Nebojsa Malic

Ten years ago today, on March 24, 1999, the Atlantic Empire chose to reveal itself to the world by demonstrating the unchecked power of a fully operational military alliance. After fifty years of keeping "the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down" (in the words of its first Secretary-General, Lord Ismay), NATO stepped … Continue reading “Turning Point”

Ten years ago today, on March 24, 1999, the Atlantic Empire chose to reveal itself to the world by demonstrating the unchecked power of a fully operational military alliance. After fifty years of keeping "the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down" (in the words of its first Secretary-General, Lord Ismay), NATO stepped … Continue reading “Turning Point”

In the aftermath of the Cold War and the "end of history" triumphalism, those who built the American Empire may be forgiven for believing the future of conflict would be in short, victorious wars like "Desert Storm"; that the U.S. was the "indispensable nation"; and any country in the world would instantly surrender at the … Continue reading “The Blood-Dimmed Tide”

Few things that happen in the Balkans come as a surprise to experienced observers. Certainly, last week’s conviction of the Serbian political, military and security leadership by the Hague Inquisition, for the alleged conspiracy to expel Albanians from Kosovo during NATO’s war of aggression, was as predictable as it was nonsensical. Anyone who did not … Continue reading “Tinker, Traitor, Soldier, Spy”

This week, the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo celebrated the anniversary of the Albanian provisional government declaring “independence” from Serbia. On February 17, 2008, following two years of sham negotiations and diplomatic farce, the institutions ostensibly established by the UN occupation authorities in 2001 as “self-government” decided to unilaterally implement the so-called Ahtisaari plan, a proposal … Continue reading “A Year After”

One of the many absurdities of Imperial policy in the Balkans is the notion of "integrations," a cute euphemism for the expansion of EU and NATO southward and eastward. If Brussels and Washington are so eager to integrate, why have they consistently supported disintegration – first of Yugoslavia, then of Serbia? In 1992, the nascent … Continue reading “Not Done Yet”

Despite the bitter cold, over a million people crowded on the streets of Washington, DC in rapture to watch as Barack Hussein Obama II became the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday. Obama’s rise to power can only be described as meteoric. He became the New Hope of the Democratic party following a … Continue reading “Continuity”

Just a week into 2009, the new Cold War between Washington and Moscow got a whole lot colder. What seemed like a minor dispute between Moscow's gas conglomerate Gazprom and its Ukrainian counterpart quickly evolved into a major energy and political crisis, leaving much of Europe without heat during an unusually cold snap. About 80% … Continue reading “A Freezing War”

"What comes next is anybody’s guess" were the closing words of this column in December 2007. That had been a turbulent year, marked by a series of setbacks for the Empire on all fronts. Aside from the ongoing quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan, even in the Balkans – the region handpicked for the demonstration of … Continue reading “Beginning of the End”