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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
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
Last week-end Moldova had parliamentary elections. The ruling Party of Communists won so no big change in politics is expected. Elections in EU’s border have however some significance as the new leadership will be the counterpart during period after...
Tags: Moldova, Transdnistria, Pridnestrovie, Russia, EU external relations, CFSP, ESDP, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, separatism
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