Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008	How Russia Clobbered Georgia and Lost the War
(Prof. Piotr Dutkiewicz for RIA Novosti) - Some critics have pointed to the conflict in Georgia as another example of botched Bush administration foreign policy, but in fact America's real strategy was brilliantly executed and it achieved exactly the intended outcome. Unfortunately it's not an...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	NATO – the paper alliance
(John Laughland for RIA Novosti) - As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia - and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press - one thing has become overwhelmingly clear. It is that Georgia will now never join NATO and that the balance of power in the world...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008	The Signing Date Of The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Between CARIFORUM States and The European Community (EC) Is Still Uncertain
Date for EPA signing still unclear: By Stacia Browne - FIRST it was to be signed in July then the date was postponed to September 2. Yet it now appears that the signing of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will come off sometime in September, although a later date is...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008	From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent
MOSCOW. (Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies for RIA Novosti) - When Europe and the US advocated the independence of Kosovo, many experts warned that its impact on the Caucasus would be destabilising. The Allies responded by repeating that Kosovo...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 20, 2008	NATO's 'Caucasus Council'
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political observer Andrei Fedyashin) - The emergency NATO Council session held in Brussels on August 19 at America's request to give Russia its "comeuppance" did not go smoothly. It took the ministers several hours to hammer out the final communique. In the end it turned...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008	Cannon fodder for the market
Reflections of Fidel: PERHAPS some governments are unaware of the concrete facts, and so for that reason Raúl’s message setting Cuba’s position seemed to us to be very timely. I shall be generous in the aspects that cannot be dealt with in a brief and precise official statement. ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 26, 2008	The Two Koreas
Reflections of Fidel: PART I - THE Korean nation, with its unique culture that differentiates it from its Chinese and Japanese neighbors, has existed for three thousand years. These characteristics are typical of societies in that Asian region, including those of China, Vietnam and...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Jul 25, 2008	‘Obamamania’ and McCain’s Response
Several of the world’s leading papers focused their news coverage today on the overwhelming response U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has garnered thus far on his tour of Europe. Germany’s Deutsche-Welle says Obama received a welcome the country...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008	In Berlin, Obama calls for new global partnership
In a major speech Thursday at Berlin’s Victory Column, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) recounted the historic relationship between the United States and Europe and said the “burdens of global citizenship” will continue to bind the two powers together. A “true...... [view]

Posted By:  chiaramente Posted On:  Jul 21, 2008	CIVICUS Youth Assembly (part two)
The CIVICUS Youth Assembly took place in Glasgow, Scotland from June 16-18th, 2008. Hundreds of young people were there to learn more about "People, Power and Participation" and these are some of their thoughts on the experience. Lukyana, Russia - What did you learn from CIVICUS? I...... [view]

Posted By:  chiaramente Posted On:  Jul 8, 2008	CIVICUS Youth Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland
The CIVICUS Youth Assembly took place in Glasgow, Scotland from June 16-18th, 2008. TakingITGlobal's Multilingual Programs Manager Chiara was there to take part in the three-day event on People, Power and Participation. Here are her thoughts on the experience: The value of civil society in the...... [view]

Tower of Babel
Submitted By:   Ceren Website:  http://towerofbabel.com E-mail:  malcolm@towerofbabel.com	Vision:   Xenophobia has caused countless wars and hate crimes. Ultimately, it's not about the myths and legends one's tribe worships or the color of one's skin, it's about one's heritage: unfamiliar customs and invisible deities......   [view]

cafebabel.com
Submitted By:   gringer Website:  http://cafebabel.com Phone:  0033(0)142718553 E-mail:  info@cafebabel.com	Vision:   cafebabel.com: the leading European citizen media, published in 6 languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish). For a European perspective on current affairs! It's aim is to create a European public......   City:   Paris   [view]

Altrove - Digital Unifying Volunteers
Submitted By:   goldrian Website:  http://altrove.crema.unimi.it Phone:  +39-35-402950 E-mail:  bamberga@tin.it	Vision:   Our organization is a no-profit association of volunteers composed of students, researchers and professors of Computer Science at the University of Milan, Italy. For the past few years, we have been fostering the......   StateProv:   BG   City:   Bergamo   [view]

Submitted By:   Peacebewithyou Event Date:  Aug 17, 2008 & Time: 0:00 AM-0:00 AM Event Location:  Istanbul [view]

Intercultural English/Turkish language and Turkish culture

Submitted By:   Ceren Event Date:  Apr 7, 2008 Event Location:  Valletta, Malta [view]

Destination Europe