Europe at the crossroad: either Syriza-ating reconciliation or Syria-anizating escalation
Few places in Greece conjure the spirit of resistance as much as the war memorial in Kaisariani. It stands on the spot where 200...
Eurasian Integration Could Open Market for Africans
Early January, Russia and four other ex-Soviet republics completed finally the creation of a new economic alliance intended to bolster their integration. The Eurasian...
Eurasian Heart of Gold
What is the impact of Kumtor on Kyrgyzstan’s Gold Mining Sector? Nationalization talks have started again in Kyrgyzstan about the ownership...
After Paris: Codes of Tolerance as the Bridge
The slaughter of 17 people in the past week in Paris marks a dark era in Europe in the relationship between European Muslims and...
The Paris Killings: Who Are the Real Heroes of Press Freedom?
In the wake of the terrorist assault last week on the offices of the French magazine “Charlie Hebdo,” in which 12 persons were killed,...
Building strategic trust for peace, cooperation and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong our Singaporean host, Dr. John Chipman and...
The grand strategy of Xi Jinping
China spent much of 2014 seeking to revive a concept that Japan proclaimed seven decades ago, when it was an imperial power seeking to...
THE ASIAN SQUARE DANCE – PART IV
Japan’s population of 127 million, of which nearly a quarter is over 65, is on a long-term downward trend, and is expected to lose...
The New EU Voting system – the old west-east north-south division
Economic governance reforms and Eurozone consolidation has significant institutional and political consequences: a multiple-tier integration is ever more realistic. „Out” countries seek to mitigate...
Africa and Libya, Then and Now
In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, predominantly working under the banner of the...