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Commentary September 2, 2008

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Adviser to the Estonian Ministry of Finance Hannes Hanso analyses the impact of high energy prices on world politics. Even though it is hard to demonstrate a direct correlation between energy prices...

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Commentary September 2, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia is devoted to the subject of spreading democracy. Former Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves reviews Francis Fukuyama’s new book “America at the Crossroads:...

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Commentary September 2, 2008

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This double issue of Diplomaatia examines our increasingly dangerous world, from what might be called a new Cold War with Russia to the global arms trade. In the opening article, the president of...

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Commentary September 2, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia is devoted to China. Historian Mart Helme writes about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, whose 40th anniversary was widely commemorated in the Western media in May - but not...

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Commentary September 1, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia deals with the topic of economic crises. Head of the International and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Estonia Tanel Ross analyses the performance of...

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Commentary August 28, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia is devoted to discussing the progress of the so called post-revolutionary states - namely Georgia and...

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Commentary August 26, 2008

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This October Diplomaatia celebrates a small birthday - it's now exactly two years since Diplomaatia entered the Estonian media-space and during that time, 25 issues have been published. Hence, the...

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Commentary August 25, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia begins with an interview with Chris Patten, the former European Commissioner for external relations, who argues that "the notion, that the substance of foreign policy is...

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Commentary August 22, 2008

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This issue of Diplomaatia looks back on the year 2005. Dag Hartelius, the ambassador of Sweden in Estonia calls it "the year when nature set the global agenda." He recalls that "we entered 2005...

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