The Basque People Forget about what you have learnt at your history classes – the majority of historical events are very realtive and depend on the speaker who wants to pass a certain point of view. Everyone has heard that Ferdinad Magellan was the first one to circumnavigate the globe. Departing from Seville in 1519…
conflict escalation between palestine and israel / Egypt / Hamas / human rights / humanitarian crisis / international law / israel / Mahmoud Abbas / Palestine / poverty / power conflicts / protests / territorial disputes / terrorism / victims of conflict
The aggravating conflict between Israel and Palestine in the last days has revealed its another dimension that may be summed up by the phrase: qui prodest – with benefit to whom. The recent escalation of violence and revenge has put aside the dream of ”another peace talks”. However, the question should be focused on other…
access to media / Al-Qaeda / Al-Qaeda state of mind / Britain / democratic peace theory / Human Rights Watch Report 2014 / insurgency / Iraq / ISIL / Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) / kurds / Nuri al-Maliki / proliferation of information / Shias / social media / Sunnis / terrorism / time as an instrument / United States / weapons
The recent ”democratic” parliamentary elections in Iraq showed that nothing has changed in the country for years. Al-Maliki’s victory, however, was not so enthusiastically praised inside the country as it was outside the country, namely in the West and in Iran. The insurgency that began in the country at the beginning of June is not…
Africa / Arab Spring / arms manufacturers / arms sales / China / Egypt / france / israel / julian assange / lockheed martin / National security / Russia / TTIP / United States / weapons
While listening to the heads of states’ discourses one can hear repeatedly one phrase ”national security”. Almost everything evolves around the notion of threats to national security, or how to provide it, or when a country’s national secutiry is in danger the country is obliged to react. However, what is hidden behind that notion is…
Football World Championships are stirring more doubts than ever about their organization. On the 12th of June Brazil will host another ”cup of discord”, as the stadiums and infrastructure spendings are skyrocketing, people hit the streets to demonstrate its disagreement with elevated costs. Costs that caused the increase of prices in transportation, displacement of whole…
Fight For Water ”Control of nature`s most precious and increasingly valuable commodity will, for any nation, spell the difference between greatness and decline.”
After a decade-long negotiations Russia and China signed the gas deal between Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on the 21st of May 2014. Western media described it as a sign of weakness by the President Putin, and a triumph of the chinese policy. However, the deal has a much more profound and strategic meaning…
The Sub-Saharan Africa is a region rich with history and culture, undoubtedly its biggest asset is the ethnic and cultural variety. What was suppressed during the centuries of colonization, 50 years after the wave of independence is trying to dismantle the ”inherited” system. From Western Sahara to Mozambique, arbitrary boundaries are being questioned. What will…
Melting Pot On the 12th of May the voting process in India has finished. Another elections, where 814 mln voters participated comes to an end after 5 weeks and 9 phases of voting. The results will be known on the 16th of May, but according to international analysts the shift in power is coming as…
Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008, Europe has been dooming itself in the ”anti-crisis” measures it undertakes. The discourse that accompanies those measures is far from reality and escapes tough questions. The language is being modelled according to the will of the EU policymakers, avoiding words such as ”crisis”, ”recession”, ”bailout”, ”depression”…
In november 2011, in the Foreign Policy magazine, Hillary Clinton ( the US Secretary fo State) published her article America’s Pacific Century. Three years after that we can say that it was more than an article about US focus on the Pacific and Asia. It became an agenda for the American President, which is now…
The fail to recognize the ambitions of circumpolar countries may lead to big problems in the future. The risks are not only connected with the access to possible natural resources but also with the control over maritime passages. While the EU and NATO are trying to assure themselves that they can control the situation in…
The application of discourse is tightly bind to political affairs. Used from the top policymakers to the lowest class of policy cells, it always serves the same aim – to depict the reality in favor of one’s will. Then the truth becomes subjected to various ‘plastic surgeries’ and finally the audience receives a product which sometimes is…
The presidential plane crush on the 6th of April 1994 launched an unprecedent genocide in Rwanda. Violence and premeditation accompanied the actions which main aim was to exterminate Tutsi’s population. With the passive behavior of international community, the worst crime in the heart of Africa was being commited. The lack of response and negation of…
Behind the closed doors the talks concerning future of European- North American relations are taking place. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has turned into a magic spell that will help the EU and the USA to maximize their gains and letting those powers to step into the position of global economic leaders. But if…
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