The November 2008 incidents in Mumbai, India, confirmed that the essence of terrorist acts is of a political, rather than a religious nature, although the doctrine, organisation or justification of that act may be based on the beliefs and teachings of a religion. What is revealed, once again, is the superior technical standard of the action, the strategy pursued by perpetrators, and their quasi-military... 

About Russia’s policy, sovereign democracy and Putin strategy with expert on international relations and security, Vilhelm Konnander One of the declared priorities of the Putin-Medvedev regime is to make Russia a regional and international financial power as well. Therefore, while both the media and Occidental analists sustain that Russia is on the verge of collapsing, Moscow tries to show the contrary... 

Today, Taiwan first of all stands for amazing economic success, which pushed the country to the forefront of the Asian economic miracle, as one of the Asian Tigers, alongside South Korea and Japan. But what many of us don’t know is that this economic miracle has a history of political survival and development which is at least as interesting as that of its economic development. The Taiwanese... 

F. William Engdahl, is a famous economist and writer, author of the best-selling book on oil and geopolitics, “A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order”, which has been translated into French, Arabic, Korean, German, Croatian and Turkish. In 2007, he completed “Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of GMO”. He has written on issues of political... 

After pushing them around and from left to right, after bringing them in power and taking them off power, Traian Băsescu officially abandoned his party, in the address given in Parliament, in a move to rescue what is left to rescue and secure himself a second term in office, from any party willing to renounce its own oligarchs and start working with the “good oligarchs” approved by Cotroceni. A... 

Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, a founding member of the National Liberal Party, has been heading the Government since January 2005. Under his leadership, the current government has been regarded by some European leaders as the best performing in post-communist Romania. During Călin Popescu Tăriceanu’s term in office, our country has been witnessing steady economic growth, with a peak of over 9% this... 

Traian Băsescu has been trying to change for a while. The failure in the local election, for which he was (rather unfairly) blamed, made him adopt the wrong strategy. For him, I don’t think change is a solution—not even a sincere change, which is rather unlikely. A parallel with Ion Iliescu may help clarify this assumption. Apparently, Ion Iliescu hasn’t changed since 1990. But in actual fact,... 

In his 25 years of practice, Robert R. Amsterdam has handled numerous international business disputes and in a variety of emerging markets. Highly regarded for his strategic innovation and international reach, Amsterdam was retained by the Russian corporation YUKOS-Group MENATEP in 2003 for the defence of former CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky – one of the most high profile cases in modern Russian... 

With the parliamentary election drawing closer, the main political parties are facing dilemmas. The Liberal Democratic Party (PD-L) seems to have given up hopes of single-handedly forming the government, and because of Traian Băsescu’s radical political style, it seems to have few options for a ruling alliance. The Social Democratic Party (PSD), which failed to reform itself, now has serious difficulties... 

I saw a happy and confident Lady Bhutto on TV, at the end of 2007, handshaking the admi­re­rs and supporters crowded at a rally in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, to then step into the car in which she was gunned down. It was a shocking moment for the entire world. I can think of no better way to respect her memory, than to recount the days when I met her and the circumstances under which I met her...