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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 27, 2008

  The crisis of capitalism: toward the end of a materialist age

By İBRAHİM ÖZTÜRK: Today we are paying the cost of the last, but not the least, crisis caused by the "capitalist ideology." To remind you, a serious crisis came at the beginning of the 20th century that resulted in World War I. The second big crisis came with the Great Depression and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 28, 2008

  The illusion surrounding Obama’s presidency

By BALKAN DEVLEN* There is global euphoria about US Sen. Barack Obama nowadays. Many think he will bring change and a new direction to America’s foreign policy. Turkey is no exception. Several people, from journalists to politicians, expressed the opinion that an Obama presidency...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 19, 2008

  Hydrocarbons - the formula of war

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Hydrocarbon prices, new nuclear and hydro-power plants, oil blackmail - energy is now one of the central issues discussed in the world. Even the defense sector is not immune: many analysts tend to view most 20th century wars as wars for...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008

  Western leaders blast Russia for recognizing Abkhazia, S.Ossetia

MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign leaders spoke out Tuesday against Russia's decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, while people in the Georgian breakaway regions greeted the news with raucous celebrations. Britain, the United States, Germany, France and Italy expressed...... [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 17, 2008

  Background to conflict: independent streak of breakaway republics

Both South Ossetia and Abkhazia fought wars of independence with Georgia in the early 90s - and won de facto sovereignty. But the roots of the conflict between Georgia and its breakaway regions can be traced back much further. Both breakaway republics are striving for a future that is...... [view]

Posted By:  laurakenyon
Posted On:  Aug 14, 2008

  Look what I can do!

I think if someone were trying to sum up this whole Georgia-Russia-South Ossetia situation then 'Look what I can do!' would be pretty close to it. Because when Georgia started bombing South Ossetia a few days ago it was sort of saying: 'Look what I can do South Ossetian separatist groups and your...... [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]

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