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The hope of improving one’s status, pulling oneself up by one’s bootstraps, resonates deeply among all strata of the US population. But does that dream still exist in the Obama era? 

In a concise analysis Kurt Bassuener shows why Secretary Clinton's three-day Balkan tour had an overall negative effect.

The effect that the economic and financial crisis has had on the European Union and its policies is the central theme of this publication. The authors have looked at European policies from different angles. They have analysed and evaluated how the Union has dealt with the different aspects of the crisis: which measures have been successful, which have failed and what still needs to be tackled.

Afghan President Karzai established “Peace Council” for negotiations with the Taliban. The names of 68 members of this council were announced, and hold few surprises

The outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 has led to a remarkable rebirth of the Group of 20, turning the club into the self-declared premier forum for global economic coordination. At the same time, the world was shocked by a global food crisis which had tremendous consequences in developing countries, where millions were no longer able to buy their daily food.

The Russo-Georgian war of 2008 drastically showed up the flaws of Western policy for the region. In fact, it demonstrated the extent of dissent within the Western political community. To this day, the challenge of crafting a coherent and effective policy for Eastern Europe remains unresolved, on both sides of the Atlantic. What such a policy ought to look like is the subject of this article

The impact of foreign policy change under Obama on the East of Europe and the EU's Neighbourhood Policy.

The problem of Europe’s basic security deficit remains, and can lead to complications if left untreated. In the author’s view, the appropriate treatment is creation of a security community that covers the entire Euro-Atlantic area. A security community is a demilitarized political space. It can be alternatively described as a zone of stable peace.

With intense financial support from Moscow and deepening economic ties with the Russian market, Abkhazia has a chance to be reborn after the devastating war with Georgia in 1992/1993.

The world has been rocked by the most major financial and economic crisis in recent history. This exposed several aspects of financial system dysfunction. These not only increased the instability of the financial markets but also impeded their normal functioning as tools to allocate economic resources efficiently throughout the real economy. A lecture held by