Radovan Karadzic in The
Hague
MODELLING COLLECTIVE
MEMORY
We condemn all crimes and are proud of having committed them
Viktor Ivancic
By Vojin Dimitrijevic
After the arrest of Radovan Karadzic - made with too much of
superfluous caution but under the law that cannot but questioned - protests against anyone
having anything to do with disclosing the harmless indentity of the so-called Dr. Dragan
Dabic begun in Serbia, a wonderland. The very authorized Minister of the Interior, whose
complex relationship with Dabic dates back at the time when the later was still Karadzic,
comes from the SPS - the party the leader of which had broked friendly relations with the
SDS, the Bosnian Serbs' party helmed by Karadzic... More >>> |
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A Letter from Montenegro
KNOWING ONE'S WAY
ABOUT
By Igor Peric
Referring to those who have emerged from the transitional mud over the
past twenty years with visibly improved financial blood count the people in Montenegro
say, "They knew their way about." In the newly composed perception of the
realities the phrase "knowing one's way about" has been raised to the level of
virtue and attributed to criminals, politicians and war criminals alike. When the most
wanted fugitive from The Hague justice was arrested in Belgrade in the flesh and in the 3D
format of a mystic and eccentric the mainstream circles glorified his years-long hiding
from Sheveningen as an admiration inspiring, epic enterprise of "a Serb Don
Quichotte."... More
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EU, Russia and Crisis in
Georgia
RUSSIAN GAS: REALITY
AND METAPHOR
By Nikola Samardzic
The predictions that the world politics would be affected by delicate
relationships between the new, authoritarian Russia and its pos-Soviet satellites -
particularly those trying to escape from the sphere of Russia's direct influence - came
true. New contradictions in the interests of the US and the EU became more visible
threatening to relativize their strategic partnership. The reach of America's power got
new borders. Now that Brussels has given up any confrontation with Moscow, the unilateral
power of the US in global relations, impaired by September 11, seems to be additionally
questioned. The question of the... More >>> |
