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Slabe, Damijan
5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
A war in the wrong country
The daily Delo concludes that the controversial Nato strike in Kunduz province has exposed many contradictions in the Afghanistan war: "The strike has made it clear that the honest Afghans whom the West is supposed to 'stabilise' and 'democratise' with its military intervention are still dying on the battle fields after eight years - and perhaps in even greater numbers than before. The very same international community that undertook the bold task of political re-education through military operations after 9/11 has no real answer to the question of what should be done. If we were to click back eight years we would probably say that this is not at all surprising. … For in actual fact the attack was the crude settling of accounts of the military defence alliance with a sovereign state, and not simply the punishment of terrorists. And what's more it was obviously an attack on the wrong country. This is now clear to everyone (because of events in Pakistan)."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Afghanistan
Next case, please!
Against the backdrop of the Gaza war the daily Delo calls for all those responsible for war crimes to be brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague: "The strongest ... usually escape. It would be naive to expect that with the setting up of a court for the criminal prosecution of people who are responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes such problems would no longer exist. ... Many voices have been raised in criticism of the court ... . But there have been some changes, albeit very gradual. Of course, true progress will only come when ... some of those who until very recently were convinced that the dead in Iraq and Afghanistan were merely collateral damage on the world's just path towards 'global democratisation' are invited to The Hague and put on trial. ... Next case, please!"
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Crime and Law, » Global
No sign of a compromise yet
We'll have to continue waiting for a compromise on which everyone can agree, writes the daily Delo: "The scenario in Brussels resembled a Euro-Atlantic game of pétanque, in which a strategic rapprochement was substituted for the taking out of the opponent's balls (because of the Georgia conflict in August) - a game of bowling in which enough space was left for a Georgian and Ukrainian 'ball' in the event that Washington decides to pass the ball to [Russian President Dmitry] Medvedev. And at least it looks like there's still enough room for an independent European throw as well. Another thing that was symptomatic of the Brussels meeting was [French President Nicolas Sarkozy's] positive attitude towards Russia's initiative for forming an entirely new 'European security architecture', as well as the response of America and Britain that Nato and the OSCE [Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe] were adequate for guaranteeing Europe's security."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Ukraine, » Russia, » Europe, » U.S., » Georgian Republic
At the point of no return
The daily Delo argues that the agreement between the US and Poland is tightly bound up with the conflict in the Caucasus, despite Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's protests that this was not the case: "Only the naïve would fail to make a connection between the rapid signing of the agreement and the Caucasus conflict and the revived Cold War rhetoric. The American missiles that Poland has been given all of a sudden, and that certainly will not be aimed at Iran, speak for themselves. ... Russia's response to the Polish-American plans is the stationing of missiles in Kalinigrad and Belarus. Following NATO's crisis meeting the old-new division within Europe which separates the Eastern European members from the 'old European' countries who know from experience that solid relations with Moscow have always been the key to stability have become visible again. And once again we have reached the Rubicon River, the point of no return. On the other side of that river is a new arms race and along with it a new Cold War."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Poland, » U.S.
How successful is the Lisbon Strategy?
The assessment of the first cycle of the implementation of Europe's "Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Employment" points to stronger economic growth and higher employment figures in the EU. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), however, reports a less shining performance and has called a pan-European large-scale demonstration for better pay on April 5 in Ljubljana. Bozo Masanovic notes: "Over the past two years, 6.5 million new jobs were created in the EU. Unemployment is at its lowest level in 25 years (7.3 percent) and the level of employment is approaching the Lisbon goal of 70 percent. ... Nonetheless, (according to the ETUC) almost one fifth of all workers in the EU are working shorter hours, and since 1997 the number of subcontracted workers has gone up by ten million. Almost 31 million workers earn paltry wages, and 17 million live under the poverty line."
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