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04/12/2008

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Bacia, Horst

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany | 21/10/2008

Help still required

The daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung believes the deployment of German troops in Afghanistan is still necessary despite the dangers it entails. "The latest attack on German soldiers - less than two months ago a soldier was killed in a bomb attack near Kundus - sadly shows that the security situation and the general state of affairs in Afghanistan are in a downwards spiral. There is no patent recipe for reversing this trend. And although it is appropriate when two German soldiers are killed while fulfilling a peace mission to pause and reflect for a moment, we must also remind ourselves that their deployment in a far-off country serves German security interests. Perhaps a more sober calculation than hitherto should be made of what the operation in Afghanistan should ultimately achieve. Creating stable conditions there is, however, a task for which the Afghans continue to require foreign help."

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany | 21/09/2007

Robert Mugabe unsettles the EU

Horst Bacia maintains that Gordon Brown's boycott threats are not a solution for everyone. The EU faces a dilemma: "You can't officially uninvite the stubborn old tyrant or prevent him travelling to Portugal. Other heads of African states and governments would then refuse to come, and the entire summit might even have to be cancelled. The last EU/Africa summit was seven years ago. Is this one to be cancelled just because of Mugabe, even though the EU wants to strengthen relations with the states of the black continent for many good reasons?... British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now threatening to boycott the summit if Mugabe attends. This is a way out of the dilemma for him - but not for everyone."

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