On the 29th of December 2008, in the middest of her operation in Gaza, Israeli Defence Force Spokesperson’s Unit launched own YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk?ob=1). So far, 31 videos including clips from the front line as well as comments from officials were uploaded, and the channel was accessed close to one million times world wide. All [...]
Since he was elected as next President of the United States on the historical Tuesday, Obama scheduled several meetings with world leaders including President Medvedev of Russia. Two leaders, both relatively young and active, will talk various subjects on mutual disarmament over the next several years. Here are two issues on which Obama commented on [...]
In Islamabad, a bomb exploded in Marriott hotel, and killed more than 50 people including the Czech Ambassador (as of 21 September). Allegedly, religious extremists and terrorists nesting in Pakistan conducted the strike, according to government officials, scholars, and journalists. Regardless of Pakistani position of the so-called “war on terrorism,” its unstable domestic security is [...]
Given the freedom of speech, I write this article NOT from the ANTI-Russian perspective. I aware that many civilians (2000 plus at the time of writing) have died in face of the Russian attacks. Some of my friends freed Georgia, while some still stay in the country. At the moment, Tbilisi declared the cease fire, [...]
On the 11th of June, I have an honor to attend an event with Dr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Chief Foreign Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey, held by Mr. Laxton MP (UK) and the Henry Jackson Society. Dr. Davutoglu, in his speech, emphasized the historical geography of Turkey as well as the future global vision [...]
The year of 2008 began with full of events for the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) in China. First in January, the Navy renamed its refurbished carrier Varyag (former Russian carrier) to Shi Lang, the Chinese General who conducted the military operation in Taiwan in the late 17th century. Some of you may remember Varyag because [...]
NATO has been expanding. Many of the former Soviet-bloc countries are currently supporting the seemingly-unilateral American operation in Iraq. Furthermore, President Bush recently emphasized the necessity of wider and greater NATO cooperation in Iraq and Afghanistan, in which many assumed that Bush hoped to include Ukraine and Georgia into NATO in the near future. Russia [...]
Putin is no longer President of the Russian Federation, but he will be remembered as the leader of Russia at least for the next 20 years. Regardless how the Western media accuses him, Russians seem to love a strong leader who leads them from the misery of the post-Communist ruin. However, Putin had two big [...]