BBC Interview with Robert Amsterdam on Crisis in Thailand
Click here to listen to a brief interview with Robert Amsterdam on the tragic crisis unfolding in Bangkok, Thailand on the BBC.
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Iran Poses Diplomatic Dilemma For Russia
Julian Borger’s global security blog today looked at how the Turkey-Brazil fuel swap deal with Iran was squashed with little ado by Hillary Clinton and the P5, and new sanctions agreed upon with suprising alacrity on the part of China and Ru...
The Social Consequences Of Mining Disaster
Another mining accident has occurred in the same region where up to 90 miners perished last weekend; this time two workers from the Aleskeyevskaya coal mine remain missing. Yulia Latynina commented both acerbically and astutely in today̵...
Guantanomo Detainee Fears Home
There was a rather eyebrow-raising article today for those of us who have spent the past eight years haunted by the images of kneeling orange-hooded men in the maze of barbed wire that is the notorious Guantanomo Bay detention center. Accord...
Who Are the Red Shirts?
Given the sudden and bloody end to the two-month-long protest rally in downtown Bangkok, I believe it is essential the world understands who the Red Shirts are, and what they have been fighting for. There continues to be a concerted effort from th...
Energy Blast – May 19, 2010
A tacit rebuke to the Lula-brokered Iran deal?: the US has given the UN Security Council a draft resolution to widen sanctions against Iran. ‘More striking still was the agreement from Russia and China to push for the package so soon a...
Today in Russian Business – May 19, 2010
RFE/RL reports that, for the first time in recent months, there are more foreign investors withdrawing from Russia than investing in it. President Dmitry Medvedev has argued that Russia’s recent $10 billion contribution to the Internat...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 19, 2010
TODAY: Russia seeks to regain hold over its neighbors; Ex-PM Tymoschenko fears Ukraine break up; Medvedev proposes CSTO membership to Ukraine; NATO’s relationship with Russia. Official who killed child in traffic accident will not face...
Statement of Thaksin Shinawatra
Statement of Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, May 19, 2010 Today, the government ordered the use of force to disperse the peaceful demonstrators at Rajprasong intersection and accusing me as the one who rejected the negotiation. I would like to make the st...
A Sense of Injustice in Thailand
The Independent notes that the protesters in Bangkok actually have legitimate grievances. It would, one feels, take more than a small bribe from Mr Thaksin to persuade two middle-aged ladies – and Mrs Intarahutti is also infirm – to le...