tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post1897479067376779409..comments2023-09-28T15:43:24.855+02:00Comments on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog: Gerontocrat Ghostbusters?Vilhelm Konnanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167606906861836286noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-20958594183524855292008-03-15T18:44:00.000+01:002008-03-15T18:44:00.000+01:00Vilhelm,I finally came across your blog piece toda...Vilhelm,<BR/><BR/>I finally came across your blog piece today. What a hoot! I loved the photomontage. Thanks for the boost. Isn't the internet great?<BR/><BR/>Sometime this summer(2008) a transcrippt of my "oral history" should appear on the U.S. Library of Congress website under the diplomatic history rubric. It won't be as funny as your blog item but there is some humor in it.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Richard Miles<BR/>Ambassador, retiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-25930991932546048882007-07-16T10:01:00.000+02:002007-07-16T10:01:00.000+02:00A very interesting discussion. The Atlantic Commun...A very interesting discussion. The Atlantic Community today has an interesting article by Wess Mitchell on how Germany and Poland could actually cooperate in terms of energy policy to confront Putin's Russia:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.atlantic-community.org/index.php/articles/view/The_Case_for_German-Polish_Rapprochement" REL="nofollow">The Case for German-Polish Rapprochement</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-55090855569415656502007-07-05T01:47:00.000+02:002007-07-05T01:47:00.000+02:00Dear Varske,Knowing of your expertise in the area,...Dear Varske,<BR/><BR/>Knowing of your expertise in the area, I see no point in arguing about the issue, especially as a Putinist energy Blitzkrieg is not my point. I actually believe that the debate about energy as a Russian lever against the EU has totally gone out of proportions. <BR/><BR/>The issue of this poece instead is one of Russian control and influence over its Near Abroad, where energy is of far greater importance for the West than for Russia. Here also great interests are at stake on a variety of levels. This piece but ironises over a few tidbits of a much greater topical and analytical expanse.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>VilhelmVilhelm Konnanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506899921990227704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-68780354533622940312007-06-29T15:31:00.000+02:002007-06-29T15:31:00.000+02:00If you read Jamestown Foundation regularly, www.ja...If you read Jamestown Foundation regularly, www.jamestown.org,you could be forgiven in thinking that Putin has just carried out a blitzkrieg war on European oil and gas routes and is now at the gates of Vienna, just like the Hun or the Mongols or the Ottomans. He can make a new historical record soon by getting as far as the British gas grid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-89115189689241017872007-06-15T00:12:00.000+02:002007-06-15T00:12:00.000+02:00Great post, but the West is covering its bet with ...Great post, but the West is covering its bet with the huge gas reserve pipeline out of Libya and is rapidly "greening" its automobile industry way ahead of the USA. And come to think of it Putin know how to play poker but the former head of the KGB like the son of the former head of the CIA will exit the political scene soon, and maybe the political "Maffias" on all continents will have second thoughts as global warming, and WATER become more valuable than oil!EuroYank - Virginia Hogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692noreply@blogger.com