Search: Europe,Cold War,ISIS (3 materials)

The Time to Hesitate is Through

... reacting, by attacking Turkey, which is a NATO member, thus enabling Turkey to invoke Article 5, which would have committed NATO into defending Turkey and, thus, stoking a dangerous and possible WW111 scenario? The civil war in Syria – against Isis, is a complicated affair, of literally of biblical proportions: with many interested countries and tribal clans in the region: all, of whom, are vying for some sort of regional control and, ultimately, the control of the many oilfields. So, what ...

01.12.2015

The Flat World and Black Swans

... written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, was published on 17th April, 2007. In his book, he wrote extensively about the risk management methods used by the finance industry and warned about financial crises, subsequently profiting from the late-2000s financial crisis. He also advocated hard for what he calls a "black swan robust" society, meaning a society that can withstand difficult-to-predict events. He also warned of the pseudo-stability in Syria, “Dictatorships that do not appear volatile,...

18.11.2015

“Shields up – Red Alert!” The Wall’s in Europe are suddenly going back up

... been kicking in their faces? And, the ultimate result of this heart-breaking refugee crisis, is that the very foundation on which the principles of the EU were established... ... member state can reach agreement on how to react to this latest development, facing Europe. The concept of freedom of unfettered movement between Schengen member states... ... refugee status is now in tatters. Why the world needs Russia With the ending of the Cold War, there was a wave of euphoria descending over Europe and Russia was quick to...

20.10.2015

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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