The European Courier | Terrorism and International Security

The Russia’s invasion of Georgia may be a turning point in the history. However, it is hard to believe those voices, which claim that a new Cold War is coming and that the West will define itself once again in opposition to the Orthodox civilization. Russia is not a match to the West and never will be again. It is a utopian dream of some of Russia’s elites, who believe that their country can become a counterweight to the overwhelming power of the West. Read more

The fact that the current Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been the subject of criticism by his own people as an absolutist, is relevant to the discussion, but only for understanding how this crisis was triggered. It is self evident that President Saakashvili overstepped by translating his words into military action to reclaim separatist territories. Besides that military recourse should be initiated only as a last and defensive resort, President Saakashvili gave a resurgent Russian imperial agenda the opportunity that was seeking the excuse . Read more

The EuropeanCourier.org started a blog in which we will be posting information, news, links to interesting articles, reports, interviews and political analysis relating to the conflict in the Abkhazia region, Georgia. Click on the picture on the right and you will be redirected to the blog.

- an interview with Amb. Irakli Alasania, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations in New York about Abkhazia crisis, Georgia’s peace initiatives, relations with Russia, NATO membership and the political role of the U.S. in Caucasus. Read more

SERIOUS SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR THE REGION February 25, 2008

- an interview with Mr. Pavle Jevremovic, Permanent Representative of Serbia to the United Nations.

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NUCLEAR BOMBS IN AMERICAN CITIES BY SEBASTIAN AULICH | December 29, 2007

If any place in America is going to be hit by a terrorist nuclear attack, there are pretty big chances that it will be New York City again. New York is world’s financial capital with the most influential stock market on the globe (NYSE), therefore it is a very attractive target. Also it is a place where the United Nations are headquartered. [...] A small nuclear bomb, comparable to that dropped on Hiroshima, if detonated in midtown Manhattan on a typical workday, would instantly kill half a million of people. Only the damage in midtown Manhattan would amount to around $1 trillion. Read more

SECURITY COUNCIL IN REHAB BY MO SACIRBEY | November 1, 2007

You know that Amy Winehouse melody: “They wanna make me go to rehab, but I say, No, No, No!!!” Well, that obstinacy fits the UN Security Council, for the last 15 years or more. Everyone knows that the UN Security Council is in need of reform, but only the Security Council is in a position to ultimately act upon it. Read more

CHINA AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER BY SEBASTIAN AULICH | June 19, 2007

A different new world order is emerging. However, ultimate decline and abdication of the West is highly hypothetic. Favorable demographic projections for the U.S. and the undergoing internal changes in the EU, may cause the Western civilization to become even more powerful than it was in the past. Read more

A PACKAGE DEAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST BY TADEUSZ A. KISIELEWSKI | February 10, 2007

Americans believe that their federal constitutional model is the best in the world, and seek to promote it as a panacea for all socio-political problems [...] In Africa and Latin America the same system has produced corrupt dictatorships. Trying to introduce Western democracy in toto in an Arab country at one stroke is to attempt a cultural revolution from the outside. Read more

If domestic movements which truly desire to implement democracy, do not exist and the West cannot replace them, then the role of the West is to find such potential forces, educate them, and then support them in their fight against authoritarian governments. If such a strategy is to be successful it needs to be coordinated and carried out by all the major Western countries acting in concert. Read more

UNITED NATIONS' FIGHT AGAINST NUCLEAR TERRORISM BY SEBASTIAN AULICH | June 6, 2006

War on terror has many front lines. Besides numerous intelligence agencies and military forces actively taking action to eliminate terrorist threat around the world, there are many other groups of people and organizations willing to contribute to this great effort. Read more

In 1977 a young student of Princeton University, who was facing a threat of being ousted for unsatisfactory academic performance, figured an original though unusual plan which he believed would allow him to successfully continue his studies and prevent from being expelled. Read more