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Nr.10 · 24 maart 2013, 11:00

Saturday's gambit, to seize this money from Russian and other depositors in Cyprus banks, appeared a safe bet in Brussels because apparently influential Russians - First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov - had signaled their willingness to go along. But Shuvalov and Siluanov are clerks, no-counts politically. The one Russian who counts has now been presented by the Western alliance with an opportunity to effect a strategic power shift in the Mediterranean at minimal cost upfront and little forward risk. It's an object lesson in the greater value of money over arms in grand strategy. It's also a shift which the Western powers and the Ottoman empire fought for three centuries to prevent.

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24 maart 2013, 11:00	#540
Nr.10 Secretaris-Generaal VN Geregistreerd: 26 september 2003 Locatie: van Lissabon tot Vladivostok Berichten: 31.252	Saturday's gambit, to seize this money from Russian and other depositors in Cyprus banks, appeared a safe bet in Brussels because apparently influential Russians - First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov - had signaled their willingness to go along. But Shuvalov and Siluanov are clerks, no-counts politically. The one Russian who counts has now been presented by the Western alliance with an opportunity to effect a strategic power shift in the Mediterranean at minimal cost upfront and little forward risk. It's an object lesson in the greater value of money over arms in grand strategy. It's also a shift which the Western powers and the Ottoman empire fought for three centuries to prevent. Oei __________________ Doorzoek forum.politics.be (aangepaste zoekmachine)