As i said before it was wrong to recognize Kosovo's independence and there would be consequences to the rest of the world. Well here they are. Russia has announced that it would establish legal links with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia has already called an emergency security meeting saying Russia is annexing their territory. Georgia's foreign minister is calling Russia's move "de facto annexation" Now, I couldn't care less about Russia annexing Georgia's regions as far as I know these 2 regions want to be independent and want to join the Russian Federation. Plus many of

This week was full of political events. Of course the biggest news was NATO summit in Bucharest. During the summit Bush struggled to invite Ukraine and Georgia to join the alliance thankfully some European leaders has enough balls and brains to say "no". Also Poland and the Czech Republic agreed to set up interceptors missiles and a radar dish on their territory - these countries are paid enough to keep their balls small and brains inactive. As you know both of these decisions are fiercely opposed by Russia. And I'm beginning to think they are doing this on purpose. It seems Bush wants

Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine that he will aim nuclear missiles at it if Ukraine joins Nato and accepts the U.S missile shield on its territory. Russia wasn't happy about the expansion of Nato into former soviet countries - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and especially unhappy about the anti-missile defense sites in Eastern Europe: Poland and the Czech Republic. The Ukrainian politicians reacted by saying Ukraine has the right to form its own foreign and defense policies. "We are an independent state and will make our decisions regardless of what others say." This

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke in Munich Conference on Security Policy he urged European nations to commit more troops in the fight against extremism in Afghanistan. He complained that the U.S, Canada and Britain are doing most of the "work" while countries as Germany, France, Italy aren't doing enough. Gates said global Islamic terrorism is a threat to them all and listed the recent terror act in London and Madrid and Nato members must share the burden of Afghanistan.Pardon the comparison but it looks like Dr. Frankenstein can't handle his monster. in the 70s the United

NATO must be prepared to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes to prevent the use of WMDs by its enemies.A group of former senior military officials are calling for changes in NATO's approach to defending its members and interests. They have made a reports which says that first use of nuclear weapons is an "indispensable instrument" It says that the risk of nuclear proliferation is imminent and there's no realistic prospect of a nuclear-free world. The report is calling for major reforms and a new pack between NATO, the US and the European union to combat the modern military and terrorist

Russia has withdrawn from a key cold war treaty limiting the number of troops and weapons in Europe. The Conventional Forces in Europe treaty was suspended on Tuesday at 2100 GMT.This means Russian troops can now move around the country without notifying NATO. NATO members deeply regret this decision. According to Russia foreign ministry such step was caused by the exceptional circumstances connected to the content of the treaty which concern the security of Russia and demands immediate measures . CFE

Russia's parliament has voted to suspend CFE treaty. - a traety that limits the deployment of conventional forces in Europe. Because of NATO expansion and other factors in Europe, the CFE treaty "no longer responds to the security interests of the Russian Federation" said the lower house of parliament. This is yet another response to the the US plans to building a missile defence system in eastern Europe. Russia is the only country to have ratified the new version of CFE modified in 1999. This doesn't mean that Russia is withdrawing from the treaty, they only want NATO states to

A volcano erupted on a small island of Jazirt Atta-Ir 85 miles off the coast of Yemen Sunday evening. A NATO fleet en route to the Suez Canal witnessed the eruption. According to the Canadian Forces website "HMCS Toronto is currently conducting a search-and-rescue operation, at the request of the Yemen coast guard, to locate nine people believed to be at sea." The Yemeni news agency SABA confirmed the eruption and said a military garrison on the island is being evacuated.The

The House of Representatives of the U.S Congress has confirmed Georgia and Ukraine's entering to NATO in terms of NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007. Now it is for George Bush to sign it. This Consolidtion also includes Georgia and Ukraine's including in the American security program.