As we are writing this, the G8 Summit 2012 is taking place in the American Presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland. President Obama is hosting the summit and has been joined by the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Canada and Japan. Read the rest of this entry »

It has not ended yet though it is a foregone conclusion: in Libya the rebels have won. Obviously with a great help from NATO which has bombarded the country to the point of destroying much of it. Read the rest of this entry »

Being so involved on both sides of the Atlantic with the economic woes, some of the many and violent political problems, some of which have been there for years and others surprising the world some months ago, seem almost to be ignored. And yet, they are still there, unresolved. Read the rest of this entry »

The Western world entered the conflict of Libya under the UN blessing to supposedly defend civilians from Gaddafi’s massacre. Quite a few weeks have gone by and nothing has been resolved. Except that many people have died and now NATO is bombarding Tripoli with the aim to get the Libyan leader. Many would say that was not what the UN resolution said but that is the way it is. Read the rest of this entry »

Does anyone know what is going on in Libya? It seems as if all we are getting is disinformation from all sides. When one sees the confusion and the chaos not only in Libya but also among the reports of the coalition it is hard to believe anything. Finally at least it is become clear that nevertheless what we were told at the beginning of this fiasco, regime change is in order. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the agreements taken at the NATO summit in Lisbon was that after the coalition would start turning the security control to the Afghans this spring, the transition would be completed by the year 2014. Even if the NATO leaders approved this, Western experts have indicated that the majority of Afghanistan’s police are untrained and do not know the law. Read the rest of this entry »

The NATO summit in Lisbon is finished. After the dismal results of the G20 in Seoul, the leaders attending Lisbon have gone home relieved that things went better this time. Among the measures and reforms planned, the transatlantic leaders were supposed to agree upon a Strategic Concept that will guide the alliance for the next ten years. Read the rest of this entry »