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"democracies make elections, elections don't make democracies" After Afghanistan's fraudulent elections President Obama's future politics in failing state is still foggy. Conflicting views of Obama's staff, escalation of War to Pakistan, lack of clear...
Tags: Afghanistan, US foreign policy, EU external relations, crisis management, Obama, Karzai, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace. (Tacitus, ca. 56 – ca. 117) On 21 September 1980 Iraq launched a full-scale invasion of Iran, which was the beginning...
Tags: Quality-peace, crisis management, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, CFSP, intercultural dialogue
Promoting a culture of coexistence, a multi-ethnic society or at least ethnic tolerance is not an easy task, not even in Europe, not even with help of billions of aid or with “best” western practice. This can be seen especially in Balkans...
Tags: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Balkans, crisis management, restoring trust, intercultural dialogue, Balkanblog, Ari Rusila, UN, EU external relations
The "Srebrenica massacre" is the greatest triumph of propaganda to emerge from the Balkan wars.(Edward Herman) The Srebrenica case is in headlines again – like during every anniversary – and also the story seems repeat itself from year...
Tags: Bosnia-Herzegovina, War crimes, crisis management, Srebrenica, hoax, massacre, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
One thing which concerns me with today's media coverage from Afghanistan and Iraq is that only military aspect is highlighted and regular headlines are informing mostly (western) military casualties. From my point of view capasity building by civilians...
Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, crisis management, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
I was just watching a film“UN death camps in Kosovo April 2009” about protest which was hold by Roma children living in UN camps in North Mitrovica, Kosovo. The protesters however were still living, so far 81 has already dead...
Tags: Balkans, Kosovo, Nato, Roma, RAE, UNHCR, IDPs, Crisis management, Ari Rusila
Two new proposals related to European security and energy cooperation was made last week by Russia. During official state visit in Finland Russia’s President Dimitry Medvedev gave a key note speech in Helsinki on April 20th outlining a “new...
Tags: Russia, EU external relations CFSP, ESDP, Nato, U.S.foreign policy, Energy policy, Crisis management, conflicts
The captives, Yemeni fishermen, were freed as the Dutch forces captured seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden. They were aboard a pirate "mother ship" from which smaller craft attack commercial vessels. The captured pirates are alleged to have attacked the...
Tags: NATO Forces Free, Somali, pirates attack, crisis management, Gulf of Aden, Pompei
Have women’s rights in Afghanistan anything to do with Elections of European Parliament? Question came to my mind when I participated with my article –“Karzai’s administration “Worse than Taliban” - into blogging campaign...
Tags: Human rights, gender, missions, crisis management, Afghanistan, Balkans, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
I almost got stroke while reading yesterday a headline “Worse than the Taliban – new law rolls back rights for Afghan women” in the Guardian. Not due the act itself but because it reflects the substance and outcome of EU’s civil...
Tags: CFSP, ESDP, crisis management, EU Aid, EU external relations, Afghanistan, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila