Everyone knows that game on a coward – two cars drive in the same line against each other and they are about to crash. That driver becomes the winner, who will not dodge the other. International politics knows its own new gambler called Mr. Dmitrij Medvedev. On Sunday evening, Russian President announced that Kremlin is [...]

There are two roads to peace, according to the Maharal (the famous Chief Rabbi of Prague in the 16th century): separation or active co-existence.  Of these, only the latter is durable. Although there is no overall consensus, European thinking – whether about Russia, China, Iran or wherever, tends to favour integration.  This is should not be [...]

United States Foreign policy during last decades could be described as series of strategical errors. When Soviet Union splintered, the US saw possibility to widen its influence through breakaway republics and former satellites, do whatever want in the rest of world and feed her powerful military-industrial complex. Supporting on one hand nationalist/populist leaders (Georgia, Ukraine, [...]

L’Europe s’inquiète du sort de ses classes moyennes, alors que celles-ci sont les soutiens les plus fervents de la démocratie et de la construction européenne. En apparence, il n’y a pas de raison de s’inquiéter. Les sociétés européennes comptent parmi les plus égalitaires du monde. Si l’on prend le simple critère du revenu, l’écart entre [...]

Depuis la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, la société allemande s’est flattée d’être relativement homogène, d’avoir su assurer un équilibre social, d’avoir fonctionné sur la base du dialogue et du compromis, et d’avoir récompensé le mérite, ce qui représente aux yeux des Allemands comme des observateurs étrangers les bases du modèle allemand. Cet équilibre [...]

HAMM, Germany (Reuters) – RWE AG said on Friday it has selected the western German town of Huerth for a novel 450 megawatts brown coal fired power plant that will capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) and come on stream by late 2014.  Reuters. Original post by markjohnston

From the Editorial Team: In his nomination speech, the Democratic presidential candidate reiterates his commitment to direct diplomacy with Iran and his hawkish position on Pakistan. What do you make of Barack Obama’s security policy positions? Original post by Atlantic Community

It comes as no surprise that China has not supported Russia over its intervention in Georgia or its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.  What is surprising is that Moscow either expected a different reaction or does not care.  There were no crumbs of comfort for Putin and Medvedev at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit [...]

Steve Clemons interviews Hussain Haqqani: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States reaffirms his country’s democracy and promises better cooperation with the United States and Afghanistan. Original post by Atlantic Community

Fichtre, who’s who dans le world wide web ? Qui dit quoi, qui se gausse, qui ose ? Histoire de faire plus ample connaissance, voici pour la rentrée une série de causeries jupons frivoles avec les bloggueurs les plus influents ou (im)pertinents de l’eurosphère. En anglais s’il vous plait ! NOSEMONKEY & EUtopia J. Clive [...]

Iniciamos este nuevo blog para ampliar nuestra red sobre Tomelloso. Este es un nuevo complementos a la multitud de servicios web para la localidad de Tomelloso, ciudad de la provincia de Ciudad Real, en la región de Castilla La Mancha. Desarrollo comercial, empresas, economía y sectores importantes de este pueblo manchego serán el tema principal [...]

I sincerely hope Barack Obama will become the next US President but his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention last night did not convince me that he will be the One solving our global climate and energy crisis. Obama’s keynote address was big on changing the political culture in Washington and rescuing the American Dream [...]

Everybody had expected the Chinese to be the most successful in collecting golden, silver and bronze and medals. In fact, they were: winning 100 medals altogether. But in relation to their population of 1.3 billion and their an unprecedented national focus on being number One, their success pales compared to the remarkable achievements of European [...]

(Updated 29 Aug.) The date of the Environment Committee vote on the CO2 geological storage proposal has moved again. Earlier information indicating a switch from 25 September to 16 October was not confirmed by Parliament authorities. The latest information received is that a new date of 7 October (afternoon) is the most likely option. This [...]

The date of the Environment Committee vote on the CO2 geological storage proposal has become uncertain. Earlier information indicating a move from 25 September to 16 October was not confirmed by Parliament authorities. The latest information received is that a new date of 7 October (afternoon) is being considered. Original post by markjohnston