Empress Irene:Connecting women to the Silk Road
2016-09-10
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NPR:Mentoring Program Works To Prevent Radicalization
2016-09-09
DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, NPR-The most effective de-radicalization programs build trust and then challenges a jihadist mindset. A version of this program in Copenhagen, Denmark, is called VINK. A counselor explains the process and the lessons it might hold for the U.S. http://www.npr.org/2016/09/05/492727640/mentoring-program-works-to-prevent-radicalization-in-copenhagen AUDIO: Photo.Washington PostContinue Reading
MACEDONIA IS STANDING OUT OF BALKAN ENERGY UNION
2016-09-04
( Intelligence Unit of CSSD-Macedonia)– An Energy Union is on the rise in the Balkan Peninsula.Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is going to play a proxy tool for the world powers on building a new energy infrastructure. Regional powers as Turkey and Russia may push Macedonia on wrong directions. US alliesContinue Reading
Two different scenarios for the Western Balkans
2016-08-30
By Selim Ibraimi -(CSSD) Russia and Turkey are before historic moments and both forces claim to bring a new order in the Balkans, Caucasus and Middle East. From the historical aspect of the XV century, Russo-Turkish rivalry has grown in the Black Sea, Crimean Tatars and was more dynamic in theContinue Reading
Ancient Persia at War
2016-08-19
“Shadows in the Desert” offers a comprehensive history of Persia’s wars with East and West The empires of ancient Persia remain as mysterious today as they were to contemporary Western scholars. Although Alexander the Great’s conquest of Persia is legendary, the military successes of the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian empires,Continue Reading
US National Security team arrives in Macedonia
2016-08-15
Charles A Kupchan senior US official has visited Macedonia holding meetings with state and senior political officials.On Tuesday US VP Joe Biden will visit Kosovo and Serbia. US National Security Adviser Charles A Kupchan with the leader of the Albanian opposition Party DPA Menduh Thaci. On June 2013 CSSDContinue Reading
Empire of cotton
2016-08-10
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. SvenContinue Reading
Summary of CSSD publications for second quarter
2016-07-27
[dropcap][/dropcap][highlight][/highlight] I. CSSD publications for year 2016 1.”The Cold Peace” – 10 years of geopolitical reconfigurations in the Balkans Author: Selim Ibraimi Publisher:CSSD-Macedonia, 2016 2.Extremism Studies:Global Threat,Local Solutions Publisher:CSSD-Macedonia ,2016 Author: Selim Ibraimi 3.Policy paper:”How to fight the monster” Publisher:CSSD-Macedonia, 2016 Author: Selim Ibraimi 4.Policy paper:Cyber warfare in theContinue Reading
THE ELEMENTS OF POWER
2016-07-18
CSSD editor’s choice: These metals have become the building blocks of modern society; their properties are now essential for nearly all our electronic, military, and “green” technologies. But their growing use is not without environmental, economic, and geopolitical consequences. Our future hinges on a set of elements that few ofContinue Reading
Two different future scenarios for the Western Balkans
2016-07-15
By Selim Ibraimi-The Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) The Western Balkans remain the area of instability. (Stay Tuned)Continue Reading