Fricile intelectualului român (2. să nu ne temem de Gigi Becali)

În textul care îl precede pe acesta am încercat să sugerez (fără a face o demonstraţie completă) că fricile care ar popula în momentul de faţă imaginarul intelectual românesc se referă la Nicolae Văcăroiu, ca reprezentant al trecutului comunist, Gigi Becali şi Corneliu Vadim Tudor, ca reprezentanţi a două tipuri de naţionalism.

În acest text voi încerca să arăt că asemenea temeri sunt supraevaluate, în sensul că deşi parţial explicabile, ele nu mai justifică acţiunile care ni se cer în numele lor.

United States vs. Russia: Wrangling over the Missile Shield

The announced deployment of parts of the American missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic soured relations with Russia’s, many annalists arguing that bilateral relations between the former rivals have reached their lowest point since the end of the Cold War. Besides the spat over the deployment ABM shield in Central Europe there are many other issues that have lead to the increase in tensions between Russia and the United States: American deployment of forward bases in Romania and Bulgaria, US involvement in the former Soviet space (Ukraine, Georgia, the Caucasus and Central Asia) as well as public criticism regarding Russia’s internal politics and finally the gross imbalance of power between the United States and the rest of the members of the international system. All in all Russia has many reasons to feel threatened by the United States and from its point of view the recent strategic developments in Europe are worrying.