Archive for July, 2007
New arms race in the Middle East
Monday, July 30th, 2007As it seems to be quite clear that multilateral sanctions against Iran are no realistic tool to weaken Tehran within the next few weeks, George W. Bush plays another card to contain the power in the Middle East: rearmament of allies in the region. Iran’s answer was put forward on Monday by Iran’s Foreign […]
It never stops: USA versus Russia
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The Kosovo case & The sanctions debatte about Iran prove that the old conflict survived the end of the cold war
Does anybody remember Dick Cheney’s harangue in Lithuania last year, the growlingly bellicose one that the Russians regard as heralding a new Cold War? Here’s how that dreadful man, who is 800 percent responsible for […]
Independence possible
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Initiative by Kosovo’s Prime Minister
Agim Ceku , Prime Minister of Kosovo, called on parliament on Friday to declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, faced with diplomatic stalemate between the West and Russia at the United Nations. Western powers looked likely on Friday to shelve the latest U.N. draft resolution.
Ceku said the […]
UN Security Council: Game Over
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Kosovo Independence Measure withdrawn from UN Council
One feels reminded to the times of the Cold War: The UN Security Council is deadlocked. Russia is not willing to accept a resolution which might establish a mechanism which would lead automatically to an independent state called Kosovo. That’s why the sponsors of a resolution putting Kosovo […]
New sanctions against Iran not before September
Friday, July 20th, 2007The extensive debate about a new resolution refering to the status of Kosovo slows down the process of tighter UN sanctions against Iran. Western powers have put off efforts to toughen UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program until September in hopes of improved cooperation with U.N. inspectors, European diplomats say. […]
Kosovo - Escalation is imminent
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 Rice Presses For Action on Kosovo Independence
As said before (Kososvo - Independent or Serbian state?) the UN Security Council impends an important decision on Kosovo. Despite Russia’s objections at the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday, Kosovo will get independence from Serbia “one way or another”. […]
Kosovo - Independent or Serbian state?
Thursday, July 19th, 2007New resolution dealing with the status of Kosovo put in blue by members of United Nations Security Council
One of the central problems the United Nations Security Council faces, not only when it is dealing with sanctions against member states, is to keep the confidence that its decisions (mainly through resolutions) will lead to a useful […]
US Missile Shield dispute escalates
Monday, July 16th, 2007It is imminent that the dispute about the missile shield in Europe will escalate. Originally intended to protect the US homeland against the sanctioned Iran it seems to be a crucial part of Putin’s decition to suspend the CFE pact. The Russian president signed a decree on Friday suspending participation in the Conventional Forces […]
USS Enterprise on its way to Iran
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Having in mind to put pressure on Iran the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday it had sent a third aircraft carrier to its Fifth Fleet area of operations, which includes waters close to Iran, whose row with the West over its nuclear plans has stoked regional tensions.
Iran expands nuclear site
Monday, July 9th, 2007In order to be prepared for an aerial attack…
Iran is building a new tunnel complex inside a mountain near a major nuclear site as commercial satellite imagery shows — a possible attempt to protect sensitive uranium enrichment activity from aerial attack, nuclear analysts said Monday. The pictures taken on June 11 were obtained […]
