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October 18th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Harlan K. Ullman
Putin’s not so secret, secret plan
Five decades ago, a popular song in America was Doris Day’s “My Secret Love.” The American ambassador to Laos, William Sullivan, was increasingly upset that the Nixon Administration’s cherished secret war in Laos in 1970 was being leaked to the press. Playing off the song’s last line, Sullivan fired a cable to the White House […]
October 12th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Harlan K. Ullman
Avoiding war with Russia
Several years before World War I exploded in 1914 while war clouds were enveloping Europe, the outlook on the situation was vastly different in Paris and Berlin. At the Qui D’orsay in Paris, senior diplomats believed conditions in Europe were serious but not yet critical. Wags at the chancellery in Berlin demurred cynically concluding that […]
October 4th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Dania Koleilat Khatib
Lebanon is one step away from Yemen
The last thing he world needs is another pit to breed extremists. Unfortunately, Lebanon is one step away from becoming this pit. Lebanon is one step away from becoming another Yemen. The Saudi Iranian rivalry that has expressed itself in the wake of the Arab spring has intensified the conflicts in Iraq Syria and Yemen. […]
October 4th, 2016 | Blog - Good governance | By Costin Ciobanu
Economic nationalism à la roumaine or the inability to engage beyond catchphrases
As it happens, these days I am reading about the varieties of capitalism and the impact that the organisation of finance has on the ability of East Central European countries to converge with their Western European counterparts. In a book to be published next year, R. Epstein analyses five countries of our region and shows […]
October 4th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Harlan K. Ullman
Why Putin will fail
Here is a prediction: Vladimir Putin is on a course to fail as president of the Russian Federation. Do not expect failure this year or even next. However, it is as inevitable as was the overthrow of party leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1964 and the implosion of the Soviet Union less than three decades later. […]
September 30th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Dragos F. Manea
A lame-duck president’s lesson to the world: the picture Obama paints
The world is throbbing all around. Spectators and part-takers alike glance swiftly from one escalation of events to another. Dynamics are intensified. Stakes are perceived as increasingly high. Emotions turn into tensions. Points converge and tend to form coherent sequences. Then, the sequences disrupt; ambiguity sets in and transcends into uncertainty, insecurity. Tensions escalate, so […]
September 30th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Alina Tilinca
Interview with Martyn Hill
We are one day into the 4th Cyber Intelligence Europe. I sat down with Martyn Hill, Managing Director for Intelligence Sec, to get his thoughts on risks, public-private cooperation, and what his extensive experience on international markets thought him about cybersecurity. Which are the most concerning cyber threats for public and private sectors? I would […]
September 29th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Alina Tilinca
Interview with Strategikon VP, Eugen Popa
Today begins the 4th annual Cyber Intelligence Europe conference and exhibition, focusing on Cyber Security Threats and Challenges, Combating Cybercrimes, Crisis Response Management and International Cooperation. We sat down with Eugen Valeriu Popa, Strategikon Vice-President. Which are the most exposed industries to cyber attacks and why? Into a globalized business network is no industry that […]
September 29th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Harlan K. Ullman
How does Putin do it?
An expected 100 million Americans and probably an equal or greater number of overseas viewers will be watching the first presidential debate tonight between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Expected at the least are fireworks and the likely shedding of a great deal of rhetorical blood, bile and vitriol. But no matter how the debate […]
September 20th, 2016 | Blog - International security | By Harlan K. Ullman
Don’t let’s start a new Cold War with Russia
Following the latest revelations of email hacking that appear to be Russian inspired (full disclosure: I was party to some of Colin Powell’s emails that were stolen and released), the media was reporting that the United States was increasing its espionage assets against Moscow. Despite the fragile agreement struck with Moscow over a Syrian ceasefire […]
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