April 21, 2008
Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, is not exactly an anti-American. A long-time advocate of humanitarian intervention, he was in favor of removing Saddam Hussein from power in 2003. He also applauded the U.S. intervention in Serbia. But asked this week whether the U.S. could repair the...
go to article »March 25, 2008
The democratic choice is an easier one for progressives to make in the UK than it is in the US. Over here, the ruling Labour Party is more progressive than the Conservative opposition on both foreign and domestic issues. But in the US, things are not so simple. Were I an American citizen, I would be...
go to article »February 22, 2008
Oh boy forget about the American Embassy in Iran , it is Serbia , I am watching it now in Aljazeera Live , oh boy I do know not if the Americans were quick to get out from the country and also to burn all the secret documents or not ,as the Russian camp would be very happy to put its hands on these...
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Bloggers and some politicians in the Middle East were quick to draw parallels between Kosovo's independence from Serbia and the Palestine Question. Following the news from the Balkans, here's a snapshot of more reactions from Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Israel: From Israel, Auss...
go to article »February 21, 2008
According to the Yandex Blogs portal, over 3,700 posts on Kosovo independence have appeared in the Russian-language blogosphere in the past three days. Some of these posts have received dozens, if not hundreds, of comments. Below are a few snippets of this lively discussion, all translated from Russ...
go to article »February 18, 2008
Kosovo has declared independence on the 3rd Sunday of February, 2008 and the expectation is that it will be recognized by USA, UK and many other countries immediately. As soon as these western powers do recognize Kosovo as an independent country, it will immediately cause a huge dislocation in the ...
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Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday, Feb. 17, has caused both celebrations and protests - as well as plenty of media coverage and an avalanche of blog posts. Below is a selection of some Anglophone bloggers' views (Elia Varela Serra's earlier Global Voices roundu...
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