Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Peter
Kosovo declared its independence early this year with the backing of the EU and the US to the objection and consternation of Serbia and Russia.
Yesterday, Russia supported the independence of not one but two breakaway regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - to the objection and condemnation of the EU and US.
Russia had [...]
Filed under: Abkhazia, Bangsa Moro, Georgia, Kosovo, Mindanao, South Ossetia, Taiwan, United Nations, World Affairs, cold war, peace | Comments Off
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Peter
You might say I am stretching the issue of US involvement in Mindanao too far. But here are interesting views from respected columnists in Manila:
The untold realities of the MILF Pact by veteran media executive Billy Esposo; and
MILF proxy to international oil powers by nationalist economist Ding Lichauco.
And here are my previous posts:
A new kind [...]
Filed under: Ambassador Kristie Kenney, MILF peace talks, Mindanao, US involvement in Mindanao, US military in Mindanao, World Affairs, peace, travel advisory on Mindanao | Comments Off
Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Peter
Israel must be the luckiest country in the world.
One of the richest and undoubtedly the mightiest in the Middle East, Israel is getting further windfall.
US President-elect Barack Obama has just committed to Israeli security once he sits at the Oval Office. Last Monday, I heard the same assurance from British PM Gordon Brown when he [...]
Filed under: Gordon Brown, Israel, Knesset, Middle East, President-elect Barack Obama, Security, World Affairs, peace, policeman of the world, weapons of mass destruction | Comments Off
