Something bold needs to be done to salvage the Greater Middle East initiative and move its fate off dead center for the benefit of all participants, beneficiaries and donors alike. Russia and Germany are uniquely qualified to assume the responsibility of saving the G8-GME initiative. But the available window of opportunity for this historic initiative is rapidly closing.
Something bold needs to be done to salvage the Greater Middle East initiative and move its fate off dead center for the benefit of all participants, beneficiaries and donors alike. Russia and Germany are uniquely qualified to assume the responsibility of saving the G8-GME initiative. But the available window of opportunity for this historic initiative is rapidly closing.
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.