Oil Goes East
Russia’s oil exports are in decline, and with the construction of the new Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, the countries of Central Europe are set to be among those most af ected.
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Russia’s oil exports are in decline, and with the construction of the new Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, the countries of Central Europe are set to be among those most af ected.
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The end of the Second World War did not bring an end to partisan activities in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. Resistance began to grow as a result of the Soviet presence in many of these countries, built mostly upon the structures created to fight the Nazis during the German occupation.
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Питање о томе шта представља интелектуалца, ко може да се назове интелектуалцем и која је његова позиција у друштву је актуелно питања које дуго времена привлачи пажњу и то не само у оквиру научних кругова већ и у широј друштвеној јавности. Појмови интелектуалац и интелектуално често срећемо у савременом друштву и свакодневно их употребљавамо у нашем рјечнику. Док желимо ближе да дефинишемо ове термине и да опредијелимо њихово значење и поријекло сигурно ћемо да се суочимо са извјесним проблемима и тешкоћама. Шта је интелектуалац, ко може да се назове интелектуалцем и која је његова функција, његово мјесто и улога у друштву, посебно у данашњем. релативно комплексном и глобализованом друштву? На први поглед сматрамо да знамо одговор на ова питања, но ако боље размислимо, можемо да дођемо до закључка да одговор и није тако једноставан. Да ли као интелектуалци треба да се сматра само један уски круг образованијих људи, професора, научника, академика, писаца, умјетника? Шта је са неким другим професијама као љекари, инжењери, новинари, политичари?... Да ли и они могу да се назову интелектуалцима? И шта је са оним категоријама грађана који нису само мислиоци и теоретичари, већ активно и директно учествују у друштвеним процесима? Да ли они могу да се сматрају неким видом интелектуалаца или не? Ова питања постају више актуелна у савременом друштву у коме се свакодневно појавувљују нове професије и када се велики број становника, на један или други начин, мање или више учествује у креирању и обликовању настаните и процеса.__
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Ukrainian nationalism during the interwar period was not only an ideology promoting a new model for Ukrainians. It also proposed radical political change in the region and the internal reconstruction of the state.
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The first edition of the Democratic Audit of Poland is a pilot test aimed at understanding the dynamics of particular aspects of Polish democracy and shows that while Poland is in good standing compared to the rest of the region, it is still far from the ideal.
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A conversation with Zdzisław Najder, Polish literary historian, critic, political activist, and head of the Polish-language section of Radio Free Europe from 1982 to 1987.
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Nad Europom je ovog ljeta sigurno puhao vjetar ludila. S obzirom na dugu europsku povijest, naime, po čemu ćemo pamtiti ovo ljeto 2014. što ga je zapravo, tresao val neviđenog antisemitizma? Svakako, do sad se ovako jasno nisu pokazivali ti simptomi mržnje prema sebi, koja već nekoliko desetljeća izaziva gangrenu Starog kontinenta, a otkako smo ušli u XXI. sto ljeće, čini se da patologija neizbježno postaje sve ozbiljnija.
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Četiri puta tjedno na stanici Anneessens ulazim u tramvaj 56 koji vrlo približno dolazi u 13.24, i odlazim obaviti kontrolu bolovanja na skveru Alberta I. Moji kolege, ovisnici o autima, nikad mi kad odlazim ne propuste drhtavim glasom reći ≫sretno!≪ i ≫samo hrabro!≪, kao da se uguravam u diližansu na teritoriju Apača koji se spremaju u rat. Istina je da, ukrcavši se u utrobi trga na kojem se svake večeri održava sajam homoseksualnog seksa, iz tunela izađem tek da bih prešao četvrt Cureghem, jednu od najzloglasnijih u prijestolnici, s reputacijom mjesta svakovrsnog šverca, istrgavanja torbica i car-jackinga.
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Islam, kao i kršćanstvo, ima svoje mučenike. Međutim, izraz mu čenik u te dvije religije upućuje na dvije vrlo različite i čak nepomirljive realnosti. U kršćanstvu mučenik pristaje trpjeti nasilje, ali ga sam ne provodi. U islamu, naprotiv, mučenik (šehit) je onaj tko svjedoči o svojoj vjeri boreći se (džihad).
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Isus Krist Superstar kasnih je šezdesetih godina prošlog stoljeća komponiran kao rock opera, a 1971 godine postavljen kao musical na Broadwayu u New Yorku. Njegovi autori, Andrew Lloyd Webber i Tim Rice time su započeli trend demontaže osnovnih kršćanskih dogmi u for mi javne sablazni, propitkujući Isusovu ličnost metodama psihologije, sugerirajući i njegovo razočarenje svojom misijom, popuštanje nagonima tijela te žeđ za popularnošću kao Kralj Židova.
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In the Soviet Union the concept of a border was ambiguous. The Soviet borders were both very open and very closed. Since the fall of the Soviet Union 25 years ago, however, the concept of the border has emerged to reinforce the nationalities of the new republics. Yet, these were borders based on the nationality policies of Lenin and Stalin, the consequences of which persist today.
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A difference between Serbia and Britain might be that the former is emptying and the latter is filling, both at speeds which can affect their ability to flourish. Much of the current debate about the European Union, in either place, appears to me to be a distraction from this bigger story. The new global migrations do not listen to national votes.
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The experiment of post-Maidan Ukraine lacks a long-term vision of reform, even if this has become the new benchmark to judge political legitimacy. Europe hardly has a long-term vision for Ukraine either, especially as the appetite for both enlargement and demanding, messy democratic experiments abroad is scarce. To compound the matter, as one Ukrainian intellectual noted, the country joined the West just when it entered decadence.
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Brexit is a fact without precedent. June 23rd 2016 has become a key date in the history of the European community and Europe itself. More than half of the United Kingdom voters were in favour of leaving the European Union. For Vladimir Putin Brexit serves as a clear signal that European unity and solidarity is in crisis and can be used as a bargaining chip in relations with the EU.
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Kahire – Bağdat – İstanbul uç noktalı KABAİS ÜÇGENİ ve bu üçgeni çerçeveleyen KABAİS ÇEMBERİ kapsamındaki toprakların hassasiyeti ve odak noktası olan Kıbrıs adasının değerini birçok asker, diplomat, siyasi, iktisadi strateji uzmanı idrak edememiştir. Sadece 21. yüzyıl için değil aynı zamanda son dört yüzyıldır üç şehir üzerinde oyunlar oynanmaktadır. Bu üç şehir 19. yüzyıl sonlarına kadar Osmanlıların elindeydi. Dünyanın merkez ve en stratejik üçgeni olan bu üç şehir şu anda da Müslüman dünyasının elinde görünmektedir. Bu üç şehir, üç kıtanın en stratejik konumunda yer almaktadır. Bu üç kıta Afrika, Asya ve Avrupa’dır. Bu üç şehir ise Kahire, Bağdat ve İstanbul’dur. Her üç şehir de dünyanın en büyük medeniyetlerine başşehir olmuştur. Tarihteki çeşitli Türk Devletleri, bazı dönemlerde bu üç şehri kendilerine başkent yapmıştır.
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It was obvious already at the planning stage of this magazine that not only good critical writing was needed but a forum of discussion as well, where an author could answer his critic, with a rejoinder by the critic to follow, if possible; something unimaginable in the earlier age of manipulated criticism, when substance played second-fiddle to personal and political considerations.
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The review of: István Tisza. The Liberal Vision and Conservative Statecraft of a Magyar Nationalist by Gábor Vermes; East European Monographs, Columbia University Press, 1995. Tisza István by István Tisza. Translated by Ágnes Deák (Századvég Biographies). Budapest: Századvég Kiadó, 1994. 580 pp.
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An interview with Serhii Plokhy, Ukrainian history professor at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
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Since coming to power in 2015 Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS) has enacted its historical policy aimed at ending the “pedagogy of shame”. President Andrzej Duda has brought back the mythology of an innocent and martyred Poland and expressed his wish to reunite the nation around common values, such as independence and Christianity in order to regain the nation’s pride. However, instead of bringing Poles together, the new plan is dividing the society.
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After 1989 the Poles, who were enslaved during communism and humiliated with lies about their own history, needed a story with their own heroes. They craved a narrative about how Poles fought for freedom. It is a natural need for those overcoming a traumatic situation. The new government’s historical policy aims to satisfy this need.
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