Stories about War & Conflict from July, 2009
Armenia: ‘Bloggers’ call for foreign minister's resignation
Following a July 10, 2009 statement by the U.S., Russian, and French presidents calling for Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the longstanding conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, some bloggers in Armenia have launched a campaign demanding the resignation of the country's foreign minister.
Georgia: Nationalist Pop
This is Tbilisi Calling comments on the tendency for pop music to be used for political purposes in countries such as Georgia. Although there have been some songs which have lampooned forces on both sides of the political divide, the blog also notes their use for nationalist purposes in a...
Russia: Barring appeal to the Court of Europe
Finrosforum turns attention to a Russian legislative proposal designed to bar citizens – mainly Chechens – to sue Russia at the European Court of Human Rights.
Belarus: The Grünwald pillow battle
LJ user reaktivny puz advertises [RUS] a 15 July celebration of the 1410 battle at Grünwald (Tannenberg) by staging a battle with pillows.
Belarus: Between Napoleon and Alexander
LJ user nicolaev writes about [RUS] Belarus during the Napoleonic wars and how the country related to Russia and the invading French.
Only Pakistan can help Pakistan
While discussing the problem of the growing number of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Mosharraf Zaidi at All Things Pakistan comments: “Pakistan is in this mess because this is a state that does not deal with small problems until they become big problems,” and “in the long run, only Pakistan can...
Eastern and Central Europe ranking on the Failed States Index
Eternal Remont comments the ranking of states in Eastern and Central Europe on Foreign Policy's Failed States Index.
China: Xinjiang Info-War
Rebecca MacKinnon from Rconversation looks into the Chinese government's strategy in information control over the Xinjiang riot.
China: How did a protest become mass murder?
Black and white cat urges more investigation on how the student protest in Urumqi suddenly turned into a mass murder on July 5?
Russia: Why there will be no new war with Georgia
LJ user ulakya rejects [RUS] fears of a new conflict between Russia and Georgia and argues why Moscow wants to avoid war in the Caucasus.
Russia: If you can't beat the west – join NATO
LJ user ne onegin defaitistically argues [RUS] that Russia should join NATO due to the alliance's military superiority, arguing if you can't beat them, join them.
Armenia: Flag display
517 Design [RU] posts a photograph of a billboard made up of the flags of those countries which will be entering films into the Golden Apricot festival in Yerevan. The blog notes the inclusion of flags from Azerbaijan and Turkey, countries with no formal diplomatic relations with Armenia because of...
Palestine: A Campaign Like Never Before
A campaign was launched earlier this year, at the time of the Israeli attacks on Gaza, to promote the concept of taking pride in Palestinian resistance, and to focus on Palestinian rights not victimhood. Called the Never Before Campaign, it is based in Beirut, Lebanon, and has produced a series of videos to convey its message. Global Voices Online has interviewed the Never Before Campaign to find out more.
Georgia: An Interview with DvOrsky
Giga Paitchadze, better known online as DvOrsky, is no stranger to the Caucasus section of Global Voices Online. In the second of a series of audio interviews with bloggers in or dealing with the South Caucasus, Paitchadze updates Global Voices Online on the development of new media in Georgia.
Philippines: Bomb scare grips the country
Several Philippine cities have been hit by bomb blasts in the past week. In Metro Manila a plot to bomb various government agencies was also discovered by authorities. More than 60 bomb attacks have been reported this year in the country. Bloggers react to the recent bomb explosions.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Making people out of numbers
Srebrenica Genocide Blog posts a list of 534 people with birth dates killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, recently identified by modern DNA-technique, restoring some dignity to the victims, and making people out of numbers.
China: The Han/Uyghur demographic trend in Xinjiang
Sunbin looked into the Han / Uyghur demographic trend in Xinjiang to rebuke the comparison of Israel-Palestine relation with China / Han-Uyghur.
China: Government order to filter search results: July 8, 2009
Due to the Xinjian riot, the propaganda department gave a long filter list to the search engines on July 8, 2009. (via China Digital Times)
China: Call for tough response and resent of biased media
With the presence of thousands of armed police, Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, has largely restored order and people are returning to their normal life. The violence that has led to 156 death in past a few days seemed to be gone, but the images of the brutal killings...
Russia-Belarus: Foreign policy split between Moscow and Minsk?
Sergei Makedonov at OpenDemocracy discerns an increasing foreign policy split between Russia and Belarus and explains why.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Mass grave exhibition
Srebrenica Genocide Blog reports about the opening of a mass grave exhibhition at the Sarajevo museum.
