Snow is Still White in the Fields…Personal Notes on the Margins of the Munich Security Conference

... but he had not changed the old “heroic” image of the champion of “European values”. Mikhail Saakashvili, who had visibly put on weight, was spotted... ... audience massively ignored, thus stirring the measured pace of the discussion. Russia and China Falling Off the Radar? Dmitry Medvedev rekindled interest in the Ukrainian crisis... ... delegates present, it was clear that lack of attention did not worry them in the least. The Middle East as the “Season Trend” As one might have guessed, the big headline...