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 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:  Jun 19, 2008	The Elephant and The Ant
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: IT would seem there's no topic worthy of addressing that would not bore our patient readers, after the “Round Table” program of June 12, which dealt with the new edition of a book published in Bolivia 15 years ago, featuring now a prologue I wrote. During this...... [view]

Posted By:  Katea Posted On:  Aug 19, 2007	King Arthur and the Witch
King Arthur and the Witch: Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  May 8, 2007	Chinese troops to Africa
The Washington Post writes about the decision by the Chinese Foreign Ministry to send a military engineering unit to help strengthen the overtaxed African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur: [ extract ] In recent weeks, the Darfur crisis has become particularly sensitive in...... [view]

Posted By:  kantibit Posted On:  May 6, 2006	Completed a new site
I’ve just completed building the website of DIP Forum. It’s an association of Germans, Indians and Pakistanis living in Germany who’re interested in promoting friendship and cooperation between the three countries. Its main focus, of course, is building and sustaining peaceful...... [view]

Posted By:  kantibit Posted On:  Mar 13, 2007	India-Pakistan friendship concert
Through a friend in India I came to know about an innovative initiative called Friends Without Borders, which is involving kids of India and Pakistan in building peace relations. Here’s what they say: “All across India, tens of thousands of children have begun writing heartfelt...... [view]