http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/transition-and-accession Blog Articles Tagged with 'transition-and-accession' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1144363?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession That s the difficult choice which faced Hungary as its international support package was put together in the last couple of weeks. One thing that happens between the initial announcement that a package has been agreed and its final endorsement by... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:49:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1144363?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1133083?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has officially dissolved the parliament, and new elections are set for December 7. He made no secret of why he thought the coalition broke up:The democratic coalition - I am convinced, deeply convinced - was dest... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:23:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1133083?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1127942?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession A couple of years back, Brussels Gonzo and I had a debate about Montenegrin independence. I did a post saying it was a really bad idea. Gonzo replied with a post saying that I was just plain wrong. Bosh and drivel, I replied a few days later.Okay,... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:11:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1127942?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1126904?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession The IMF has just released its latest assessment of Hungary (news release, detailed report). It s interesting and sobering reading this is a country where the budget deficit nearly hit 10% of GDP last year and which is still spending 4% of GDP... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:53:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1126904?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1123284?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession It isn t working, and Ukraine s parliament has 30 days to form a new ruling coalition. Good luck with that, too. If not, elections in December.The long-simmering feud between Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko has, again, reached its breaking... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:13:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1123284?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1118478?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession Well, and also Turkish President Abdullah Gul is coming to visit.It s hard to overstate how bizarre and awesome this is. But first, some context. This visit is happening because of three things: football, local politics, and war.First, the footba... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:37:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1118478?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113349?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession We re back after a happily uneventful, if hot and a bit long, drive from Yerevan. Went past one of the air bases that was bombed, and saw what looked like a burned field, but otherwise no damage visible from the public road.The city itself is more ... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:38:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113349?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113354?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession It seems clear they done it; for God knows what reason - arrogance, hoping beyond hope, misjudgment - Georgia started something it couldn t finish. The Russians, for their part, were playing for it for years; the harassment campaign, the motor-rifl... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:19:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1113354?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1110767?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession While researching the recent floods in the Ukraine, I stumbled across this wince-inducingly stupid article. It appeared a few weeks ago in the Neue Z rcher Zeitung. The article is by Richard Wagner, a Transylvanian German writer. (Well, former Tr... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:01:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1110767?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1097074?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession As some parts of Europe prepare for Jean-Claude Juncker s Club of the Few while others fall by the wayside, it s time to look back at how we got here. Nothing unites Europeans like football, and this year s Euro 2008 tournament is turning... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:00:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1097074?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1081724?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession A recent article over at Radio Free Europe suggests that Moldova and Russia may be getting close to a solution of the Transnistria conflict. (For some background on Transnistria, here are some articles I wrote last year.)Now, RFE tends to be pretty ... Sat, 31 May 2008 16:34:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1081724?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1041009?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession So, the Albanosphere: about 7 million Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece and Montenegro, plus another million or so recent emigrants and gastarbeitern scattered across Europe and the US.I m going to leave the diaspora mostly out of the... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1041009?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1029218?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession Not too long ago, Doug Muir wrote about why Nagorno-Karabakh may be coming soon to a front page near you. Back in the mid-1990s, I wrote something much longer on the conflict there. (PDF, ca. 500K) Money quote:Two of the least useful questions for c... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:47:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1029218?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1031525?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession Not too long ago, Doug Muir wrote about why Nagorno-Karabakh may be coming soon to a front page near you. Back in the mid-1990s, I wrote something much longer on the conflict there. (PDF, ca. 500K) Money quote:Two of the least useful questions for co... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:47:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1031525?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1026790?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession George Bush to Romanian Prime Minister Popescu-Tariceanu right before his departure for Zagreb I also congratulate the Prime Minister on having a 16 percent flat tax. I m a little envious. I would like to have been able to achieve the same obje... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:19:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1026790?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1031531?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession George Bush to Romanian Prime Minister Popescu-Tariceanu right before his departure for Zagreb I also congratulate the Prime Minister on having a 16 percent flat tax. I m a little envious. I would like to have been able to achieve the same objec... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:19:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1031531?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1007433?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession It looks like Nicolas Sarkozy s pet foreign-policy idea has been sporked, good and proper; his idea of a Mediterranean Union is now officially an ex-parrot, after it failed to get German support. As we ve been saying right back to 2005, th... Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:43:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1007433?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/986399?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession So a mob attacked the US, Croatian, Turkish and Bosnian embassies in Belgrade today. The US embassy evacuated in advance was looted and partially burned. The other embassies also suffered varying degrees of damage. This came at the same t... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:42:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/986399?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/983779?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession Well, sort of. I somehow doubt Jean Monnet would have been thinking of this when he came up with the idea of a Europe so closely bound together by trade war would be forever impossible. Rogue Planet reports that the biggest buyer of Bosnian armament... Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:44:34 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/983779?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/971947?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession Parag Khanna has a monster screed - eight pages - in the NYT on the subject of turning away from hegemony . The hegemony concerned is that of the United States; the argument is that US power will decline relative to that of China, India, big se... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:30:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/971947?rsstype=tag&tag=transition-and-accession