Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By John Feffer WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 (IPS) – It’s not an easy time for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The ongoing economic crisis is putting pressure on military budgets on both sides of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the Libya conflict revealed the stark limitations of the United [...]
GEORGIA: Tbilisi Walks Diplomatic High Wire on Iranian Nuclear Issue
May 16, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Giorgi Lomsadze* TBILISI, May 15, 2012 (IPS/EurasiaNet) – Georgia is clearly the closest U.S. ally in the South Caucasus, moving in lockstep with American interests on just about every foreign policy issue – except one: Iran. Not wanting to become embroiled in a potential regional conflict, officials [...]
Ratko Mladic Goes on Trial for Genocide
May 16, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, May 16, 2012 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – The trial of General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special U.N. court at The Hague in the Netherlands. Prosecutors at the [...]
What Americans can Learn from Eurocrisis
May 12, 2012 By
The Real News Network May 10, 2012 Michael Hudson: From the Democratic Party to European “Socialists”, they manage crisis in the interests of finance More at The Real News
Austerity, the Euro Crisis and the US
May 12, 2012 By
Published on May 8, 2012 by TheRealNews Dean Baker: Austerity policy hitting a dead end, threat to US is a sovereign default leading to financial crisis. More at The Real News
Will New French President Challenge Germany?
May 12, 2012 By
The Real News Network May 7, 2012 Mark Kesselman: The big question is whether Mr. Hollande will be a lion or the mouse that roared More at The Real News
Round One to Radical Left, Round Two to Europe?
May 12, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Apostolis Fotiadis ATHENS, May 12, 2012 (IPS) – Kosmas Bitros (29) didn’t "believe in politics and in elections as a way of changing society". Still, he showed up at the ballot boxes for the first time last Sunday to cast a vote against austerity in the [...]
Greeks Gear Up to Cast ‘Protest Votes’ Against Austerity
May 3, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Apostolis Fotiadis ATHENS, May 3, 2012 (IPS) – Aggeliki Anagnostopoulou (30) sits in a corner of the huge room that volunteers from the new party, Independent Greeks, are using as a headquarters for their pre-election campaign in the lead up to polling day on May 6. [...]
GREECE-CYPRUS-ISRAEL ENERGY TRIANGLE: DYNAMICS AND POTENTIALS IN THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
April 15, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Republished with the author’s permission Read the article in the original form on the RIEAS site. Petros Makris-Kourkoulos (RIEAS Research Associate and Energy Security Analyst) In the mid-60s, John F. Kennedy stated the famous geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners and [...]
Germany and Europe’s Path to the 19th Century
March 31, 2012 By
The Real News Network Francisco Louçã: European elite wants to undo the “social contract”; Germany wants more control More at The Real News
