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Saturday, March 17, 2012

"The overall geopolitical imperative for the US remains preservation – not change – of the hydrocarbon status quo''

From Cogo News      "Of mice and MENA"
By  Anis H. Bajrektarevic


"A Grand Dilemma and the MENA

The MENA theatre is situated in one of the most fascinating locations of the world. It actually represents the only existing land corridor that connects 3 continents. Contributing some 6% to the total world population, its demographic weight is almost equal to that of the US (4,5%) and Russia (1,5%) combined. While the US and Russia are single countries, the MENA composite is a puzzle of several dozens of fragile pieces where religious, political, ideological, history-cultural, economic, social and territorial cleavages are entrenched, deep, wide and long."


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