Egyptian and arab democracy uber alles?

Insanity has been described as constantly repeating the same mistake and expecting a different outcome. That characterization sadly applies to American attitudes and policies towards much of what is happening in Egypt and the Arab and Islamic worlds.  We have been there before often supporting what is mistakenly regarded as the triumph of some sort of democratic movement over a failing regime that ultimately proves highly destructive to U.S. interests. Remember that German elections led to the appointment of Hitler as chancellor in 1933 and how that turned out. Fidel Castro was the freedom fighter battling the corrupt Batista Government in Cuba more than a half-century ago.  And when the [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:34+02:0029 august 2013|Blog, Democratie & Drepturile Omului, Harlan Ullman, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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Nori negri – Status quo mondial

Avem inainte o toamna grea si extrem de dinamica. In Europa se anunta multe schimbari. In Germania cursa electorala este pe ultima suta de metri, iar miza este mare, atat pentru nemti cat si pentru Europa. Angela Merkel parca se pregateste pentru noul mandat iar politicile sale vor da tonul in Europa. In Italia se aprind spiritele si se prefigureaza o criza politica ce va ridica temperatura zonei euro. Noul guvern de coalitie condus de Enrico Letta se confrunta cu o criza economica grava. In contextul condamnarii fostului premier Silvio Berlusconi, partidul sau, Partidul Poporul Libertăţii, a anuntat posibilitatea de a-si retrage sprijinul pentru guvernul unional, ceea ce ar conduce [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:34+02:0029 august 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre, Analize si studii, Blog, Pace & Securitate, Studii internaționale, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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No easy fixes for NATO

To paraphrase Shakespeare: Alas poor NATO.  We knew it well. My second column for 2013 bemoaned the absence of even the mention of NATO--the North Atlantic Treaty Organization--- in the strategic dialogue that accompanied the start of President Barack Obama’s second term.  Founded in Washington in April 1949 as a counterweight to the emergence of a hostile Soviet Union, NATO became the most successful military alliance in history. Clearly, the strategic “pivot” to Asia announced last year by the White House had overshadowed and eclipsed the importance of Europe.  And, today’s violence in Egypt and Syria as well as the ongoing chaos in Iraq, Afghanistan with Iran’s nuclear ambitions still [...]

By |2013-09-03T14:51:57+03:0020 august 2013|Blog, Harlan Ullman, Pace & Securitate, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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Reteaua de parteneriate economice – o posibila oportunitate pentru Romania?

Incepand cu al doilea mandat al lui Obama, administratia americana a inceput sa dea contur unei idei mai vechi referitoare la schimbarea modului de abordare a politiciilor economice, abordare determinata de evolutiile economiei mondiale si implicit a economiei americane. Rezultatele au inceput deja sa apara: Japonia s-a alaturat recent statelor din Parteneriatul Economic Strategic Transatlantic (TPP), iar prima runda de negocieri pentru Parteneriatul Transatlantic pentru Comert si Investitii (TTIP), cunoscut sub numele de Parteneriatul UE – SUA, a avut loc de curand. Pe fondul crizei economice, SUA abordeaza acum problema din alt unghi si incearca o redefinire a pozitiei sale in context international. Legaturile economice cu care se inconjoara si [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:34+02:007 august 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre, Blog, Economie, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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An all-american agenda II: a financially realistic national defense

Perhaps the best thing that happened to America last week was Congress abandoning Washington for a five-week break deferring all the major issues and problems. Will anything improve when Congress returns?  The answer is not reassuring. Prior to the break, the Defense Department sketched out the impact of budget sequestration on the nation’s military strength to Congress.  Disastrous is not an unsuitable description.  But, in addition to the lack of specifics about the looming dilution of American military power, other flaws in our national security posture have been ignored. First, within a broken government, America’s national security organization is based on the obsolete National Security Act first passed in 1947.  [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:34+02:007 august 2013|America, Blog, Harlan Ullman, Regiuni|0 Comentarii
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