Russia emphasizes the economic, Europe the political and moral. An ideological great game by any other name may just be two...
Tags: Belarus, Eastern Europe, economic modernization, EU, Euro, Global Brief, global financial flows, modernization, Moldova, Russia, Tatiana Romanova, Turkey, Ukraine
As the world inches toward another recession, it looks for new answers on the economic jousting of companies around the world
At...
Tags: business, business competition, capitalist model, Corporate Social Responsibility, EU, Eurozone, Fred Lazar, Global Brief, global economy, political corruption, ruthlessness, self-interest, winner-take-all
The future of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa is with the unstructured, civic action networks that started...
Tags: Arab civil society, Arab democracy, Arab Spring, Arab world, Arab-Persian relations, Bahrain, civil society, Egypt, EU, European Union, Facebook, Global Brief, Green Movement, Green Revolution, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Middle East, NATO, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sunni-Shia relations, Sven Spengemann, Syria, Tunisia, Twitter, UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Yemen
The solutions to the complex challenges of the ‘New Arctic’ will lie in the intricate games – strategic dances –...
Tags: Arctic, Arctic competition, Arctic Five, Berlin Wall, British Petroleum oil, China, climate change, Copenhagen, Dan Hurley, EU, G8, Global Brief, International Criminal Court, Japan, Landmines Treaty, Lloyd Axworthy, New Arctic, R2P, Responsibility to Protect, Rome Statute, Russia, South Korea, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS
This week, NATO defence ministers are meeting in Bratislava for their thrice-annual regular meeting. Topping the agenda will...
