The Still-Topical Tagliavini Report
Many people are trying to rewrite the history of the 2008 Georgia-Russia War in the light of the Ukraine crisis. The EU’s report on the war is still a useful baseline and a reminder of how different the two conflicts are. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Hitting A Sour Note
The Ukraine-Russia conflict has opened deep divisions on the music scene, as some artists take up political stances and others try to avoid controversy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Government We Deserve?
The problem with the twenty-four hour news cycle is that everything being reported comes and goes too quickly to connect the dots. I noted a number of stories during the past several weeks that should have raised all kinds of red flags, particularly if considered together, but they frequently received such limited media coverage and were gone so...
Radio Free Acton: Samuel Gregg and Todd Huizenga on the EU’s Refugee Crisis
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Acton Institute Director of Research Samuel Gregg and Director of International Outreach Todd Huizenga discuss the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, the strain that the crisis is putting on the European Union, and what the likely long-term impact of the crisis will be. You can listen to the podcast via the...
Orwell at the UN: Obama Re-Defines Democracy as ‘a Country That Supports US Policy’
In his Orwellian September 28, 2015 speech to the United Nations, President Obama said that if democracy had existed in Syria, there never would have been a revolt against Assad. By that, he meant ISIL. Where there is democracy, he said, there is no violence or revolution. This was his threat to promote revolution, coups and violence against any...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić welcomes agreement on withdrawal of weapons in eastern Ukraine reached within the Trilateral Contact Group
NEW YORK, 29 September 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić welcomed the agreement on withdrawal of tanks, artillery under 100mm and mortars up to 120mm in eastern Ukraine, which was reached in Minsk today by the Working Group on Security of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG). “Today’s agreement...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 28 September 2015
This report is for the media and general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The situation remained largely calm in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the SMM recorded a small number of...
OSCE participating States should implement ODIHR / Venice Commission guidelines on religious or belief communities, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
186531 Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities The negative effects of obstacles to accessing legal personality for religious or belief communities, both at the legislative and practical levels, were the …read more Source:...
Munk Debate on Foreign Policy: The best debate of all?
Monday night, the Munk Debate forum hosted this election’s only debate focusing on foreign policy. Party leaders Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair went head-to-head over Canada’s record on refugees, Bill C51 and the Arctic. Was it a success? We rounded up reviews from a handful of experts that delve into who won, who...
Russia’s Fight in Syria Reflects the Kremlin’s Fears at Home
While supporting Asaad has allowed Russia to retain its influence in the Middle East, Russia should be wary of getting too involved in Syria if it wants to avoid another Ukraine-like quagmire …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
