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Monday, 13 Jul, 2009
After the end the Cold War and in the early 1990s, Western misunderstanding of Russia’s political culture placed high hopes of a democratic Russia more open to Western ideas. When Russia’s Federation President Boris Yeltsin resigned from office in December 1999, those hopes were shattered by Yeltsin’s appointment of Vladimir Putin, at the time Russia’s Prime Minister, as acting President. Elected for his first term in March 2000, and re-elected on March 14 for a second term, Putin’s r...
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Monday, 29 Jun, 2009
On international issues Tony Blair was a liberal-conservative politician. Liberal, due to his approach of democracy spreading in NATO and EU enlargements, in the Balkan Wars and on tyranny punishment at Iraq and Afghanistan. Conservative, because no one in the Euro-Atlantic zone has defended with such strength the Western values that won the Cold War. That’s why Mr. Blair assumes that William Gladstone (liberal) and Winston Churchill (conservative) are his greatest political inspirations. We ...
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Monday, 29 Jun, 2009
On international issues Tony Blair was a liberal-conservative politician. Liberal, due to his approach of democracy spreading in NATO and EU enlargements, in the Balkan Wars and o...
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Monday, 22 Jun, 2009
When the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, announced his decision to select his nephew, Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah as head of the first government in his reig...
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Monday, 15 Jun, 2009
He is a military man of the first order, skilful in the art of politics and decision-taking behind the scenes. He is considered by many as the country's savior during several poli...
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A well known rule in politics acknowledges that the more you know the more powerful you become. In a world where clarity is a luxury, it is all about the power of making informed ...
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Monday, 25 May, 2009
It is not certain that the current Afghani president Hamid Karzai will be able to win the presidential marathon at the first round of presidential elections due to be held Next ...
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Tuesday, 5 May, 2009
Being quick to grasp the subtle implications of events, he makes hasty reactions in dealing with them. Thus both cronies and foes alike get puzzled as to whether to forgive his ra...
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Monday, 27 Apr, 2009
By midday of Tuesday, 20 November 1979, followers of Gemhan Al–Outeiby, leader of a notorious religious insurgency, had run out of their last Kalashnikovs. They had already been...
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Saturday, 11 Apr, 2009
Heartened by his former experience in government, Mousavi enters the presidential marathon with a meticulous eye on the internal and regional developments surrounding Iran and the...
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