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December | 2014 | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. Month: December, 2014. December 23, 2014. Twenty-Five Years On: Ghosts of Regime-Change Haunt Central Europe. Christine Stone (23rd December, 2014). 8211; it took some arm twisting to get the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to agree to punish Moscow for annexing Crimea. Part of the reason is that, despite tabloid hyperbole in Washington and London claiming that Vladimir Putin was intent on taking them over and rebuilding the iron curtain, in r...

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The Turks won’t do the West’s dirty work in Syria | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. The Turks won’t do the West’s dirty work in Syria. On 9th October, 2014, the. Published CRIOx Director, Mark Almond’s article:. 8220;The Turks won’t do the West’s dirty work”. That might be one reason that Erdogan has been slow to act in Syria. But given his almost messianic sense of mission, which has overcome every obstacle on his way to the pinnacle of power, it is more likely that he’s pursuing another strategy bargaining with the West. He is s...

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Ukraine: Europe’s Partner or Europe’s Puppet? | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. Ukraine: Europe’s Partner or Europe’s Puppet? Europe’s Partner or Puppet? Could things have changed so quickly? They obviously did, meaning that the Communist apparatchiki. Jumped the sinking ship and the sheep followed. Since then, the country has been ruled by a mixture of ex-Soviet officials and Komsomolski. Making matters worse has been the fact that Washington and its European allies have repeatedly involved themselves in Kiev’s dysfunctional ...

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EU-backed Libyan government bombs EU citizens but no new No Fly Zone in sight | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. EU-backed Libyan government bombs EU citizens but no new No Fly Zone in sight. But the so-called Arab Spring chilled EU-Libyan relations dramatically. Within days of protests beginning, the EU governments which had previously courted the Colonel reverted to denouncing him as a terrorist and genocidal killer. Maybe the killing of a Greek and a Romanian on an EU tanker will wake Brussels up to its share of the responsibility for the mayhem on the sou...

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Blowback on the Saudi Border – Senior General Killed | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. Blowback on the Saudi Border – Senior General Killed. Report of a minor skirmish on the Saudi-Iraqi border on 5th January, 2015, would probably have shrugged and moved on. What with ISIS controlling roughly one third of Iraq and Syria and Shiite Houthi rebels overrunning about 70% of Yemen, Middle East watchers surely had more pressing violence to concern them than “a confrontation that left three guards and all the assailants dead”? 8211; and murd...

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March | 2014 | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. Month: March, 2014. March 6, 2014. Forgetting His Own History: William Hague Once Understood How Not to Handle a Black Sea Crisis. All the assumptions on which this policy [was]. Based turned out to be wrong. British domestic. Opinion would prove hard to persuade that seeking. The return of a fortress on the Black Sea merited. The risk of a war with Russia. William Hague on the Anglo-Russian Crisis (1791) [1]. Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William H...

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The British Establishment fawns on the Saudi Regime for Past Favours forgetting to look to the Future | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. The British Establishment fawns on the Saudi Regime for Past Favours forgetting to look to the Future. 25th January, 2015) published CRIOx Director Mark Almond’s commentary Below is an edited version:. Did anyone in Britain take pride in the sight of the Prince of Wales and Prime Minister leading the mourning at the King of Saudi Arabia’s wake? Or in the spectacle of Union Flags at half-mast over Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey? Not everyon...

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December | 2013 | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. Month: December, 2013. December 22, 2013. Does the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the likely liberation of the members of Pussy Riot. Plus the dropping of charges against the so-called ‘Arctic 30’ mean that Vladimir Putin’s Russia will enjoy a trouble-free Sochi Winter Olympics in February, 2014? Group who were part of the Voina. Even if it were only a small scale event, when filmed close up by one or another foreign broadcaster, it could be m...

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July | 2015 | crioxblog

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Crisis Analysis from Oxford's Crisis Research Institute. Month: July, 2015. July 19, 2015. Royal Video from 1933 Shows How Lucky Britain Was to Lose Edward VIII. Opening Royal Archives from 1930s and 1940s Won’t Damage the Queen’s Reputation. By Mark Almond (Oxford, 19th July, 2015). Long to reign over us sings the national anthem. And its prayers have been answered. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned successfully over this country since 1952 with every indication of many more years to come. Let’s be fair to...