Wednesday, December 24, 2014

EU & International Relations

Europe, EU, UN, Alliances - Present Tense >> .
Geostrategic Projection - Europe - Compass >> .

0:00 Introduction and Titles
1:08 How Do You See the EU Evolving?
5:19 Will the United States Defend Taiwan?
8:36 Is the UN Useless?
13:43 Dealing with Trolls and Abuse
19:49 Is NATO the Future of European Security?
24:14 How Do States Become Independent? (WATCH THIS ONE!)
28:03 Could South Yemen Become Independent?
31:28 Was Huntingdon’s ‘Clash of Civilisations’ Right?
36:11 What International Dispute Would You Solve?
39:00 How Long Does it Take to Make Your Videos?

EU, USA, ROC, UN, NATO

Exhaust Alternatives

"The question is whether there is any reason to believe that such a new era may yet come to pass. If I am sanguine on this point, it is because of a conviction that men and nations do behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Surely the other alternatives of war and belligerency have now been exhausted." ~ Abba Eban*

And indeed, we often know how to do things by the philosophy that was expounded by another Irishman I know. He said that you can depend on Americans to do the right thing when they have exhausted every other possibility. ~ U.S. Congressional Hearing in 1970


*1967 June 16, Canadian Jewish Chronicle Review, Abba Eban at the United Nations: Not Backward to Belligerence But Forward to Peace, [UN address by Abba Eban on June 6, 1967], Page 9, Montreal, Canada. (Google News Archive)

Monday, December 22, 2014

Geostrategy - Ganser


Geostrategic Projection
European Geostrategic Projection ..


Geopolitics to Geostrategy

20-4-1 Geostrategy - CSIS > .

Geopolitical reflects the combination of geographic and political factors determining the condition of a state or region, and emphasizing the impact of geography on politics; strategic refers to the comprehensive and planned application of measures to achieve a central goal or to vital assets of military significance; and geostrategic merges strategic consideration with geopolitical ones.

History of Geopolitics: theories and types of geopolitics - Geopoliticus > .

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...