Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Green Roadmap; Not Silk Road: Kazakhstan’s (renewed) Role in World Affairs
Kazakhstan can offer a much more visible contribution to international peace and prosperity. This country needs to be called upon to play a stronger and more active role in the mediation of interests between the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (E.U.), on one side, and Russia and the Middle East, on the other. Kazakhstan’s recent...
Hillary’s Policies (Two-State Solution, Mexico 43, EU Energy)
At the conclusion of my previous article on Secretary Clinton, I stated that “If we consider that harnessing new technologies and advancing women’s rights are global issues, then Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State may have sculpted her into the perfect president for this moment.” Bringing this vision to bear...
Counter-Terrorism: Counter-Humanitarianism?
After 13 years of war, American and British combat troops have left Afghanistan’s largest Province, Helmand, effectively bringing to an end what has arguably been the bloodiest fighting in the international military intervention since the War on Terror entered Afghanistan 2001. However, as Operation Enduring Freedom’s boots on the...
Why East Ukrainians Are Fleeing To Russia
After months of bitter fighting between Ukraine’s army and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, a significant number of the region’s residents have left their homes and sought calm elsewhere. A November 2014 United Nations report revealed that roughly 450,000 Ukrainians fled from the violence-struck areas to other...
The Global Consequences of Western Sanctions to Change Russian Policy Towards Ukraine
Are western sanctions over Russia’s support of Eastern Ukraine separatists, the declining price of oil, and the sharp decline of the ruble causing significant enough pressure on the Russian economy to change Putin’s stance on the Ukraine? In a recent report the United Nations estimated that of the 454,000 people who had left Ukraine...
In Response to Putin’s New Cold War, the West Must Be Warm to the Russian People
Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003 after criticizing President Vladimir Putin and spent 11 years in prison. In recent months, he has re-emerged in the public as a leader in a renewed opposition aimed at replacing Putin and bringing democracy to Russia. He delivered the following remarks (abridged by The WorldPost)...
The Abolition of Abolition
How the President Who Pledged to Banish Nuclear Weapons Is Enabling Their RenewalCross-posted with TomDispatch.comMark these days. A long-dreaded transformation from hope to doom is taking place as the United States of America ushers the world onto the no-turning-back road of nuclear perdition. Once, we could believe there was another way to go....
German Foreign Policy Comes of Age
BERLIN — Germany’s reunification, nearly 25 years ago, once again placed at the heart of Europe a large power whose location, economic potential, and, yes, history, raised suspicions of revived hegemonic ambitions. Major European leaders at the time — including Giulio Andreotti, Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterrand —...
The International Fight to Conquer Kleptocracy and Corruption
Fighting corruption is a global imperative. Today, on International Anti-Corruption Day, it is more important than ever that the international community re-affirm its collective commitment to preventing and eradicating public corruption. The United Nations estimates that the annual cost of corruption is approximately $2.6 trillion, with over $1...
USSR 2.0 From Grozny to Moscow
When the darkness came on the night of December 4th, Islamist militants attacked the capital of Chechnya-Grozny. They seized a publishing house and later moved to an empty school. At least 10 policemen were killed, about 28 were injured during a long shootout. Violence started Thursday morning, when gunmen in three cars attacked a police...
