The Balkan war of 1999 Spring brought to an end the project of Western and Eastern Europe, i.e. the plan of post-Cold War unification. This would have been a viable project only if the Western states had wanted to rebuild the region on the basis of international norms instead of the principles of dominance and great power relations.
Category Archives: Former issues
Bombs and human rights or the militarization of politics
With launching the 1999 Balkan war, the politicians of the Western community handed over the direction of politics to the people of the military Even the German Greens did so, although previously they wanted to prevent the militarization of politics. The agression was carried out with reference to human rights, while the latter can only be assured on tho basis of civil society and not the bombs of the military or the improductive discussions of some philosophers.
The letter of a traveller to the President of the French Republic Jacques Chirac
The famous French journalist compares his fist hand experience with tho official rhetoric and reports that reach the public fora of the Western world about the Balkan crisis and war. The huge discrepancies discovered hero speak for themselves.
The Hungarian women’s movement and the ‘sexual question’ in the early 20th century
The major political tendencies of the pre-war period: bourgeois radicalism, social democracy, and Catholicism, manifested themselves in the women's movement as well. In their own way, they took a position on issues like intra-family relations or prostitution.
Lenin and Inessa
The Soviet censorship eliminated the figure of Inessa Armand from history, though the Swedish woman had a close relationship with the revolutionary leader. If we wanted to pursue a view on history without dogmas, we also have to have an accurate picture about the private life of the founder of party and state.