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Kim Jung Un – movie critic extraodinaire?
Kim Jung Un – movie critic extraodinaire?

Asia, Blogs, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis

Kim Jung Un – movie critic extraodinaire?

Few sane people would normally find themselves in agreement with North Korea’s boy dictator Kim Jung Un. The hacking of Sony Pictures over its movie “The Interview,” presumably by North Korea in retaliation for the loony plot to assassinate its supreme leader, was the latest outrage. Howls of protest immediately reverberated from Hollywood’s elite sullied by the unveiling of Sony’s disparaging corporate emails to President Barack Obama’s questioning of “why didn’t they ask me first” before initially deciding not to run the film. Some called for immediate retaliation against North Korea as if this were a de facto act of war. Others bellowed that it was a patriotic duty of [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:27:58+02:00January 18th, 2015|Asia, Blogs, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Cine răspunde provocării militarizării Rusiei?
Cine răspunde provocării militarizării Rusiei?

Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Europa/Rusia, International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis

Cine răspunde provocării militarizării Rusiei?

Ocuparea Crimeei și includerea ei în Federația Rusă au schimbat harta Europei după 25 de ani de la încheierea Războiul Rece. După 23 de ani de la colapsul URSS, Rusia își reconstruiește structura militară. Federația Rusă se pregătește să-și proiecteze puterea de-a lungul Europei de Est, a Caucazului, a Asiei Centrale, a Pacificului de Nord și a zonei artice. Strângerea relațiilor cu Iranul și Siria, dar și cu Egiptul, fac din Federația Rusă un jucător încă prezent în Orientul Mijlociu. Prezența Rusiei provocă SUA și pe aliații săi occidentali și est-europeni. De notat că Moscova își extinde prezența prin dezvoltarea blocului militar regional, definit de Organizaţia Tratatului de Securitate Colectivă. [...]

By Alexandru Grumaz|2017-11-14T21:27:58+02:00January 18th, 2015|Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Europa/Rusia, International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

România încercuită? Avatarurile războiului energetic
România încercuită? Avatarurile războiului energetic

Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Economics, Energy/Environment, Issues, Studies and Analysis

România încercuită? Avatarurile războiului energetic

Am asistat, în ultimul timp, la divese discuţii cu privire la rezultatele alegerilor şi la ceea ce ar trebui să facă noul preşedinte al României. Nu avem, din nefericire, răbdarea şi toleranţa necesare unei aşezări fireşti a lucrurilor. La Porţile Orientului totul este posibil! Dar înainte de a da sfaturi de tot felul trebuie să ne uităm în jurul nostru şi să analizăm situaţia din preajma graniţelor, ce se mai întâmplă prin Europa, ce parteneriate avem de onorat, dar şi alte „delicatese” care definesc noua geopolitică globală. Trebuie să înţelegem că dacă vrem să ieşim din meniul fix de la masa UE trebuie să ne implicăm cu toate forţele. Afirmaţia [...]

By Alexandru Grumaz|2017-11-14T21:27:59+02:00January 18th, 2015|Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Economics, Energy/Environment, Issues, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Needed: Realistic foreign policy priorities for Barack
Needed: Realistic foreign policy priorities for Barack

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

Needed: Realistic foreign policy priorities for Barack

In foreign policy as well in virtually every human endeavor, how do you know how well or badly you are doing. Most smart people have annual physicals to check on their health. Scorecards for hedge fund managers and CEO’s are measured in return on investment or share value. And in sports, overtime is the ultimate measure of winning or losing. Unfortunately, foreign policy has no universal or even partial scorecard except to the extent that White Houses, Congresses, critics and the media pass judgments on what appears to be working and what does not. The starting point for making these assessments regarding foreign policy rests in analyzing the priorities [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:00+02:00December 3rd, 2014|America, Blogs, Democracy & Human Rights, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions|0 Comments

The Islamic State: existential or exaggerated danger?
The Islamic State: existential or exaggerated danger?

Blogs, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Orientul Mijlociu, Regions, Terrorism

The Islamic State: existential or exaggerated danger?

How dangerous is the Islamic State (IS)? Given the barbarism, ruthlessness and brutality of the IS in establishing a caliphate in part by absorbing or coercing acceptance by Sunnis, Baathists and former Saddam loyalists disenfranchised or persecuted by the Shia government in Baghdad, will that amalgam hold? Or will IS’s inhuman behavior ultimately provoke a rebellion by local Sunni tribes? Alternatively, is the IS phenomenon and the surprising suddenness of its seizure of space in Iraq and Syria a harbinger of an even greater threat to the region and beyond? Reports of IS now extending its poisonous tentacles into Pakistan may or may not prove accurate. However, the possibility is [...]