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UN face off over Kosovo army vote

The Kosovo Parliament’s December 14 vote to formally create a military structure triggered the almost-automatic UN Security Council (UNSC) face off December 17 in...

Name Dispute negotiations: Doing a new tango ahead of the summer summits

Negotiations over the Greece/Macedonia/FYROM Name Dispute resumed in New York on May 24-25 following consultations in Washington by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias earlier...

Numbers game deepens over size of Athens rally on Greece-FYROM/Macedonia Name Dispute

The Greek people sent a strong message in Athens on February 4 that many will not countenance the use of a compound name including...

Greece-Macedonia/FYROM Name Talks appear to lose the strong momentum seen at the start of 2018

While 2018 opened on a positive note with both Athens and Skopje making hopeful statements and gestures around the New Year pointing to the...

Trump unveils his “Hard Power Budget” delineating elements of an American withdrawal from global leadership, if approved

The screaming had already started well before President Trump revealed his proposals for a “Hard Power Budget” March 16, since the main budget outlines...

Tillerson’s arrival at the State Department calms the waters, for now

The arrival of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the State Department February 1 (he was sworn in the night before) seems to have...

For Greece’s PM Tsipras, Another Fruitless Run at the Debt Issue in New York

In serious trouble at home from a series of interconnected scandals and policy blunders, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras turned to the annual UN...

Tsipras, the UN and the “American factor”

We have made it a point to emphasize that PM Tsipras September 26-October 1 New York visit focused far less on the business of...

Greek PM Tsipras does New York. This was a UN visit, right?

Greek PM Tsipras arrived in New York late September 26th, intending to stay until October 2.  His main UN General Assembly (UNGA) address is...

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