Tiraspol Times
UN membership for the world's Phantom Republics
From Geneva, UN Representative René Wadlow writes that it is time for a ‘package deal’ which puts Transdniestria and Abkhazia in the United Nations, along with Kosovo and other de facto independent states. He knows there will be opposition, but in the long run his solution is the best way forward for everyone involved.
Yevgeny Shevchuk: "Division won't lead to a worse situation and destabilization"
Formalizing the already 'de facto' division between Moldova and Pridnestrovie will not lead to a worsening of the situation and destabilization. That is the opinion of Pridnestrovie's Speaker of Parliament, pro-democracy politician Yevgeny Shevchuk, based on previous European examples.
Independence Day 2008 marks 18 years of Pridnestrovie living on its own
18 years of 'de facto' independence was celebrated in Pridnestrovie on 2 Sep 2008. The republic declared independence one year before Moldova.
What resurrecting Cold War with Russia costs us
It doesn't matter to the West who rules Transdniestria, as long as the territory's future is democratically decided by the people who live there. What matters far more is the future of geopolitical relations and the worldwide partnership with Russia, as U.S. military strategist Thomas P.M. Barnett points out.
The West is strategically wrong on Russia
One of Singapore's foremost political strategists says that the West needs to recognize reality. This means accommodating Russia in a win-win partnership as well as taking into account the number of new nations, such as Pridnestrovie, who want to become “responsible stakeholders” within the international community.
Who Started Cold War II?
Let the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia decide their own future in plebiscites conducted by the United Nations or the OSCE. That is the opinion of former White House insider Pat Buchanan who also says that "who rules Abkhazia and South Ossetia is none of our business."
Blowback from bear-baiting
Former US presidential candidate Pat Buchanan doesn't understand why some show indignation over the fact that Abkhazia and South Ossetia need independence. If anything, he argues that support for the independence and sovereignty of "breakaway provinces" would be in line with Western foreign policy.
