Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Zahira Kharsany JOHNNESBURG, Oct 29 (IPS) – More than 116 million people in 131 countries across the world participated in the global ”Stand Up and Take Action” campaign that became the biggest mass mobilisation on a [...]
Russia and Iran: crisis of the west, rise of the rest
August 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Tuesday, August 26, 2008 This article was originally published on opendemocracy.net under a Creative Commons license. Read the article in its original form. Paul Rogers Moscow’s war in Georgia and Tehran’s nuclear project highlight the failings of United States and European security policy. (This article was first published on 21 August 2008) 24 [...]
The miscalculation of small nations
August 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Tuesday, August 26, 2008 This article was originally published on opendemocracy.net under a Creative Commons license. Read the article in its original form. Fred Halliday The Russia-Georgia war highlights the need for a nuanced understanding of international politics that recognises the autonomy of local agents, says Fred Halliday 24 – 08 – 2008 [...]
POLITICS: Caucasus Crisis Raises Tensions at U.N.
August 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Tuesday, August 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (IPS) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that Russia’s recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia ”may have wider implications for security and [...]
Al-Qaeda and the Question of State Sponsorship
August 24, 2008 By
Republished on Global Geopoltics Viewpoints August 24, 2008 By Alan F. Fogelquist, Ph. D. International Monitor Institute Completed August 29, 2002 © Copyright 2002 Alan F. Fogelquist, Ph. D. Introduction Shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush declared an open-ended “war on terrorism”. Within a few [...]
