Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, is trying to maintain his importance and role on the international level through the issue of Kosovo – believes Rada Trajković, president of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and advisor to the Minister for Communities and Return in the Government of Kosovo. …
Read More »The West Needs a New Strategy in Ukraine
A Plan for Getting From the Battlefield to the Negotiating Table After just over a year, the war in Ukraine has turned out far better for Ukraine than most predicted. Russia’s effort to subjugate its neighbor has failed. Ukraine remains an independent, sovereign, functioning democracy, holding on to roughly 85 …
Read More »HUNGARY AND POLAND RELATIONS: POLES APART
The collapse in the hitherto close Polish-Hungarian relations has been collateral damage of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Warsaw expects serious gestures from Budapest to repair ties, but Orban hopes the estrangement is just a temporary blip. For years, Russia has been the elephant in the room during talks between Poland …
Read More »Effective Impunity: How a Wartime Rapist Avoided Punishment in Bosnia
The case of a convicted rapist who fled Bosnia and Herzegovina and evaded a jail sentence highlights yet again the problem of war crimes convicts and defendants dodging justice by escaping to countries that will not extradite them. After being convicted, Ilija Juric never showed up to serve his sentence …
Read More »How Fear of Albanians Went Mainstream in 1990s Italy
The anti-Albanian campaigns in the British media today are all too reminiscent of the targeting of Albanians in Italy and Greece 30 years ago – and need to be fought, not indulged.The recent anti-Albanian campaign in the UK has pushed Albanian politicians and intellectuals to take a stand in defence …
Read More »How Bosnia’s Politicians Forgot the Sacrifice of State Department Friends
The resignations of four State Department officials protesting US inaction on the Bosnian war helped turn the tide of US opinion – but Bosnia has never recognised or rewarded their principled action.In late August 1992, George Kenney resigned as acting head of the Yugoslavia desk at the US State Department. …
Read More »How The War In Ukraine Is Shaking Up The Global Arms Industry – OpEd
The struggles of Russian weapons manufacturers have added to historic shifts in the global arms market. On March 21, 2023, India’s air force confirmed that a major Russian arms delivery would not occur, citing Russia’s logistical challenges stemming from its war in Ukraine. It has served as the latest example …
Read More »US Think Tank Asks Washington To Prepare For Sino-Indian Border Clashes
The Center for New American Security says the US has to defend India for the sake of Indo-Pacific security The US think tank, Center for New American Security (CNAS) in its report published in March, recommends that US policymakers must “closely monitor” the Sino-Indian border conflict and be prepared to …
Read More »BRICS Overtakes G7 In Terms Of GDP, Finds Study
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa — have surpassed the Group of Seven (G7) in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), data published by the UK-based economic research firm Acorn Macro Consulting shows. The G7 club of industrialized countries consists of the U.S., Canada, …
Read More »Will It Never Stop? From Forever War to Eternal War
“It is time,” President Biden announced in April 2021, “to end the forever war” that started with the invasion of Afghanistan soon after the tragic terror attacks on this country on September 11, 2001. Indeed, that August, amid chaos and disaster, the president did finally pull the last remaining U.S. …
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