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BRIC could be an good alternative while EU is blocking Serbia

Started Sep. 26, 2008

Is Transnistria the next follow up of Kosovo UDI?
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IRAN – revolution postponed

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Iran - no Revolution but potential for Change anyway

June 29

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Iran – Twitter – Revolution

June 22

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Global Peace Rank - Balkans & Black Sea

The results of the Global Peace Index for 2009 suggest that the world has become slightly less peaceful in the past year, which appears to reflect the intensification of violent conflict in some countries and the effects of both the rapidly risin...

June 18

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Votes for Sale in EP election?

June 1

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May 26

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Nabucco vs. Soth Stream - EU's big choice

Despite the efforts to save energy a strong scenario for near future is that the quantity of gas needed in EU region will remain same as today if not bigger. sources of gas are widely known the essential question is how the gas is arriving to Euro...

May 15

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Europe Day Finnish way

Due the election year Europe Day’s main event in Helsinki, Finland, got quite high level speakers. The Day was celebrated in amusement park, the Finnish Commissioner, Prime minister and Minister of Europe affairs spoke, MEPs had a panel discussion...

May 10

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What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?: Having made fieldwork in Balkans I saw a huge difference between great statements and ideas on top level and situation on the ground as well between the picture of western mainstream media and reality.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs): Ari Rusila is a development project management expert and freelancer from Finland with a special interest in the Balkan region. His other interests include civil crisis management issues, Caucasus and middle East.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise: Russia, Murmansk region
Serbia and Kosovo province

What is your current country of residence?: Finland

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: Freelancer

What is your personal or organizational website?: http://arirusila.wordpress.com

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box): http://www.b92.net/eng

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box): http://www.atlantic-community.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?: Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Development

Which are your primary skills areas?: Program Design, Intervention

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: Balkan's history

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications: AriRusila's BalkanBlog

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IRAN – revolution postponed

Revolution in Iran seems to happen only in western dreams and media. Protests took place only in Tehran and a few large cities and are now nearly disappeared. Smaller towns and rural areas have been very quiet whole the time after elections. The opposition may not yet have been defeated, but the problems are much deeper than calming the streets. The struggle inside ruling elite is continuing and one could estimate that Iran’s political system is now undergoing a major crisis of legitimacy ove… Continue

Posted on July 8, 2009 at 7:34pm —

Iran - no Revolution but potential for Change anyway

In my previous article “Iran-Twitter-Revolution” I had some doubts that revolution is coming soon concluding however that something historic is afoot in Iran today. I order to understand events in today’s Iran I think they should be put in wider context of Iran’s history and ruling system. In this article I try to do so before jumping to analyze of recent elections which from m… Continue

Posted on June 29, 2009 at 8:40am —

Iran – Twitter – Revolution

People are on the streets in Tehran, the death toll is rising, and rumors are spreading that not only students but also some figures inside Establishment would begin to openly challenge Ali Khamenei's legitimacy as supreme leader. Some reports claim that Hashemi Rafsanjani - head of the Assembly of Experts, a body that has the constitutional authority to anoint and remove the supreme leader - is trying to assemble a coalition of grand ayatollahs in Qom against Khamenei. It is unprecedented th… Continue

Posted on June 22, 2009 at 5:38pm —

Global Peace Rank - Balkans & Black Sea

Posted on June 18, 2009 at 7:37pm —

Votes for Sale in EP election?

A common utterance “money talks” is sometimes used also related to elections. One could suppose that if voting matters the parties or candidates are investing more to win elections. Normal marketing is sometimes not guaranteeing enough votes so in many societies more crude means are used such as election fraud/rigging, non-transparent and illegal political campaign and party financing. A simple vote… Continue

Posted on June 1, 2009 at 6:30pm —

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At 6:26am on October 6, 2008, Damonegro said…: Thank you,
I have read some of your posts. It is glad to see independent opinion not motivated with interests of some group, state or other organization.
Regards!