”Who needs facts if a good story is available?” (Ari Rusila)

A few weeks ago I…

While Palestinians try to unite (Hamas-Fatah deal) and promote their case in UN (recognition of independence) and on the ground (flopped air-flotilla and failed Flotilla II on July) and while so-called Middle East Quartet and EU foreign ministers are making their empty outdated statements to reopen stagnated Israeli-Palestinian negotiations also in Israel there is some need for new initiatives or refresh the old ones. 

One-, two- and three-states with different variations are possible…

Immediately after the terror attack in Norway the finger of blame was at radical Islam and Al Qaeda. Now, when the extent of the massacre is clear and when the murderer is arrested, one may notice that the correct address can be found in the extreme right wing - the "white power" circles. To prevent similar event in future Applying…

United Nations Security Council is facing immense international pressure to condemn Syria how it is copying protests at home. However Nato's "mission creep" in Libya undermines (Responsibility to Protect) R2P in Syria. This may be not so bad outcome as it may prevent international community to make new mistakes.…

From historical perspective the Mladic'n arrest and the Hague trial serves as formation of a more comprehensive picture of events in the Balkans in the 90's after the procecutor and the defense have made their case. Issues related to the underlying policy objectives of Srebrenica, events before Srebrenica and the number and the PR game around Srebrenica. Realization…

Only to inform that I recently published in my main blog an article …

Air strikes to Libya started after related UNSC resolution. In my opinion sc “Responsibility to protect" principle (R2P) could be applied if Gaddafi would use against opposition weapons of mass destruction - such as mustard gas (almost ten tonnes in his…

The Palestinian Papers (“PaliLeaks”) show that Israel indeed had real partner with whom to negotiate issues such as borders, land swaps, settlements, refugees, Jerusalem and even recognition Israel as Jewish state. Most recently, in the 2008 post-Annapolis negotiations, the Palestinians and Israelis almost finalized an agreement negotiated by the two sides. These are the issues I cover in my…

Stuxnet may be the most developed tool for cyber war today, it made more harm to Iran's nuclear development program than all the sanctions and diplomatic negotiations together. Despite its…

Dick Marty's recent report “Inhuman…

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A collaborative project to create recommendations for NATO’s new Strategic Concept by…