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- ‘Enigmatic Russia’ And Its Detractors – Analysis
- The Paris Killings: Who Are The Real Heroes Of Press Freedom? – OpEd
- Deaths In Paris: Separating Fact from Fiction – Analysis
- Somalia’s New Race Against Time – OpEd
- The Minsk Protocol And The Future Of Ukraine – Analysis
- Self Censorship – OpEd
- Haiti: Five Years After Earthquake International Community Still Needs To Act, CEPR Co-Director Says
- Why Taiwan Needs Submarines – Analysis
- Drone Usage In Latin America Takes Flight – Analysis
- India: A Little Respite In Meghalaya – Analysis
- Grading Threats Against India – Analysis
- Bulgaria: PM Borissov Warns Of Energy ‘Catastrophe’
- Je Suis Ahmed – OpEd
- Economic And Geo-Political Prognosis For 2015 – Analysis
- India: Strategic Silence In Jharkhand – Analysis
- Sri Lanka: A Fresh Beginning – Analysis
- Kerry Says US Aims To Speed Up Nuclear Talks With Iran
- Centcom Confirms Social Media Sites ‘Compromised’
- The Af-Pak Entity: Seduction To Armageddon? – Analysis
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST
Periodically, some have engaged in what can be best described as “PoliSport”. (Years ago, I recall New York metropolitan area radio talk show host Steve Malzberg, using this term.) Such a route can prove to be faulty. This is especially true when some preferred Western mass media types do this against Russia. These instances can say more about the given commentator […] The post ‘Enigmatic Russia’ And Its Detractors – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST
By Jamil Maidan Flores* In the wake of the terrorist assault last week on the offices of the French magazine “Charlie Hebdo,” in which 12 persons were killed, many people all over the world were moved to say, in an outpouring of anger at the perpetrators and sympathy for the victims, “I am Charlie.” Apart […] The post The Paris Killings: Who Are The Real Heroes Of Press Freedom? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:55 PM PST
The attacks in Paris on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket as well as two French police officers have prompted analysts and the media to often jump to hasty conclusions. Terms such as intelligence failure and Al Qaeda are liberally employed with no clear definition of what they mean or refer to. […] The post Deaths In Paris: Separating Fact from Fiction – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:50 PM PST
Despite the roller coaster of political and security-related drama that dominated the headlines in this past year, I still remain optimistic about Somalia’s future- cautiously of course. For Somalia, a New Year’s resolution is an existential affair of ‘change now, or cease to exist’. That said; change requires certain level of self-awareness through which intention […] The post Somalia’s New Race Against Time – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:42 PM PST
By O. Igho Natufe* There are two phases of the Ukraine Crisis. The first phase dates from November 20, 2013 when the government of President Viktor Yanukovych suspended Ukraine’s Association Agreement (AA) talks with the European Union (EU). The second phase is from February 22, 2014 when President Yanukovych was ousted from office in a […] The post The Minsk Protocol And The Future Of Ukraine – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:11 PM PST
One by-product of the Paris terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo was an outpouring of support for freedom of speech. While there was general agreement that the magazine’s content has been, beyond a doubt, offensive to some (and not only Muslims), almost everyone agreed that freedom of speech is a fundamental right that should be protected, […] The post Self Censorship – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Haiti: Five Years After Earthquake International Community Still Needs To Act, CEPR Co-Director Says
Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:01 PM PST
Five years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake killed some 217,300 and displaced 1.5 million people, the Five years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake killed some 217,300 and displaced 1.5 million people, the international community still needs to act to address ongoing urgent needs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said Monday. While the […] The post Haiti: Five Years After Earthquake International Community Still Needs To Act, CEPR Co-Director...
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:54 PM PST
By Dean Cheng* In 2001, President George W. Bush’s Administration agreed to a major arms sale to Taiwan. Approved for sale to Taipei were anti-submarine warfare aircraft, anti-ship missiles, self-propelled howitzers, minesweepers, and destroyers. The United States also agreed to help Taiwan obtain new diesel-electric submarines, to modernize the island’s underwater forces. At the time, […] The post Why Taiwan Needs Submarines – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:49 PM PST
By W. Alejandro Sanchez* 2014 could be remembered as the year when drone usage, both for military and civilian purposes, decisively took off throughout Latin America. The cherry on top of the proverbial cake was the recent decision by the South American Nations Union (UNASUR) to create a regionally-built drone. While this initiative may need […] The post Drone Usage In Latin America Takes Flight – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:41 PM PST
By Giriraj Bhattacharjee* The trend of rising insurgency-related fatalities in Meghalaya continued through 2014, with a total of 76 fatalities, as compared to 60 in 2013, an increase of 26.67 per cent, according to partial data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP). Consequently, the State continued to hold the dubious distinction of being […] The post India: A Little Respite In Meghalaya – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:39 PM PST
By A. K. Verma With frequent violations of the Line of Control in J&K State and not so frequent infiltration across the borders with China one has to estimate which is the more dangerous frontier. Few are ready to give a clear cut answer but such an answer must be given authoritatively. There are other […] The post Grading Threats Against India – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:36 PM PST
(EurActiv) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov paid a visit to the European Commission today (12 January) to sound the alarm over his country’s energy resources, following the freezing of the South Stream project. In particular, he warned that if Russia drags its feet over the rehabilitation of Bulgaria’s two nuclear reactors, this would be […] The post Bulgaria: PM Borissov Warns Of Energy ‘Catastrophe’ appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:46 AM PST
By Bikram Vohra My name is Ahmed Merabet. Not Francois or Pierre or Gaston. Just Ahmed. I was a French policeman in Paris on duty when the gunmen struck the Charlie Hebdo magazine’s offices. When I saw what was happening, I immediately sprung into action. But my weapons were in no comparison to the impressive […] The post Je Suis Ahmed – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:44 AM PST
The re-moderation of the world economy set in place over the past few years continues apace. Notwithstanding some lasting damage on the supply side through the 2008 recessionary trough, our outlook for 2015 is bullish weighing more on optimistic data trends than on continued negative sentiment proffered from some analyst quarters. By Dr. Rajesh Tembarai […] The post Economic And Geo-Political Prognosis For 2015 – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:40 AM PST
By Fakir Mohan Pradhan* In a change for good, the five phase Assembly Election in Jharkhand held in the month of November and December 2014 passed off peacefully, with a record voter turnout of 66.47 per cent. According to the Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer P.K. Jajoria the State has not recorded this high a polling […] The post India: Strategic Silence In Jharkhand – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:38 AM PST
By Ajit Kumar Singh* In a dramatic turnaround of political fortunes in the island nation, Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena, leader of the New Democratic Front (NDF), emerged victorious in a keenly contested Presidential Election held on January 8, 2015. Sirisena secured 6,217,162 votes (51.28 per cent) against 5,768,090 votes (47.58 per cent) polled by […] The post Sri Lanka: A Fresh Beginning – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:36 AM PST
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hopes to accelerate the progress of nuclear negotiations with Iran, as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif stated on Sunday that Iran and the US will explore ways to give impetus to the talks. On Wednesday, Zarif and Kerry will confer ahead of a fresh […] The post Kerry Says US Aims To Speed Up Nuclear Talks With Iran appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:34 AM PST
U.S. Central Command officials today released a statement detailing what they called “cybervandalism” affecting two of the command’s social media sites. The full statement reads: Earlier today, U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube sites were compromised for approximately 30 minutes. These sites reside on commercial, non-Defense Department servers and both sites have been temporarily taken […] The post Centcom Confirms Social Media Sites ‘Compromised’ appeared...
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:32 AM PST
By Vijay Shankar* Armageddon is the mythical site of gathering of armies for battle that will end all. Its geographical location is shrouded in biblical lore and considerable controversy exists of its mercatorial coordinates, but its implications of the eventual catastrophic destiny of mankind (as revealed) are becoming less indistinct. Our study is far removed […] The post The Af-Pak Entity: Seduction To Armageddon? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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