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More new countries predicted for Europe

Carl McElroy — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:28:01 -0500

British Euro-MP Richard Corbett predicts that new countries are about to appear in Europe, and that some of them will be born as the result of flawed borders made by Stalin. In the same vein, blogger Carl McElroy argues that independence for Transdniestria is a better choice than defending outdated Stalinist cartography.

UN membership for the world's Phantom Republics

René Wadlow — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:21:08 -0500

From Geneva, UN Representative René Wadlow writes that it is time for a ‘package deal’ which puts Transdniestria and Abkhazia in the United Nations, along with Kosovo and other de facto independent states. He knows there will be opposition, but in the long run his solution is the best way forward for everyone involved.

What resurrecting Cold War with Russia costs us

Thomas P.M. Barnett — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:57:40 -0500

It doesn't matter to the West who rules Transdniestria, as long as the territory's future is democratically decided by the people who live there. What matters far more is the future of geopolitical relations and the worldwide partnership with Russia, as U.S. military strategist Thomas P.M. Barnett points out.

The West is strategically wrong on Russia

Kishore Mahbubani — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:21:37 -0500

One of Singapore's foremost political strategists says that the West needs to recognize reality. This means accommodating Russia in a win-win partnership as well as taking into account the number of new nations, such as Pridnestrovie, who want to become “responsible stakeholders” within the international community.

Who Started Cold War II?

Patrick J. Buchanan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:29:21 -0500

Let the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia decide their own future in plebiscites conducted by the United Nations or the OSCE. That is the opinion of former White House insider Pat Buchanan who also says that "who rules Abkhazia and South Ossetia is none of our business."

Blowback from bear-baiting

Patrick J. Buchanan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:46:46 -0500

Former US presidential candidate Pat Buchanan doesn't understand why some show indignation over the fact that Abkhazia and South Ossetia need independence. If anything, he argues that support for the independence and sovereignty of "breakaway provinces" would be in line with Western foreign policy.

New media control laws

Des Grant — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:51:49 -0500

On 5 June 2008, Moldova's Parliament passed a law banning all publications whose content could be construed as a call to "territorial separatism." Journalist and newspaper publisher Des Grant of The Tiraspol Times & Weekly Review warns that this law is in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Transdniestria looks to Europe for support

Paul Goble — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:10:29 -0500

Disappointed with what it sees as too little support from Russia, Transdniestria is showing itself to be increasingly more independent and is adopting a "multi-vector" foreign policy which includes closer ties with the European Union. Here, renowned American analyst Paul Goble says that makes Transdniestria less subject to Moscow’s diktat.

As democracy spreads, new countries will be born

Eddie Beaver — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:06:44 -0500

Borders are not written in stone and as history has shown, they evolve along with human evolution, says Eddie Beaver of the US Navy's 7th fleet. In this guest opinion, he asks if we are to suspend reality and operate on the false belief that artificial nations are going to be permanent?

Why not a referendum to decide the issue?

BHHGR.org — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:25:31 -0500

Wouldn’t consulting the people offer a way out? That's the question asked in this analysis, published by BHHRG, the British Helsinki Human Rights Group, after an extensive visit to Tiraspol.