the Balkan politics and Iran's nuclear problem …

Division of Kosovo: “pros” and “cons”

15:00 21.11.2011

Division of Kosovo: “pros” and “cons”

The statement about a possible division of Kosovo made by the chairman of the Kosovo Assembly Jakup Krasniqi ahead of the resumption of talks between Belgrade and Pristine may give a new direction to the burning discussion on Kosovo issue.If earlier Kosovo’s Albanian leaders vigorously opposed the very possibility of …

Europe: Change of Ruling Elites on the Horizon

15:00 23.10.2011

Europe: Change of Ruling Elites on the Horizon

As the tide of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations sweeps across European cities, the impression is growing that the future holds a lot of unexpected for the EU. The protests which are carefully coordinated via social media can't but evoke memories of the recent uprisings in North Africa and the …

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