EUROPE: Divisions Rise Over Ex-Soviet Countries

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – Global Politics Online – IPS Monday, September 08, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by David Cronin BRUSSELS, Sep 8 (IPS) – Few, if any, regions present a greater challenge for the European Union’s foreign policy than the former Soviet Union. Despite a [...]

THE HINDU-CHRISTIAN DIVIDE

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – Global Politics Online – IPS Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org B.RAMAN Every Indian, who wishes to see India grow in unity, strength and prosperity, will be concerned over the implications of the emergence of a growing Hindu-Christian divide in [...]

POLITICS: Why Its Iraqi ”Client” Blocked U.S. Long-Term Presence

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – Global Politics Online – IPS Tuesday, September 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Sep 1 (IPS) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signaled last week that that all U.S. troops — including those with non-combat functions — must [...]

US-PAKISTAN TOP SECRET MILITARY TALKS

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog Friday, August 29, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org B.RAMAN The “New York Times” reported as follows on August 28,2008: “Top US and Pakistani army commanders had a highly unusual secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss [...]

Moscow’s plan is to redraw the map of Europe

Republished with Permission on Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Read the Original Article on The Financial Times. By Mikheil Saakashvili Published: August 27 2008 18:22 | Last updated: August 27 2008 18:22 Any doubts about why Russia invaded Georgia have now been erased. By illegally recognising the Georgian territories of [...]