La rassegna di geopolitica di Radio Radicale
- Rassegna di geopolitica: lo status di Gerusalemme 6 August 2010
- Rassegna di Geopolitica: scontri a fuoco tra Israele e Libano 4 August 2010
- Rassegna di Geopolitica. La Birmania tra India e Cina 30 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica. Tensioni tra Usa e Cina nel Pacifico 28 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: Le ambizioni nucleari dell'Arabia Saudita 22 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: le nuove prospettive della Cina 9 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica - L'agricoltura globale 7 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: la politica Usa dello Spazio 2010 emanata da Barack Obama 1 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: per i Paesi Arabi il rischio di gravi crisi alimentari 9 June 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: le nuove Università in Asia 4 June 2010
L’ora di Cindia di Claudio Landi
- L'ora di Cindia 28 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 22 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 7 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 31 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 25 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 18 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 10 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 4 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 26 June 2010
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Squeezing Iran: Oil and sanctions – Bbc
Sanctions were imposed by the US after the seizure of American hostages in the aftermath of the revolution, and the 1980 Iran-Iraq war. In recent years a fresh wave of UN sanctions has attempted to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But what effect have these measures actually had on the country and its… »
Israel is impeding Palestinian forces’ training, says US – the Independent
Israeli-caused delays to the transfer of weapons, radios, vehicles, helmets and other equipment are hampering American efforts to train Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, according to an official report by Washington’s Government Accountability Office (GAO). Despite Israel’s own public praise of the enhanced effectiveness of security forces deployed by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority,… »
Kyrgyzstan receives donor pledges of $1.1bn to rebuild – Bbc
International donors have pledged $1.1bn (£643m) in aid to Kyrgyzstan at a conference in Bishkek.
The money will be used to fund reconstruction in the Central Asian state following deadly ethnic violence in the south last… »
Venezuelan ambassador presents letter on Colombia to U.N. – CNN
The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations brought his country’s complaints about neighbor Colombia to the U.N. secretary-general Monday in the form of a letter explaining his government’s decisions. Venezuela has cut diplomatic relations with Colombia and accused its government of letting decades-long internal strife spill over its… »
US involvement only complicates South China Sea issue – China Daily
The United States has played up the South China Sea issue again in the international arena. At the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Hanoi last week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked at length about US “national interests” in the South China Sea. Hintting there is what she called “coercion” in the… »
Iran nuclear sanctions by EU unacceptable, says Russia – Bbc
Russia has branded EU sanctions against Iran as “unacceptable”, saying they undermine international efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. The European Union on Monday adopted new sanctions targeting Iran’s foreign trade, banking and energy… »
After Revealing Afghan War Secrets, Wikileaks Prepares Document Dumps on Iraq and Diplomacy – Newsweek
Two sources familiar with material currently in the hands of Wikileaks, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, said on Monday that the next subject to be featured in media revelations based on documents leaked to Wikileaks was likely to be U.S. conduct of the Iraq War. The sources indicated the type of material… »
Turkey Steps Up Support for Strategic Azerbaijani Exclave of Nakhchivan – EurasiaNet
Longtime Azerbaijani ally Turkey appears to be taking on a larger role in supporting the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, an Azerbaijani exclave sandwiched between Armenia and Iran. The first steps in this intensified cooperation are taking shape just months after plans for rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia went into cold storage. Turkey, which shares an 11-kilometer… »
“Free Trade in Natural Resources Bad for Development” – IPS
While some believe that restrictions on natural resource exports should be done away with, this could cause an increase in such exports that would be detrimental to the environment and bad for development. Many African countries follow the strategy of exporting as much as they can and, since they are uncompetitive in manufactures and services,… »
Despite rift, Israel-Turkey contacts march on – Washington Post
Trade between Israel and Turkey surged in the first half of this year, Israel just lifted a warning on travel to Turkey and an Israeli volleyball team trained in the Turkish capital on Friday ahead of a regional tournament. Do these positive signals suggest the softening of a dispute that deepened after Israel’s deadly raid… »
India’s Nuclear Push: The Conflicts Within – Asia Sentinel
After years of years of negotiations and sustained backing from the US government to find acceptance as a global nuclear power, India’s plans to go nuclear for a major share of its energy production are in limbo, stalled by the refusal of the Lok Sabha, the country’s lower house of parliament, to pass legislation limiting… »
Could Egypt and Sudan’s 55-year feud be over? – the Nation
Egypt and Sudan are weighing plans to create a co-operative economic zone in Egypt’s southern Halaib Triangle, an underdeveloped and impoverished region that both governments have quietly feuded over for years. The long-simmering dispute over the triangle, a 20,580-sq-km region wedged between Sudan and the Red Sea, came to the fore again on June… »
Iran’s Mini-Empire At The U.N. – Forbes
Iran, despite being under four sets of binding sanctions resolutions by the U.N. Security Council, has learned to manipulate the institution in ways that make a mockery not only of the U.N. itself, but also of U.S. claims of diplomatic competence. Rarely remarked upon, but even more appalling than Iran’s beachhead on the women’s rights… »
France upgrades diplomatic ties with Palestinians – Washington Post
France is upgrading its diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Territories to try to spur international efforts toward creating a Palestinian state, the French foreign minister said. Bernard Kouchner said the Palestinian diplomatic representation in France – which was called a “delegation” and headed by a “general delegate” – will henceforth be considered a “mission” headed… »
Push for Serbia EU accession speed-up in wake of Kosovo court ruling – EU Observer
A number of EU states are in favour of speeding up Serbia’s EU accession process in the wake of Belgrade’s loss at the International Court of Justice over Kosovo’s declaration of independence. The foreign ministers of Italy, Slovakia and Austria pushed for such a move heading into Monday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers, the… »
Hamas leader says group considering Gaza draft – Ap
The top security official in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Tuesday he is considering setting up a bigger military force, first with volunteers and eventually with conscripts as well. Such a step could further tighten Hamas’ control of Gaza and deepen the rift with the group’s Western-backed rivals in the West Bank. Hamas seized Gaza by force… »
The Russian-Iranian road map – the Hindu
The mixed signals on Iran that Russia has been sending in recent days have puzzled many western analysts. A little over a month after it went along with the United States in supporting tougher sanctions on Iran, Moscow signed a framework pact on wide-ranging cooperation with Tehran in hydrocarbons and announced a similar plan for… »
Afghanistan’s Other War: Army vs. Police – Mother Jones
Reading through the trove of documents released by WikiLeaks Sunday, one could come away with the impression that members of Afghanistan’s discipline-challenged security forces spend more time fighting each other than they do the Taliban. Among the 92,000 documents released by the group are dozens of reports detailing so-called “green-on-green” incidents, the military’s term for… »
Gaza is a prison camp, says David Cameron – Telegraph
David Cameron has described Gaza as a ”prison camp” and appealed to the Israeli Government to allow the free flow of humanitarian goods and people in and out of the Palestinian territory. Mr Cameron’s comments came during a visit to Turkey. Speaking in Ankara, the Prime Minister denounced the attack on the flotilla as… »
Why India needs Myanmar on its side – Rediff
Senior General Than Shwe, Myanmar’s head of State, is currently on his second visit to India in six years. He comes at a time the international community has initiated the first steps to gradually open up to Myanmar and elections are due in that country later this year. India’s relations with Myanmar, a devoutly Buddhist… »
Let’s hope that China and the United States won’t miscalculate – the Daily Star
For several years, the United States has pressed China to revalue its currency. They complain that the undervalued renminbi represents unfair competition, destroying American jobs, and contributing to the United States’ trade deficit. How, then, should US officials respond? Just before the recent G-20 meeting in Toronto, China announced a formula that would allow modest… »
The Seditious Ahmadinejad? – the Diplomat
Between 2005 and the presidential elections of 2009, this battle was fought mainly between ultra conservatives (who supported President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and reformists, ultra conservatives and moderate conservatives, and then again between ultra conservatives and reformists. Yet because the main issue revolves around the Supreme Leader himself, such debates have generally been held behind closed… »
Mitt Romney’s dangerous game – the Week
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed by Presidents Obama and Medvedev faces stiff resistance in the Senate and from leading figures in the Republican Party. Despite overwhelming support from the military and past Republican national security advisers, secretaries of defense and arms control experts, conservative hawks have targeted the treaty for defeat -… »
U.S. reasserts its presence in Asia – the Globe and Mail
While Washington is working with its Asian partners to deter North Korea, it’s also using the current situation to reassert its presence in Asia, despite a rising China and a widespread perception of American decline. Not only is the U.S. taking part in military drills off eastern China, it’s also asserting its interests in the… »
China Rejects U.S. Suggestion for Asean Mediation on Territory – Wall Street Journal
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi rebutted remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a recent forum on the competing claims for territory in the South China Sea, saying the U.S. shouldn’t internationalize the disputes, according to a statement posted Sunday on the website of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The South China Sea… »
Iran signs 1.3 billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Turkey – Zawya
Iran has signed a 1.3 billion-dollar deal with a Turkish firm to build a pipeline for gas exports of 60 million cubic metres (2.1 billion cubic feet) a day in three years, press reports said. “The contract to build a gas pipeline stretching 660 kilometres (410 miles) and worth one billion euros was signed in… »
Hizbullah Prevents Signing of Lebanon-France Security Agreement – MEMRI
On July 13, 2010, MPs from the Lebanese opposition (led by Hizbullah and comprising also Amal and Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement) prevented parliament from approving a France-Lebanon agreement for cooperation in the areas of internal, civil, and administrative security – even though the agreement had already been effectively approved by both the government and… »
After UN court ruling, fears of global separatism – Ap
Serbia and Kosovo are dispatching competing armies of lobbyists to governments that so far have wavered on recognizing the breakaway province. Serbia, which considers Kosovo the cradle of its statehood and religion, fears Thursday’s ruling by the top U.N. court backing the legality of the 2008 declaration of independence could lead to a wave of… »
Burma’s Than Shwe welcomed in Delhi – Bbc
Reclusive Burmese junta leader General Than Shwe has received a red carpet welcome in the Indian capital on a state visit condemned by rights groups. He met Indian PM Manmohan Singh in Delhi on a rare five-day trip that aims to deepen the economic and strategic ties between the two nations. Officials from the two… »
Indonesia’s special forces have not been brought to justice – Washington Post
In announcing this week that the United States would lift a 12-year-long ban on providing military assistance and training to Indonesia’s special forces unit, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates spoke about the Indonesian military’s reforms and said it is prepared to ensure accountability for any human rights abuses by its… »
Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military? – the Huffington Post
America’ current strategy is not to train the minimum force of 582,000, but to double the number of Afghan security personnel to 400,000. This will cost significant American blood and treasure to achieve, but Afghan will and funds to maintain. 400,000 Afghan security personnel will cost Afghanistan at least 15% of its GDP, far and… »
The World’s Ever-Increasing Hunger for Coal – Der Spiegel
Coal-fired power stations are a major producer of the greenhouse gas CO2, but there is no alternative to the fuel in the near future. Energy companies are hoping that carbon capture and storage technologies may be the answer, but many local residents don’t want CO2 stored under their… »
An End to Gaza’s (Literally) Underground Economy – the Atlantic
As Israeli consumer goods saturate Gaza’s markets, the tunnels have lost their clientele. Smugglers understand that their days are numbered, but there’s nothing to replace the jobs the industry provided – by Sarah A…. »
Fighting Zimbabwe’s ‘blood diamond’ greed – Toronto Star
A country economically and politically deranged, soaked in violence for the past decade, has now fallen under the diabolical thrall of gem lucre. Zimbabwe is sitting on vast diamond resources, potentially one-quarter of the world’s unmined stones lying beneath the weird geological rock formations of the Marange diamond fields, 48 kilometres from Mutare and discovered… »
Mobile Firms in Africa Get Spotty Reception – BusinessWeek
Over the last few years the world’s major mobile operators have arrived on the continent. In March, India’s Bharti Airtel paid $9 billion to acquire Zain Africa’s assets in 15 countries. The U.K.’s Vodafone (VOD) has spent $3.4 billion on deals in Africa, and France Telecom (FTE) expects to spend as much as $8.8 billion… »
Petraeus’s Baby – the New York Review of Book
The surprising and speedy crash of General Stanley McCrystal has been seen in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the wider region as just one more sign of the mess that the US and its NATO allies face in what is looking increasingly like an unwinnable conflict – by Ahmed… »
Explosive Leaks Provide Image of War from Those Fighting It – Der Spiegel
In an unprecedented development, close to 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan have been leaked. SPIEGEL, the New York Times and the Guardian have analyzed the raft of mostly classified documents. The war logs expose the true scale of the Western military deployment — and the problems beleaguering Germany’s Bundeswehr in the… »
All Together Now: Missile Defense – the New York Times
No other initiative has more near-term potential to ease the NATO-Russian relationship out of its petulant, impacted state, while giving a positive jolt to the revived but tentative and unfocused interest in an improved and more inclusive European security system, than missile-defense cooperation. Were North America, Europe and Russia to make defense of the entire… »
Russia’s Lost Opportunity with Japan – Project Syndicate
The recent smooth exchange of spies between Russia and the United States appears to demonstrate that the “reset” in relations between the two countries has worked. But Russia has so far done little to “reset” its relations with Japan. That is not only a lost opportunity, given Russia’s need to modernize its economy, but a… »
15 nations agree to start working together to reduce cyberwarfare threat – Washington Post
A group of nations — including the United States, China and Russia — have for the first time signaled a willingness to engage in reducing the threat of attacks on each others’ computer networks. Among other steps, the group recommended that the U.N. create norms of accepted behavior in cyberspace, exchange information on national legislation… »
Abbas: Specific US assurances on borders needed – Ap
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told his Fatah movement he wants a more specific U.S. commitment on the borders of a future Palestinian state before agreeing to direct talks with Israel, an adviser said. Obama has urged Abbas to resume direct talks that broke off in December 2008. However, Abbas first wants guarantees that a state… »
Former MI5 chief delivers damning verdict on Iraq invasion – Guardian
The former head of MI5 delivered a devastating critique of the invasion of Iraq today, saying it substantially increased the threat of terrorist attacks in Britain and was a significant factor behind the radicalisation of young Muslims in the UK. Invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein allowed al-Qaida to establish a foothold in Iraq which… »
US to send National Guard to Mexican border in August – Bbc
US National Guard troops will begin deploying along the US-Mexico border from 1 August, officials say. The 1,200 troops, ordered to the border by President Barack Obama, form part of efforts to tackle illegal immigration and drug-trafficking. They will be in the four border states, with Arizona getting the largest… »
Russians and Their Crops Wilt Under Heat Wave – the New York Times
A blistering heat wave has made life miserable for millions in Russia and northeastern Europe, few of whom have air conditioners, and destroyed millions of acres of Russian wheat, setting back an agricultural revival that was just reaching its stride after years of faltering… »
Inside China’s gated communities for the poor – The Globe and Mail
Gated villages in China have for years been symbols of affluence; places where the rich can live in villa-style homes, surrounded by private schools and swimming pools, with fences to keep out those who don’t belong. Now China is gating off low-income villages, where migrant labourers from the countryside (the people who built those expansive… »
A Treasure Trove in the Baltic Sea – Der Spiegel
While environmentalists are sharply opposed to the construction of the new Baltic Sea pipeline, archaeologists are delighted. The massive Nord Stream project to bring natural gas from Russia to Germany has uncovered dozens of shipwrecks and other historic… »
US announces new sanctions against North Korea – Forbes
The Obama administration moved to push new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates showed solidarity with South Korea during a visit to the area that separates it from the North. Clinton announced the new measures – targeting the sale or… »
Speak softly and carry a blank cheque – the Economist
Without attracting much attention, Brazil is fast becoming one of the world’s biggest providers of help to poor countries. Official figures do not reflect this. The Brazilian Co-operation Agency (ABC), which runs “technical assistance” (advisory and scientific projects), has a budget of just 52m reais ($30m) this year. But studies by Britain’s Overseas Development Institute… »
U.S. Says Up to 24 Million Americans Lack Access to Broadband – BusinessWeek
As many as 24 million U.S. citizens have no access to broadband Internet service and are unlikely to get the higher-speed connection any time soon, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said. The FCC recommended several measures to move closer to its goal of universally available broadband: releasing more spectrum for mobile broadband, allowing for more… »
Is Haiti Ready for Hurricane Season? – TIME
Meteorologists predict this year’s hurricane season to be an active one. The Haitian government has yet to come up with a unified contingency plan for the hurricane season. Some good news is at hand, however. A few precautionary preparations are well under way. There are plans in place for the distribution of food and other… »