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Yemen – the next target for the War on Terror?

Posted by AriRusila on 07/01/10

“Somebody in our government said to me in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, Iraq was yesterday’s war. Afghanistan is today’s war. If we don’t act pre-emptively, Yemen will be tomorrow’s war.” (Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.) On December 25 US authorities arrested a Nigerian named Abdulmutallab aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from to on charges of [...]

Open letter to US President (selected) Obama

Posted by AriRusila on 05/11/08

First let me congratulate you for your landslide winning of US elections.  Second please let me inform about one of many short-comings of still present administration – namely Kosovo case. Few months ago I was reading very interesting interview of John Bolton former UN Ambassador, which highlight was his comment about Kosovo conflict.  Quotation: US [...]

Is GUUAM dead?

Posted by AriRusila on 03/11/08

After “Cold War” US has all the while expanded its influence post-Soviet territory with aim to guide those region’s natural resources under US companies.  As stakes have been control over the oil and gas  of the Caspian Sea/Black Sea/Caucasus basin, and the control of multiple key energy pipelines criss-crossing the region.  Economical interests have been [...]

Power in service of ethics

Posted by AriRusila on 14/08/08

During last twenty years war for humanitarian reasons has came quite popular in political vocabulary e.g. in Balkans and now with Georgia case. The ideal to use power in the service of ethics is good. The problem is the low level of ethics when US is using her power in world. I remember their actions [...]

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