Stories about International Relations from June, 2006
Russia: G8 Security and Domestic Issues
Domestic politics seems to somewhat interfere with the attempts of St. Petersburg police to provide security for the upcoming G8 Summit (July 15-17). LJ user aneta_spb, a journalist, retells a...
Estonia: Homophobia and Racism
Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa and Estonia in World Media (RUS) report that the Dutch Ambassador has decided to leave Estonia due to the recent racist and homophobic attacks on...
Cote D'Ivoire: Soccer and National Reconciliation
Rewmi Abidjan posts an interview with Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso in which he (Fr) denies landing support to rebels in the North of Cote d'Ivoire and weighs in...
Kiskeya: Amnesty International Criticizes OAS
Collectif Haiti de Provence points to a Radio Kiskeya article which states (Fr): “Amnesty International criticized the Organization of American States (OAS) harshly for its complacency vis-a-vis blatant violations of...
Haiti Rejoins CARICOM
Collectif Haiti de Provence points to an AFP article that announces (Fr)Haiti's official rejoining of Caricom. Haiti temporarily ceased being a member of the 15-country Caribbean body in 2004, after...
Mongolia: Energy Cooperation with China
Luke Distelhorst reports on talks over coal and energy cooperation betwee Mongolia and China.
Kazakhstan: Iranian Ties
Leila discusses ties between Kazakhstan and Iran in the wake of a meeting between delegations of the two countries.
Somalia: US relations
My Hearts in Accra points to an NPR commentary and analysis on the history of US relations with Somalia.
Serbia & Montenegro: One Team at World Cup
Serbia and Montenegro will play as one team for the last time in this year's World Cup. Doug Muir of A Fistful of Euros and Srdjan Cvijic of The TransAtlantic...
Russia: Ruble Vs Dollar
The Russian parliament may pass a law banning price-setting in foreign currencies. Vilhelm Konnander comments on the implications of such a law: “Banning public use of dollar or euro denominations...
Ukraine: The Government's Lies
Vilhelm Konnander disagrees at length with Carlos Pascual, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who has written a piece for the Washington Post entitled “Chernobyl's Lesson: A State's Lies Threaten its...
Poland: “Stalinist War Criminal” Extradition Order
J. Otto Pohl explains his support for an academic boycott of Israel: “The state of Israel currently harbors a number of Stalinist war criminals guilty of abusing, torturing and murdering...
Iran: An Option for Nuclear Activity
Omid Memarian, blogger & journalist, says I think the best option for the Islamic Republic is to suspend nuclear activities for such a short time and try to build trust...
Mongolia: Whaling Support
Luke Distelhorst reports that Mongolia, a country without a single inch of ocean coastline, has come out as a supporter of whaling. Like many other countries with a newfound support...
West Indies: Mockery not cricket
A West Indian sports commentator's mimicry of an Indian cricket fan's commentary in Hindi is “not cricket”, says Barbadian blogger Titilayo.
Somalia: Change of power in Mogadishu
It seems Islamist forces have ousted US-backed warlords from the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu according to Fontaine at Yebo Googo, but warns that although the fighting is over...
China: Tiananmen accounting urged
Two interesting posts from Richard at The Peking Duck: first on an apology from Google co-founder Sergey Brin for decisions the proliferating company has made in regards to its operations...
Barbados, China: Forgetting Tiananmen Square
Barbados Free Press speculates on why the Barbadian press might have forgotten to mention that June 4 was the 17th anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre. Could it have had...
Belarus: Memories of the Soviet Past
LJ user aneta_spb, a St. Petersburg journalist, is posting vignettes with her memories of the Soviet years (RUS). Here's why: As a result of heated discussions… … on whether life...
Nepal: Koirala in India
Some diplomatic visits covered at United We Blog! “After American Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, it was today the turn of Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to...
North Korea: Aid monies diverted
In response to news that North Koreans are still starving to death, The Korea Liberator‘s Joshua looks in ‘Stolen from the Bellies of the Starving‘ at where the aid money...
