We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
No sooner the first NAVTEX signaling a concerted plan of provocations in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone expired, Ankara issued a second Navigation Telex notifying the apathetic world that it is here to stay – audaciously seeking to block waters even closer to the southern coast of the Republic of…
Read MoreExactly three years ago, in October 2011, my phone rang at my antique maps gallery-cum-office. At the other end of the line was Dr Gregory Reichberg, an American seasoned researcher, a dear colleague then Director of the PRIO Cyprus Centre. Already at my time at the UN University HQ Tokyo…
Read MoreAs time passes it becomes more obvious that the American protégées in Kiev did not justify the ‘hopes and trust’ and disregarded the ‘honorable mission’ of destroying the Russian-speaking population of Donbass. The Ukrainian ultra-nationalists increasingly become a burnt card, with no place in the deck of Western policy reserved…
Read MoreAnother air-raid alarm alerts once more the residents of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Witnesses say that, judging by the nature of the sounds, the Ukrainian security forces used the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) "Grad". Several schools, residential areas and public enterprises are destroyed in the city within a single night.…
Read MoreThe approval and implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973, and the subsequent NATO led intervention in Libya against the dictatorial rule of Muammar al-Qaddafi have signalled the first time in history, NATO’s declaration of war against an Arab country. Additionally, with the usage of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P)…
Read MoreToday there is no resident of the troubled Ukraine, who would not ask himself/herself the tantalizing question: ‘what…Read More
At the end of the month of March 2014, President Obama made a quick trip to Saudi Arabia…Read More