October 31, 2006
“We are indeed all friends here, friends of a great relationship.” -Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to the American-Turkish Council, March 18, 2002 A major Kurdish diaspora group is calling for the head of a former American general recently dispatched to Turkey. The general, Joseph Ralston, has been accused of using his new [...]
October 22, 2006
Norwegian, Turkish and Kazakh oil and gas companies plan to come to Macedonia to see just how much oil is bubbling under the surface at the untapped Engilija field near Sveti Nikole in the east of the country, reported Skopje daily Vreme on October 21. Although it has been known since at least the 1960′s [...]
October 15, 2006
NATO’S Secret Armies By Daniele Ganser Frank Cass (2005), 315 pp. Reviewed by Ioannis Michaletos Over the past few years, more and more researchers have delved into the mysterious events that shaped the world during the Cold War era and which have resulted in the most important global political developments. This is the case with [...]
October 9, 2006
By Nikolas Rajkovic* In the quest to establish stability and democracy in Serbia, yet another tumultuous chapter is now beginning. In May of this year, the EU suspended Stabilization and Association talks due to the Kostunica government’s failure to arrest and extradite General Ratko Mladic. On October 1st, the Kostunica government fell over the same [...]
October 7, 2006
A partisan review, by Christopher Deliso They did not beat the mighty England squad, but they did not lose either. And that in itself constituted a big win for little Macedonia. Coming into Old Trafford on the heels of another lamentable loss against England just a month ago in Skopje, Macedonia was not expected to [...]
October 5, 2006
By Christopher Deliso EU policy towards the West Balkan states has sought to keep the various antagonistic nations and ethnicities from one another’s throats, by promising eventual membership in NATO and the European Union to each country. This was to be the magic solution. The premise was that the collective advantages of membership in these [...]
