Zoltán Dujisin

PRAGUE – Poland has woken up to the possibility that its troops in Afghanistan were involved in a war crime against defenseless civilians. The reported events have shocked a public which remains sensitive to the performance of its country’s military missions abroad. But Polish authorities have kept the flow of information under control, leaving the … Continue reading “Polish Troops Face War Crimes in Afghanistan”

PRAGUE – A report by U.S. intelligence services minimizing the Iranian threat has meant another embarrassment for Czech politicians supportive of U.S. plans to set up a radar base in Central-Eastern Europe. The radar system – which Washington claims will protect the West from missile attacks by "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea … Continue reading “NIE Bolsters Czech Opposition to US Radar Base”

The Czech government has begun an 890,000-dollar information campaign supporting the U.S. plan to set up a radar station in the Czech Republic. Opponents of the plan – led by the Social Democrats – want some of that money to fund alternative information campaigns so as to create an actual debate on the issue and … Continue reading “Czech Republic: US Radar Provokes PR War”

PRAGUE – The US proposal to set up an anti-missile defense system in Eastern Europe has drawn the Czech Republic into a high-level diplomatic debate between Moscow and Washington for which they may not be fully prepared. The defense system would have two elements: a radar in the Czech Republic and an antimissile base in … Continue reading “US, Russia at Impasse on Radar”

U.S. President George W. Bush this week discussed a U.S. missile base in Eastern Europe with Polish and Czech officials, but the results were merely words, and the two European countries showed some naivety as international players. There were great expectations from two of Washington’s most faithful allies, but the young democracies revealed, each in … Continue reading “For U.S. Base, Bush Finds Czech Enthusiasm, Polish Reserve”

BUDAPEST – U.S. President George W. Bush is visiting the Czech Republic and Poland this week as part of Washington’s ongoing diplomatic effort to convince the region’s leaders of the need for a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe – revealing a potential new division among European countries. The missile-defense system, allegedly intended to protect the … Continue reading “US Missile Defense
Splits Europe”

BUDAPEST – The U.S. missile defense system to be deployed in Eastern Europe is becoming a matter for concern in all of Europe. Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are now worried and demand talks. The missile defense system, allegedly aimed at protecting the West from missile attacks by "rogue states," would have two components by … Continue reading “US Base Revives Cold War Feelings”

BUDAPEST – The arguments put forward by the United States to justify its project for a missile defense base in Eastern Europe are becoming less and less convincing to the publics and experts of the countries involved. The United States intends to set up an anti-missile base in Poland and a radar control center in … Continue reading “Opposition to US Base in Eastern Europe Rises”

BUDAPEST – The new right-wing government of the Czech Republic, eager to prove its “prestige” as a reliable ally of the United States, last week started negotiations for the setting up of a military base in the Czech Republic. It will not be easy. Czech neo-liberal Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek opened negotiations with the United … Continue reading “Hawks and Doves Clash Over US Base in Czech Rep.”