When during the meetings in Strasbourg and Kiel (in April 2009) the leaders of NATO decided to start discussions on a new strategic concept of NATO, nobody expected easy agreements. Nevertheless all the countries of the Alliance agreed that the key goal of NATO should be the establishment of the secure political environment. To this end the Alliance shall elaborate effective measures for the elimination of threats.
The fact that the former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen became NATO’s head could be interpreted differently. On the one hand, A.F.Rasmussen is an economist and is not closely related to the military sphere. But he has a reputation of an experienced politician: in 1978 he was elected to the parliament and later took the position of a minister. From November 2001 until April of this year he was Prime Minister of Denmark. He was even “measured” for the post of the EU president.
The recent several months increased the doubts of Eastern European states (members of NATO) on the Alliance’s readiness to defend them from external threats.
The interest of citizens of Lithuania and other EU Member States in the elections to the European Parliament (EP) is quite low, although it was the first time when new European political parties nominated their candidates. They run for campaigns in the EU Parliament in several EU Member States simultaneously, but are not involved in politics. These parties prepared programs for the EU reforms, but they don’t speak about the role and place of specific countries in Europe.
During the North Atlantic Council session on 2-3 December 2008, the decision was made to develop an annual national program for Ukraine instead of the Membership Action Plan (MAP). What role will this program play in promoting Ukraine‘s integration to NATO, and will it serve as a MAP so far applied for the new members?
The meeting of foreign ministers of the Atlantic Alliance, held on 2-3 December 2008, did not make any significant decisions concerning advancement of Georgia‘s integration in NATO. The decision was made to develop the Georgian National Program instead of the Membership Action Plan (MAP).
Helplessness or rather its appearance is the actual power of the Western diplomacy, since the West, i.e. the homeland of dialectics, knows all the secrets of diplomacy.
There are assumptions that one of the consequences of the military conflict between Russia and Georgia is possible Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO. Such an impression is only partially truthful, although membership in NATO is not a new issue in the agenda of foreign policy of Sweden and Finland.
Invasion of Russia to Georgia has revealed the problems of foreign policy of the EU. Certain politicians of the EU Member States have also acknowledged „the disability“ of the EU to form a common position and take joint actions in the critical situation, whereas political observers stated that ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon could change the situation.
While talking, debating, and approaching essential common position on valuation of crimes of totalitarian regimes in Europe, the one obstacle is most evident as a barrier for a faster moral and legislative success.
Darius Varanavičius, political scientist, executive editor of the magazine "The State" 2007 05 23
After the recent growing political tension, a European Union-Russia summit in Samara should become a release, which might acquire both positive and negative aspects. Certain tenseness between the EU and Russia has been developing for several years.
Darius Varanavičius, political scientist, executive editor of the magazine "The State" 2007 04 15
On 29 2004 Lithuania has de jure become a member of NATO and finally received actual security guarantees. However, there will always be politicians talking about too high costs of membership in the Alliance, appealing to unfulfilled former promises of America to protect Lithuania or even expressing their sentiments to Russia.
Darius Varanavičius, political scientist, executive editor of the magazine "The State" 2007 04 06
After Germany has taken over the presidency of the EU, one of the strategic tasks specified by the chancellor A.Merkel was the desire to renew the Treaty on the EU Constitution with a view to defining a new development trend of the EU. Such a high level political statement could mean that it is not enough to have operating agreements for the existence of the EU.
On 25 March the European Union celebrated its 50th anniversary.
The beginning of the history of the European Union should be related to three European Communities: the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 in Paris, and the European Atomic Energy and European Economic Community established in Rome in 1957.
Euroskepticism cannot be identified as an apparent indiscrete ideology, since the rhetoric of Euroskeptics and ideas in various countries are different. This skepticism is mostly related to the pursuit of sustainability of the national state sovereignty.
The United Kingdom, which refused to introduce single currency Euro and become one of the parties of the Shengen Treaty, is also attributed to the „major Euroskeptics“.
Sinikka Hurskainen, Rapporteur on the political situation in Belarus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has arrived in Minsk for “collecting information, for meeting with people and for discussing the situation in the country”.
Belarus is dealing with the issue concerning the acquisition of the antiaircraft-missile complex C-400 from Russia, reported to the BELTA correspondent Major-General Igor Azarionok, the Commander of the military air forces and ABM of Belarus.
Journalists of the Kaliningrad newspaper “Страж Балтики“ (‘Guard of the Baltics’ – the official publication of the Baltic Fleet) have disclosed certain specific details about the naval exercise of maritime forces, which were carried out in the Baltic Sea in June 2010.
The President Viktor Janukovich signed the earlier approved by the Parliament Law on “The Principles of Foreign and Internal Policy”, which enforces the status of the Ukraine outside the block and revokes the joining of the country into the NATO, reported on 15 July NEWSru.ua referring to the press office of the Government.
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The fact that the former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen became NATO’s head could be interpreted differently. On the one hand, A.F.Rasmussen is an economist and is not closely related to the military sphere. But he has a reputation of an experienced politician: in 1978 he was elected to the parliament and later took the position of a minister. From November 2001 until April of this year he was Prime Minister of Denmark. He was even “measured” for the post of the EU president.
The recent several months increased the doubts of Eastern European states (members of NATO) on the 
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During the North Atlantic Council session on 2-3 December 2008, the decision was made to develop an annual national program for 
The meeting of foreign ministers of the Atlantic Alliance, held on 2-3 December 2008, did not make any significant decisions concerning advancement of Georgia‘s integration in NATO. The decision was made to develop the Georgian National Program instead of the Membership Action Plan (MAP).
Helplessness or rather its appearance is the actual power of the Western diplomacy, since the West, i.e. the homeland of dialectics, knows all the secrets of diplomacy.
There are assumptions that one of the consequences of the military conflict between 
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After the recent growing political tension, a European Union-Russia summit in Samara should become a release, which might acquire both positive and negative aspects. Certain tenseness between the EU and 
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On 25 March the European Union celebrated its 50th anniversary. 
Euroskepticism cannot be identified as an apparent indiscrete ideology, since the rhetoric of Euroskeptics and ideas in various countries are different. This skepticism is mostly related to the pursuit of sustainability of the national state sovereignty.
