The arrest of former Serbian Commander Gen. R. Mladic on May 26 evokes serious questions of both moral and legal character. Clearly aware of the shakiness of the indictment Mladic is about to face, the global media tend to avoid touching upon the legal aspect of the Mladic case. It […]
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Russia and Europe: Destination Unknown
A conference titled “The Politico-Military Dimension of European Security: Proposals and Perspectives” co-hosted by Russia’s and Greece’s foreign ministries was held in Athens on May 17, 2011. It focused on the interactions between Russia and Greece in the security sphere, trust-building measures, and arms control. The themes obviously being of […]
The Legal Prosecution of “Wrong” Historical Consciousness
“The mass killings around Srebrenica in July 1995 took place in the context of the Bosnian civil war that led to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Whereas Muslim troops terrorised Serb villages around Srebrenica during winter and spring, Bosnian Serbs took over the old mine-town in July and killed hundreds, if […]
Episode 7. Britain and France Planned to Assault Soviet Union in 1940
On March 23, 1940, a twin-engine civilian Lockheed-12A, registration code G-AGAR, took off from an airfield in the London suburb of Heston. British pilot Haig McLane was at the controls. The aircraft set course for Malta; then after an intermediate stop in Cairo, it flew on to the British military […]
Gaddafi: ‘We Will Live Free Or Die’
On April 29, one day before Muammar Gaddafi lost his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three grandchildren (two-years-old Carthage, 18-months-old Saif Mohamed and 6-months-old Mastura) under NATO night attack, he delivered a speech on Libyan national TV. He permitted few sharp words towards Italian leaders, the words, which being snatched […]
NB: “The Murder of Muammar Qaddafi Is Planned For May 2, 2011”
ORIENTAL REVIEW publishes a note-worthy report by a Russian blogger on the fate of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. In few days we will check the credibility of this analysis. It was reported by a Russian source that the special divisions and army units of France, Great Britain and USA will […]
Al-Qaeda Front May Emerge on Europe’s Southern Border
Hopes by the Western anti-Libya military coalition that Gadhafi’s regime would fall quickly have been replaced by fears of a prolonged stalemate. The direst predictions are beginning to come true, particularly those by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: that the Libyan crisis may go the way of Afghanistan or […]
‘Empires Only Fall When They Have to Pay Their Bill’
When I read this by Oscar Wilde I thought that surely one couldn’t characterize such cataclysmic events with a simple one liner but on reflection one can usually add that the financial catastrophe is ignored by those in charge proving again Mair’s Axiom I – you make a serious mistake […]
Sarkozy’s Libyan Odyssey
A Parisian dove French President Nicolas Sarkozy never tires of repeating that it should be the Libyans themselves who decide Moammar Gadhafi’s political fate in Libya, not the international coalition. “Libya’s future and Libya’s political choice, including what they decide to do with Gadhafi and his fanatics, are a problem […]
Moscow As a Would-Be Capital Of Europe
By Alexandre Latsa (France) From time immemorial — through the era of Carl the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte to Charles De Gaulle — France has been attempting to architect a united continental Europe. Today it seemingly shifts its role to Russia that has a chance to pave the way for […]
Students as Touchstone of Civilization’s Development
Gregory TINSKY (Russia) Recent protests of British students, which had developed into the mass disturbances, attracted the attention of various commentators, trying to figure out the reasons of what happened and link these events to the political-economic situation in Europe. Events that took place in Great Britain this November have […]
New Security Architecture, Born at Safe Haven of Lisbon
Gregory TINSKY (Russia) In antique Phoenician language “Lisbon” meant the “safe haven”. This beautiful city has already been a cradle of one historical agreement — the Lisbon Treaty, which revived the European Union. Now we may say that Lisbon also became a place of birth for the new European security […]
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