In the 1980’s the Indo-Afghan borderland was developed and armed to become a major base and refugee training camp for insurgency in Afghanistan. By adding islamic radicalisation a Frankenstein’s Monster production line was created that not only theaten the stability of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but inspire frustrated muslims in India and the West to stupid acts of terror.
Continue Reading 3 comments December 4th, 2009
It seems clear that the West is close to giving up trying to do what is clearly necessary to concentrate on doing the totally inadequate that can be done in agreement – thereafter to sit in a circle with heads in the sand and fingers crossed in hopeful ‘interthinking’.
Continue Reading 3 comments November 26th, 2009
… as the Baltic States, Russia is now hit very hard by the international depression, due to the country’s dependence on an increasingly rundown oil industry. In the short term this may be good for Baltic security. However, if the current depression worsens, and lasts several years, which is now most likely, it could destabilise Russia politically far further than in the early 1990’s. Russia is far too large and screwed to be helped by an IMF-loan. The final result of such a destabilisation is very hard to foresee.
Continue Reading 14 comments February 21st, 2009
It might be a good idea for NATO to conduct all the combined training for Afghanistan in Eastern Europe, thus discretely marking the continued relevance of Article V of the Washington Treaty. It would be seen as comforting by the East Europeans, it might awaken some West Europeans to the continuation of history, and it will be registered by the closely observing Russians.
Continue Reading 1 comment June 11th, 2007
In most of Continental Europe, the Second World War became a civil war, where small and large nations were drafted, enticed or forced by lack of other options to fight for both totalitarian systems. No matter how courageously they fought for their comrades, their effort must be remembered as deeply tragic, as the Estonian have wisely chosen to do at the bloody ‘Blue Hills’ 1944 battlefield West of Narva. Fighting for a totalitarian system must not be celebrated, but mourned. Unfortunately the Russian leadership is far from realising or accepting this.
Continue Reading 7 comments April 29th, 2007
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