He’s an ethnic nationalist with a mystical sense of Russian destiny. Cold and pragmatic, he won’t play by the world’s rules.
Does this ruthless, focused leader have a weakness? Yes: his temper. Despite his icy demeanor, Putin’s combustible. He takes rebuffs personally and can act impulsively — and destructively. Instead of lulling Europeans into an ever-greater [...]
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Why Putin should scare us
Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Russia, Adversary, Capabilities, Chris Hedges, cyber-attack, Demeanor, Democracies, Dependence, Destiny, Ej Dionne, Eugene Robinson, Europeans, Jane Ciabattari, kremlin, Mystical Sense, Nationalist, NATO, putin, Russian Bear, Russian Gas, Russian History, Strongmen, Temper, Tiff, Truthdig, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin, Western Customers, William Pfaff, Willingness
Nabucco pipeline project faces obstacles, competition
Posted by Matt in July 9th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Energy, Europe, Bota, Brussels Belgium, Bulgaria, Cooperation Agreement, Dependance, Dependence, Eligible Costs, Erzurum, Faces, Feasibility Study, Gas Pipeline, Giuseppe Verdi, Hub, Hungary, Italian Libretto, Mile Pipeline, Nabucco, Nabucco Pipeline, Natural Gas Hub, Natural Gas Pipeline, Nebuchadnezzar, Obstacles, Omv, Pipeline Project, Romania, Russian Natural Gas, Solera, Strasbourg France, Tower Of Babel, Turkey, Western Europe
A 2,000-mile pipeline envisioned as a way to lessen Western Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas is being threatened by escalating costs, missed deadlines and uncertain supply.
The project, known as Nabucco, is behind schedule, with a start date expected to be pushed back from next year to 2010. Recent reports indicate that the cost of [...]
How Europe can shape the global system
Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 | no comment
Published in Europe, Ascendancy, Brazil, China, Cold-War, Dependence, Europe, Europeans, Fiasco, Global System, Globalization, India, Interdependence, iraq, Nation States, Pace, Possibilities, Power Politics, Russia, Unipolar Moment
The end of the unipolar moment, underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China, Brazil and India, raises again questions about the structure of the global system and how Europe fits within it.
After the end of the cold war and with the accelerating pace of globalisation, Europeans were inclined to [...]
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