Magazine 1/2013
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В политике сербских властех на протяжении уже нескольких лет явна тенденция к признанию Косова в качестве чужого государства и сербов проживающих на територии Косова и Метохии (далее в тексте “КиМ”) в качестве национального меньшинства на его территории. Эти тенденции будут рассмотрены в настоящем докладе. Целью доклада…
Magazine 2/2009
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The upcoming developments in the peace-talks between the two Cypriot communities’ representatives, i.e. Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, will have a significant impact on the future of the divided Mediterranean island as well as on the accession process of Turkey to the EU. All parties involved in the “Cyprus – Turkey – EU” triangle eagerly waited for the conclusions of the EU’s General Affairs Council…
Magazine 2/2008
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The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is standing on a crossroad. Many believe the year of 2008 is a crucial milestone in determining the future of the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots. These bold expectations are underpinned in the good news that after four years of deadlock, negotiations between the two communities were kicked off once again. Both leaders, i.e. the newly elected Greek Cypriot president Demetris Christofias…
Magazine 2/2008
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After thirteen years, Radovan Karadžić, the Bosnian Serb heading Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period 1992 – 1996, was among the last to be taken to the International Crime Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in order to face charges of war crimes committed during the worst military conflict in Europe in the 1990’s. That’s why the notion that not only his active political work, but also his arrest and extradition…
Magazine 2/2008
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Both, the Russia Federation as well as Israel, are countries with developed armament industry and defence sector. For Israel, which has been dominating the world rankings of arms expenditures per capita for a long time, it is, as its representatives declare, a question of survival in the region where its existence is often perceived by the neighbours with animosity or overt hostility. In the Russian Federation, armament industry, as one of few…
Magazine 2/2008
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The military conflict in Georgia and its international implications have diverted attention away from other Russian diplomatic and political initiatives presented during this year’s summer months. Observers concentrated particularly on the rivalry between Russia and the US when commenting the Russian-Georgian conflict. They analysed to a considerably lower extent events in the context of Russian-European relations and Russian notions of the shape of European security…
Magazine 2/2008
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Every conflict has various causes, and the participating countries choose the most appropriate form them. It is the same for the 5 day war between the Russian Federation (RF) and Georgia in August 2008. Despite the fact that energy was not in the center of the attention, nor among the named causes of the attack of Georgia on the South Ossetia or the retaliatory reaction of the RF…
Magazine 2/2008
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Who started the recent war in South Ossetia and why? Answers to these questions are unequivocal and simultaneously complicated. From many points of view, these answers depend not on the state of our knowledge, but on information sources which we use. Meanwhile, only one thing is clear. The US and Russia are indisputably involved in this small war to the same extent. However…
Magazine 2/2008
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In the course of the second half of the 20th century, the inhabitants of rich countries have accustomed themselves to the notion that cheap foods are as obvious as free education system or subsidised health service. However, it seems that they will have to kick the habit gradually. The situation is much more dramatic in poor countries of the South. According to the World Bank growing food prices will…
Magazine 2/2008
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Irrespective of its economic potential and political prospects, the European Union (EU) remains a weak geopolitical player with plenty of conflicting national interests and geostrategic priorities. These discrepancies cause that all European Council’s attempts to set a cohesive geopolitical course and joint foreign policy have failed. The EU cannot exist as a united suprastate whole without this. As long…
