August 2009 ~ İBG Blog

Monday, August 31, 2009

Yukio Hatoyama wastes no time in building new Japan government - Times Online

7:31 PM asian studies, demoratic party of japan, elections, far east, Japan, japanese elections, POLITICS, taro aso, yukio hatoyama

According to the last election results, Yukio Hatoyama became Japan's next Prime Minister. This is a great success, because this politician and his party, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) overturned the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which governed Japan almost without interruption for 54 years. He promised that free education, addition to minimum wage of Japan, reduction to Petrol Taxes, establishing an Asian Union as European Union, creating...

Russia accuses Ukraine of allowing its troops to fight alongside Georgia - Times Online

9:18 PM conflict, Georgia, International relations, NATO expansion, POLITICS, Russia, Russia-Ukraine relations, russian georgian conflict, russian studies, Ukraine

Yes, Russia accused that Ukrainian Soldiers fought against Russian army in the five-day war. Of course, this situation heated the Russia - Ukraine relations. Ukraine revealed her side clearly. Maybe, this is an opportunity for Ukraine to enter NATO and the European Union. However, NATO or the USA needs Russia in the Afghanistan war. Because of this, the West's reaction will not be hardly the Russia in the case of Ukraine, Georgia or Chechnya...

Think Again: A Marshall Plan for Africa | Foreign Policy

8:48 PM Africa, african studies, economics, hijacking, Marshall Plan, marshall plan for africa, recovery program

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Putin's Secret War in the North Caucasus - By Sarah Mendelson | Foreign Policy

2:45 AM caucasian studies, Caucasus, chechnya, conflict, dagestan, ingushetia, north caucasus, POLITICS, Putin, Russia, secret war

Georgia officially withdraws from CIS

2:31 AM Abkhazia, CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States, foreign relations, Georgia, georgia withdeaws from CIS, georgian russian conflict, International relations, politcs, South Ossetia

Georgia officially withdrew from the alliance of former Soviet states on Tuesday, August 18. After the war with Russia on Georgian breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgian Parliament voted unanimously to leave the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Georgia was an official member since 1994. Official members of CIS are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan...

Nordic military alliance and Russia

12:53 AM Alliance, military alliance, Nordic, nordic countries, nordic military alliance, POLITICS, Russia, security

Last Communist regime in mainland Europe falls in Moldova poll - Times Online

7:13 PM Commonwealth of Independent States, Communist, communist party, elections, Europe, last communist regime, Moldova, moldova poll, POLITICS, security

25th December of 1991, they became independent from the USSR and they joined the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). On March 2, 1992, the country gained formal recognition as an independent state at the United Nations. Also, Moldova became a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace program and also a member of the Council of Europe on June 29, 1995. However, only 3 of the 31 political parties passed the 6% threshold of the February 25, 2001...

Do you think that Europe is a safer place to live in now compared with at the height of the Cold War? How and Why?

2:19 AM enlargement of europe, Europe, international affairs, Migration, security, security policy, soft security

Introduction Europe is the most developed and the oldest continent but sometimes Europe’s security is affected by outside or inside dangers. The Cold war affected whole world. Of course, it became effective in Europe. Soviet expansionism was threatening European security. However, on the other hand, today’s Europe can be more insecure than the Europe during the Cold war. Hence, this article will examine the Europe’s safety in today and at the...

Special Report: Russia-Georgia Conflict of 2008

1:58 AM Abkhazia, Caucasus, conflict, Georgia, Liberalism, neo realism, Russia, russian georgian conflict, South Ossetia

Introduction One of the biggest political crises of 2008 is the conflict between Russia and Georgia. This is the newest political crisis and this crisis is not effective in only Caucasus. This situation affected Georgia as politically, economically and physiologically but Russia-Georgia Conflict affected the rest of the world too. For instance, one year ago, Kosovo is recognized by some European Countries and the USA as independent country. After...