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Inconsistenta viziunii europene
Inconsistenta viziunii europene

Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Europa/Rusia, Issues, Regions

Inconsistenta viziunii europene

Dezbaterea pe subiectul extinderii Uniunii Europene capata o noua valenta dupa ce la Summitul de la Vilnius si anterior, in urma primaverii arabe, am asistat cu totii la prabusirea Politicii Europene de Vecinatate. Pana la reuniunea din iulie a Consiliului Uniunii Europene, cand va fi propusa o noua abordare a Politicii Europene de Vecinatate, problematica extinderii Uniunii Europene creeaza cadrul unei lupte discursive, a unei fatarnicii declarative. Astfel ca pe de o parte avem declaratia comisarului european pentru politica de vecinatate si negocieri pentru extindere, Johannes Hahn, care de curand a afirmat ca „in urmatorii 10 ani nu vor exista primiri in UE din cauza circumstantelor”. Mai mult, acesta sustine [...]

By Adrian Marius Dobre|2017-11-14T21:27:50+02:00May 1st, 2015|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Europa/Rusia, Issues, Regions|0 Comments

Bush v Gore 2000 – Cruz v Constitution 2016?
Bush v Gore 2000 – Cruz v Constitution 2016?

America, Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions

Bush v Gore 2000 – Cruz v Constitution 2016?

Remember the 2000 presidential elections? Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote. But for thirty-one days after the election, no one knew whether he or Texas Governor George W. Bush had prevailed in Florida winning the needed electoral votes that would determine the nation’s 43rd president. “Hanging chads” and the spectacular hair-do of Florida’s Secretary of State Kathleen Harris dominated the news as Republicans and Democrats took to the courts to determine the winner. Both sides filed three separate lawsuits. Finally, the most critical case of Bush v. Gore was decided by a 5-4 decision in the Supreme Court. Divided among along party lines, the decision stopped the recount [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:27:52+02:00May 1st, 2015|America, Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions|0 Comments

IRAN 2015 – are 1914 and 1964 calling?
IRAN 2015 – are 1914 and 1964 calling?

America, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Energy/Environment, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Orientul Mijlociu, Regions, Studies and Analysis

IRAN 2015 – are 1914 and 1964 calling?

The March 31st negotiating deadline with Iran over limiting its nuclear programs is upon us. Even if a further extension follows which is likely, suppose at some future point, these negotiations ultimately fail. What options are left? Eerily, chilling parallels with 1914 and 1964 arise. A century ago, the world “sleep walked to war.” The assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophie lit the fuse for World War I and sowed the seeds for future conflicts. In August 1964, President Lyndon Johnson used the pretext of a non-existent second set of attacks by North Vietnamese PT boats against two U.S. Navy destroyers to rally a nearly unanimous [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:27:53+02:00April 2nd, 2015|America, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Energy/Environment, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Orientul Mijlociu, Regions, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Winston Spencer Ghani
Winston Spencer Ghani

America, Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis

Winston Spencer Ghani

Last month when Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made his ill-advised plea to Congress to scuttle the nuclear negotiations with Iran, fringe Republican elements in Congress, along with right wing fellow travelers, called Bibi the 21st century’s version of Winston Churchill. Clearly they must have been referring to Churchill’s flip-flops to and from the Conservative Party as Netanyahu would do vis a vis opposing the two state solution. Possibly they may have been referring to Churchill’s tenure as First Lord of the Admiralty and the disastrous Gallipoli assault he initiated in 1915 or his five years as Chancellor of the Exchequer after World War I and the monumental economic blunder [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:27:53+02:00April 2nd, 2015|America, Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Un tablou cam terfelit: imaginea României. A noastră, a tuturor
Un tablou cam terfelit: imaginea României. A noastră, a tuturor

Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs, Economics, Issues, Proliferation, Studies and Analysis

Un tablou cam terfelit: imaginea României. A noastră, a tuturor

In randurile de mai jos puteti citi cel mai recent articol publicat in numarul 14 al revistei Sinteza: La nivel naţional se poate articula un mecanism complex prin care măsurile de consolidare ale economiei româneşti recreează pentru investitorii străini un mediu de afaceri propice. În acest moment ne confruntăm cu două planuri sau cu două provocări, cel al menţinerii companiilor deja prezente, şi de a colabora cu acestea pentru impulsionarea creşterii economice, şi cel al atragerii de investiţii străine. Pentru cel de-al doilea plan, al atragerii de investiţii străine, pe lângă măsurile deja perene ce se vehiculează, din păcate la nivel de idei (stabilitate şi predictibilitate politică şi fiscală, măsuri [...]