By announcing the EU summit in Brussels next Monday, Sarkozy wants to say clearly to Moscow that the European Union is \’a force which has to dealt with,’ and that agreements made with him by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev must be honoured.
(EUbusiness)Europaisch, foderal, unkaputtbar
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Warum Belgien auch ohne Regierung funktioniert
Jochen Bittner (Die Zeit)Radicalisation Processes Leading to Acts of Terrorism
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A concise Report prepared by the European Commission’s Expert Group on Violent Radicalisation
rikcoolsaet.beFethullah Gulen
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A Belgian international relations professor , Rik Coolsaet, is receiving a great deal of interest in his latest book titled “The History of Tomorrow’s World”. In his book he introduced Fethullah Gulen as one of the leaders rebuilding the Turkish nation.
Bahattin Kocak (Ebru TV (Turkey))New worry: Homemade extremists
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In the immediate aftermath of 911 the main threat was from established terrorist networks — such as Al Qaeda and its allies, including the Jemaah Islamiyah. Now, intelligence services around the world, including those in Singapore, are increasingly concerned with the dangers of \”self-radicalisation\”.
Loh Chee Kong (Today Online)Comments at the pre-launch of the World Bank’s Global Economic Propects 2007
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Every year, the Bank provides us with its Global Economic Prospects, drawing our attention on
themes that will come at the international agenda in the next few years. It rightly labels the Bank as the
innovative vanguard of global foresight. We all know how difficult prediction is, especially if it\’s
about the future…
The shared heritage of globalisation(s) – Old and New
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The times we’re living in, are not unique. Globalisation is old news indeed. It is fascinating to go back in time and to look how each time the world shrank, the same words and ideas of one common heritage of mankind appear – to wither away when the wave of globalisation slowed down or was reversed.
9/11 – Five Years Later: The Age of Rage
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What are the main strands in the mood of today’s world citizen? He feels lost and ill at ease in the complex world that surrounds him. And, secondly, he resents the state of the world as fundamentally lopsided. Global uneasiness leads to polarisation. Global inequity stimulates radicalisation.
Homo Sapiens Adrift
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Looking at today’s world… ten years back
Rik Coolsaet (Alpbach Forum 2006)Security is not getting worse
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Rik Coolsaet is one of the opening speakers of the European Forum Alpbach. For ‘Alpbach News’ he talks about Misper¬ceptions, religious revivals, Al-Qaeda and security questions of today’s world.
Homo Sapiens Adrift
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The world is nót flat. The world is caught up in a white water rafting race. Some of the passengers fall
overboard. Others row with all their might. Many close their eyes and grope for something to hold on
to.