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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 5M ago

A look at a gross diplomatic blunder – BBC News – Dominick Chilcott: Iran may feel remorse over UK tensions

In this video (linked below) we see British Ambassador to Tehran, Dominick Chilcott recounting the events around the invasion of the UK Diplomatic Mission, which included two properties (one of them housing families of British diplomats) in the Iranian Capital. Despite his calm demeanour, Ambassador

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 5M ago

Article: Will Eurozone Countries Give Up Control Of Budgets?

To be honest I don’t think the French will go for it, so jealous of their sovereignty as they are. Germans are open to it, seeing as how they have the most to lose fiscally and politically. …and the Eurozone is fast running out of options. Catastrophe looms ever nearer. What is to be done? [...]

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 6M ago

Euro Fears Spread to Italy In a Widening Debt Crisis – NYTimes.com

Here’s a quote from the article, “But in a speech delivered Wednesday night in Berlin, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, pleaded for unity and called on all member states to join the euro. “A split union will not work,” a written draft said. “That is true for a union wit

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 8M ago

The bid for Palestinian Statehood and the crisis of Israeli statehood

There are all sorts of wrangling regarding the Palestinian Authority’s request for statehood. The UN is dealing with the request, which will take several weeks, if not months to debate before making a final decision on the matter. Some countries are abstaining from it altogether making suggestions

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 9M ago

Such ironies… China Blasts U.S. Over Credit … (npr.org)

Reading the article linked below I couldn’t help but notice China’s reaction to the US credit downgrade. This in itself is not strange, after all if you own nearly half of US assets and that country’s credit just went from trusted to questionable, it is your right to say a thing or two about it. [..

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 11M ago

Vietnam Mounts Artillery Drill Amid Tensions With China

Got to hand it to the Vietnamese. Only they would defy the giant that is China. Check the article out… http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2011/06/mil-110613-voa01.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e222%2ewj0ao0123g%2e77n Though worrying (nobody wants to see heightened tensions, especially with the

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 1Y ago

Turkey offers itself as a broker in hopes of finding a political solution in Libya…

In the increasingly difficult situation in Libya there are third parties that rise to the occasion and offer political brokerage towards a possible solution. And while Turkey may have its work cut out for it (how they will manage to turn Gadhafi into a reasonable man is beyond me) the mere gesture r

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 1Y ago

BBC News – Libya unrest: Violence against protesters backfires

This news article by the BBC (see below) analyzes how Libya’s repressive measures against anti-government protesters is, evidently, back-lashing against the Gaddafi regime. Check it out. BBC News – Libya unrest: Violence against protesters backfires. That there is a backlash is hardly a surprise.

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 1Y ago

Germany makes its case to join the U.N. Security Coucil; America shrugs – By Colum Lynch | Turtle Bay

I’m sure that with all the efforts its been doing Germany deserves a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. It would at least bring a fresh perspective from a country that doesn’t consider aggression as a first option. In fact, I would support Germany’s entry alongside South Africa, Brasil, In

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Διεθνής κοινωνία – International · 1Y ago

@thedailybeast, 11/19/10 12:07 AM

Republicans are indeed pathologically obsessed with president Obama. So much so, that they would deny the United States further security and an improved relationship with Russia in order to deny the White House a landmark victory in the diplomatic arena. Check out the article and see the deeds of su

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