The meaning of expressions like foreign assistance/ aid or international development cooperation is very broad and not always clearly defined. In general they include different financial and technical transfers from rich to poor countries. These transfers are a rather new phenomenon in international relations that in its modern sense appeared only…

            Fool us twice? Shame on us.  Secretary of State John Kerry has just followed the Ayatollah´s Pied Piper, Hassan Rohani, into Iranian quicksand.     As with Nixon during Watergate, all the domestic scandals and incompetence surrounding this…

As American patriots, but also objective scholars, we cannot hide that our president´s deep domestic troubles are affecting his foreign policymaking.  The unending string of scandals, above all the Obamacare fiasco, is preoccupying the energies of both our executive and legislative branches. Our deep concern is that Iran must not be…

Traditionally, Russia has been viewed as somewhat of a dark, totalitarian country which is always searching for means to take over the world through its powerful military. This perception is certainly flawed, but those who adhere to such a view are not at fault. This negative projection of Russia can be accredited to Hollywood In specific and the…

By Zeljko Mirkov, Head of BSA South East Europe Programme Johan Galtung defines reconciliation by using the equation Closure + Healing, which means ending hostilities together with rehabilitation (After Violence, Princeton, New York, 1998) Formation of Yugoslavia was a way of integrating South Slav area after First world war in arrangement of…

Undeterred by the political-psychological situation surrounding regional nuclear politics FIFA president Sepp Blatter flew into Tehran recently to meet  president Hassan Rouhani and approve the Islamic Republic of Iran as the host of FIFA’s 2019 Asia Games.   This move was a well thought out public relations coup by the 77 year old…

Last week, I had a chance to attend a talk by the eminent New York Times journalist and writer, Stephen Kinzer. Kinzer's talk centered on Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, the countries he wrote about in "Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future." While discussing the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, Kinzer mentioned…

Just a few days after we analyzed the official Chinese bombing at Tianeman square, yet another more sophisticated bombing occurred in the provincial city Taiyuan, in front of Communist Party headquarters. One person was killed; eight were critically injured. The official blame was placed on the Uighurs. However, human rights activists have not blamed…

Is there anything common between Rassvet [1] township in Tula Region (Russia) and Houston city, Texas (USA)? In fact not much, but if you would look closer, you could have found that Rassvet was a home for a JSC "Krasnobor" a poultry farm that came to existence in 2000 due to the direct U.S. investment. At present the farm produces stable…

Though kept under wraps, the ongoing peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have had a disturbing record so far.  Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Palestinian envoys to the U.S.-brokered peace negotiations with Israel have resigned amidst continuing settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Unlike previous…

Islamist terrorist attack in the heart of Beijing, but also increasing attacks in India, demonstrate that these terrorists do not just attack Christian and Jewish targets, but also Buddhists and Hindus. As we suggested in "Great Powers, Rogue States and Terrorism," published in "The National Interest,"re-published by "Indian…

Today, relations between the United States and Russia are seen as cold relations through the Medias. For instance, the Snowden case, which has been raised since June 2013, is seen as the use of American intelligence defectors for Russia’s security purposes. Both former superpowers seem to restart the reminiscences of the Cold War.[1]
 
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