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Commentary August 8, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia is devoted to the countries of Latin America. Mart Tarmak, the Estonian Ambassador to Portugal, provides an overview of the region and discusses the meaning of the term...

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Commentary August 6, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia is devoted to the problems of energy security, the main focuses being the planned new underwater gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, the recent “gas war” between...

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Commentary August 4, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia discusses the recent – or rather the still ongoing – scandal related to the publication of the cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed in a Danish...

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Commentary August 4, 2008

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The main topic of this issue of Diplomaatia is Iran. The political analyst Robert Kagan says in his interview with Diplomaatia that a regime change is needed in Iran: “Iran has very firmly decided...

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Commentary August 4, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia covers the last European dictators – namely, the late Slobodan Milosevic and the President of Belarus Alyaksandar Lukashenka, who has just been granted another...

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Commentary May 16, 2008

Gift Horses

“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth,” say the English, meaning that if someone makes you a present of a horse, you don’t show ingratitude by inspecting its teeth to see how old it is....

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Commentary May 14, 2008

Germany’s New Security Strategy

Presidendivalimiste eelhääletuste karussell hakkab lõpule jõudma. Vabariiklased on panustanud peatselt 72-aastasele John McCainile ja küsimuse all on üksnes see, kas tegemist on Ronald Reagani...

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