It seems that Washington does not want to lose good relations with Poland, which got worse when the decision was made not to deploy the U.S. antimissile defense shield system in its territory. According to Poles, it was the fault of B. Obama, who pressed the „reset“ button in the relationship with Russia. This also implied a refusal [...]
After years of profligate spending, Greece is becoming overwhelmed. Barring some sort of large-scale bailout program, a Greek debt default at this point is highly likely. At this moment, European Central Bank liquidity efforts are probably the only thing holding back such a default. But these are a stopgap measure that can hold only until [...]
One of the key functions of President of the Republic of Lithuania is consideration of basic issues of foreign policy (Article 84 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania). Today it is obvious that D. Grybauskaite‘s foreign policy strategy will differ from that pursued by the former President V. Adamkus. Will the new foreign [...]
Despite the Baltic States‘ protests, the gas pipelineNord Stream project is gaining impetus. Several states have already permitted construction of the pipeline via their territorial waters. They were not frightened by warnings that Russia might impose its dictatorship in the Western Europe and that the pipeline was an environmental hazard. The first to admit the above project was Denmark, [...]
Elections to the German parliament were successful for the Christian Democrats with the chancellor A. Merkel ahead, and for their allies – the Christian Social Union. Although the Christians collected slightly fewer votes than four years ago, the free democrats were so successful in the elections that the right-center wing parties could form the ruling [...]
The decision over whether to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan may wait until the contested Afghan election is resolved, U.S. officials said Oct. 18. The announcement comes as U.S. President Barack Obama is approaching a decision on the war in Afghanistan. During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, Obama argued that Iraq was the wrong [...]
Although Russia has been knocking on the World Trade Organization (WTO) door for 16 years, so far its efforts were unsuccessful. During the meeting in Almaty on September 25, the EurAsEC Integration Committee of the European Economic Community announced the end of elaboration of the uniform customs duties for the Community‘s Customs Union (CU). The [...]
The recent several months increased the doubts of Eastern European states (members of NATO) on the Alliance’s readiness to defend them from external threats. In July of this year a group of former Eastern European politicians and intellectuals (among them Valdas Adamkus, the former President of Lithuania) wrote an open letter to the United States [...]
