Posted by Matt in September 24th, 2008 |
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Today a new kind of Warsaw Pact emerges, this time with a strong anti-Russian and pro-US profile. Poland and the three Baltic republics - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - harmonise their policy with regard to their status as super-ally to the US, their suspicion of Russia and their hidden frustration at “soft” European foreign policy.
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Posted by Matt in August 19th, 2008 |
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Russia,
West,
Arrogance,
Baltic States,
Elections,
Fear,
Freedom,
Nationalism,
Open Hostility,
Orange Revolution,
Regimes,
Revolutions,
Russia,
Russian Leadership,
Russian State,
Street Demonstrations,
Ukraine
The spread of freedom and the West standing up to it.
The Russian state’s open hostility, not only toward Georgia but also toward Ukraine and the Baltic states, is, in this sense, partly ideological. Genuine elections have taken place in all these countries; people who have not been preselected by the ruling oligarchy sometimes gain wealth [...]
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Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2008 |
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Europe,
Russia,
Baltic State,
Baltic States,
Drug Trafficking,
Illegal Immigration,
Latvia,
National Security Council,
News Agency,
Ria Novosti News,
Russia,
Security Threats,
Terrorism
The Latvian National Security Council has included Russia in a list of major security threats to the Baltic state. As the RIA Novosti news agency reports, the agency places Russia’s threat alongside terrorism, drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
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Posted by Matt in April 1st, 2008 |
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Russia,
U.S.,
American Options,
Baltic States,
Commodity Prices,
Disintegration,
Energy Sector,
European Influence,
Former Soviet Union,
George Friedman,
Global Power,
Hegemon,
Internal Affairs,
Islamic World,
Jihadist,
Military Posture,
Military Resources,
Rollback,
Soviet Republics,
Sphere Of Influence,
Strategic Point,
Stratfor
By George Friedman
For the past year, Stratfor has been focusing on what we see as the critical global geopolitical picture. As the U.S.-jihadist war has developed, it has absorbed American military resources dramatically. It is overstated to say that the United States lacks the capacity to intervene anywhere else in the world, but it is [...]
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