America votes

Next Tuesday, America goes to the polls to elect all manner of officials from city counsel person and sheriff to members of Congress.  Congressional and gubernatorial races have of course attracted national attention.  While the House of Representatives will remain firmly in Republican hands, the future control of the Senate is uncertain. Both parties predict that should they lose or win the Senate, the future of the nation is at stake.  Unfortunately, whether Republicans win or Democrats maintain Senatorial control, it will make little difference.  The political system is badly broken and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men cannot repair it. Interestingly, control of the Senate races [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:02+02:0010 noiembrie 2014|America, Blog, Harlan Ullman, Regiuni|0 Comentarii
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Dileme

Suntem pe finalul celui de-al saselea an, perioada in care am experimentat stadiile unei crize care a lovit puternic in oameni. Si iata, ca dupa 6 ani apar noi riscuri, deficiente si ostacole in calea spre stabilitate si crestere. Inca din iulie 2013, la summitul de la Berlin avem o pozitie comuna a statelor europene cu privire la somajul in randul tinerilor, ca fiind un obiectiv prioritar. La fel si in noiembrie 2013 la summitul de la Paris. Chiar si zilele trecute si summitul de la Milano s-a inchis fara a livra masuri concrete in eradicarea somajului, in special cel din randul tinerilor. Trei reuniuni soldate cu efect zero. Potrivit [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:02+02:0026 octombrie 2014|Adrian Marius Dobre, Analize si studii, Blog, Economie, Europa/Rusia, Regiuni, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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A defining moment in history

Make no mistake: in taking the fight to the Islamic State (IS or aka the Enemies of Islam), President Barack Obama is at a defining moment for his presidency and probably the future.  Perhaps less spectacular than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago or September 11th, the decision to catalyze a global fight against Islamic extremism and terrorism could be as far reaching in consequence.  Consider the grounds for this conclusion. The accumulating grievances dating back to well before the Sykes-Picot secret treaty of 1916 sliced Mesopotamia into indigestible parts have become irreversible thus forcing religious, ethnic, [...]

By |2014-10-12T20:51:15+03:0012 octombrie 2014|Blog, Harlan Ullman, Orientul Mijlociu, Regiuni, Subiecte, Terorism|0 Comentarii
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Big ideas needed now

When confronting a big problem, President General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower believed that the best solution could be found by making the problem bigger.  What he meant was that in moving from, in military terms, a tactical to a strategic solution the latter would resolve the former.  This is what President Barack Obama must do as he confronts a world of volatility and uncertainty perhaps unlike any other period in memory. In fact, today could be an inflection point as great or greater than the end of the Cold War or September 11th. The president’s strategic approach is cautious and restrained yet uses often-excessive rhetoric such as announcing a [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:02+02:0012 octombrie 2014|Analize si studii, Blog, Harlan Ullman, Pace & Securitate, Subiecte, Terorism|0 Comentarii
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Summitul NATO şi „Războiul hibrid” al lui Vladimir Putin

Senatorul John McCain, care şi-a manifestat întotdeauna suspiciunea faţă de preşedintele rus Vladimir Putin, a cărui impredictibilitate caracterizează relaţiile internaţionale pe care Federaţia Rusă le are cu UE şi SUA, avertiza că acesta are de mult timp ochii aţintiţi spre Ucraina, pe care o consideră „perla coroanei ruse”: „Ştiu că Putin crede că Ucraina este parte a Rusiei. El este hotărât să o menţină în propria ogradă”. Summitul NATO de la Celtic Manor, lângă Cardiff, Ţara Galilor, este poate cel mai important eveniment la nivelul Alianţei după încheirea Războiului Rece. De ce? În primul rând, pentru că Federaţia Rusă a reinventat Războiul Rece, iar deciziile pe care Alianţa Nord-Atlantică le [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:05+02:006 septembrie 2014|Alexandru Grumaz, Analize si studii, Apărare / Securitate Naţională, Blog, Guvernare globala, Pace & Securitate, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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