Wars in modern world

BSSB.BE  voltairenet.org  01.06.2018

Balkans Danube Ex-USSR Poland

* The race to weapons, including nuclear weapons, has for some time now been extended from Earth to Space.

At the beginning of the race to space, the Great Powers had agreed in … Read More

Ancient Greek wisdom for the EU

BSSB.BE  youtube.com  01.06.2018

Balkans Danube Germany Europe

* «How to Save Europe»  – Greece knows

In this video we talk to the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, author & former finance minister of Greece, Yanis … Read More

No more bloodshed

BSSB.BE  intellinews.com  31.05.2018

Danube Germany Ex-USSR

 * This was one of the most popular headlines in Ukrainian media since the beginning of May

 However, it was mostly a wishful thinking. Indeed, the ATO, as it is known, in Eastern Ukraine is … Read More

Kissinger on Global Challenges

BSSB.BE  Media Buzz  31.05.2018

Europe USA

* Opening Statement by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services at a hearing convened to discuss “Global Challenges and U.S. National Security Strategy”

The United States finds itself … Read More

1. How to Save Europe

BSSB.BE  ecfr.eu  30.05.2018

Balkans   Ex-USSR   Germany  The Baltics  

*Keynote speech at ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in Paris 29 May. 2018. Check against delivery

It is good to be here. Thank you. I think this is the right place to discuss how to … Read More

1. A key element of Polish identity?

BSSB.BE  neweasterneurope.eu  30.05.2018

Danube   Ex-USSR   Germany  The Baltic   Poland

* The ruling party has pushed several memory laws related to decommunisation in Poland

The mass renaming of streets reflects the current pulse of identity politics in Europe. France is considering changing … Read More

1. No more ‘West -concept’

BSSB.BE  ecfr.eu  29.05.2018

Europe USA

* The West is more and more divided and global strategic interests are diverging.

‘You, Europeans, come to this town to preach to us, to complain and accuse, and then expect us to protect you,’ … Read More

It happened in St.Petersburg

BSSB.BE  Ruptly  29.05.2018

Danube   Ex-USSR   France   Germany  Russia USA

*The three-day St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) opens on Thursday, May 24 in Russia’s second largest city with representatives from over 70 countries attending the event.

… Read More

OSCE Mission to Ukraine

BSSB.BE  laender-analysen.de  28.05.2018

EX-USSR  Europe   

* Four years of conflict in Ukraine leave 4.4 million people in a dire humanitarian situation

• OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Status Report, 2 May 2018 • Between 16 and 29 … Read More

Eurasia VS Europe

BSSB.BE  Central European University  28.05.2018

Balkans Ex-USSR Germany 

* Robert Kaplan, author of “The Revenge of Geography,” brilliantly explains the theory of geopolitics, but fails to apply it convincingly.

The analytical discipline of geopolitics is the Kate Moss of … Read More