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Sam Vaknin's Articles Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest America's Failure: Russia and Serbia The United States had two strategic goals as it faced its reluctant allies in NATO in the April 2008 Bucharest Summit. Anton's Trap The voice on the other end of the phone was sweaty. Arctic Lessons Land claims in the Arctic were the first concrete step in the process of decolonizing the North by devolving decision-making authority from what many northerners have long perceived to be far away, colonial centers of administration and decision-making to local communities Balkan Lessons No nation-state collapsed in the 1990s. Only implausible and unsustainable multi-cultural, multi-ethnic experiments (such as Czechoslovakia, the USSR, and Yugoslavia) did. The Death of the Written Word and the Rebirth of Speech The Internet is in the process of rendering redundant even these vestiges of the knowledge monopoly. But, the revolution it portends is far more fundamental. The Internet is about the death of the written word as a means of exchange and a store of value. The Eye and the Storm - The Photography of Tom Georgiev The photographer's worst enemy is his ego. A good photographer needs to learn to step aside, fade, as it were, and let the confluences of imagery and circumstance do the talking through his lens. iDevelop's Ray of Power In brief, it is a solution that allows companies to monitor their website traffic in real time and initiate chats with those visitors without any downloads Intellectuals in Conflict Zones: The Balkans Ljubomir Danailov Frcksoki ("Frcko" to his friends) is by far Macedonia's most prominent public intellectual. The Inversion of Colonial Roles In the wake of the Second World War (a failed German colonial experiment in the heartland of Europe) and as a result of escalating scarcity, caused by a variety of economic and geopolitical factors, the center of geopolitical-military gravity shifted to the producers and owners of mineral and agricultural wealth. Narcissists and Psychopaths on the Internet To believe that the Internet is an unprecedented phenomenon with unique social implications is, in itself, narcissistic. NATO's Bucharest Summit NATO's Bucharest Summit (April 2-4, 2008) was pivotal. No American Security Guarantees for Macedonia Security guarantees are granted exclusively in the wake of a war or a conflict and as a means to ascertain the implementation of an agreed settlement between the adversaries (e.g., a ceasefire or a peace agreement). Parenting as a Moral Obligation We owe it to ourselves to realize our full potential as human beings and as males or females by becoming parents Primary Technology, Consumer Technology, and World Peace Paradigm shifts in science and revolutionary leaps in technology are frequently coterminous with political and military upheavals. Sexual Fetishism: The Object is Desire There are three types of fetishes A Taxonomy of Political Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe Transition is a messy affair even in the best of times and the 1990s in Central and Eastern European (CEE) history have been by far the worst in the last 50 or so years. The USA, Israel's Friendly Bully During the 1950s and 1960s, the USA was essentially pro-Arab. Why Waste? Waste is considered to be the by-product of both natural and artificial processes: manufacturing, chemical reactions, and events in biochemical pathways. Secession, National Sovereignty, and Territorial Integrity Traditionally, the international community has been reluctant to treat civil strife the same way it does international armed conflict. Private Armies and Private Military Companies (PMCs) Private contracting of military functions has been on the rise since the first Gulf War (1991). One Hundred Paintings of Solitude Sergej is a very physical artist. He loves the texture of his colors (though not their smells). Miscalculating Inflation The Consumer Price Index is not the same as the Living Expenditures Index. Kosovars and other Albanians - Why Great Albania is a Myth Sali Berisha - a former President of Albania - talks ominously about an "Albanian Federation". Greece and its Investments in the Balkans: Trojan Horse or Reliable Partner? The foundations of the current presence of Greece in all Balkan countries - including EU members, Romania and Bulgaria - were laid in the decade of the 1990s. Context, Background, Meaning Did the Laws of Nature precede Nature or were they created with it, in the Big Bang? Common Problems with Psychological Laboratory Tests Psychological laboratory tests suffer from a series of common philosophical, methodological, and design problems. The Elephant's Call It was a strange affair. Her crippling sensations and emotions would come and go in cycles of about a half year each. The Demise of the Expert and the Ascendance of the Layman Gatekeepers - intellectuals, academics, scientists, and editors, publishers, record companies, studios - are summarily and rudely dispensed with. Passive-aggressive Bureaucracies Passive-aggressiveness has a lot in common with pathological narcissism: the destructive envy, the recurrent attempts to buttress grandiose fantasies of omnipotence and omniscience, the lack of impulse control, the deficient ability to empathize, and the sense of entitlement, often incommensurate with its real-life achievements. Night Terror There is only the stench of sweat and the muffled inhalations of tortured lungs. Mine. Macedonia's Report Card - 10 Things that Could Go Wrong Macedonia faces 10 risks and the government is doing precious little to confront them Central Banks and the Credit Crunch of 2007 On December 12, 2007, America's Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank, as well as Japan's and Sweden's central banks joined forces in a plan to ease the worldwide liquidity squeeze. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Global Recession and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) How will the credit crunch of 2007 affect foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe? What if it develops into a full scale recession in the West and especially in the USA? Folie a Plusieurs "Mass hallucinations do happen." - I conceded - "But, I have never seen UFOs or the Virgin Mary on television." How Diasporas Can Help the Motherland Encouraging remittances with the implementation of a special, lenient tax regime, the issuance of remittance-bonds, and by providing foreign investors with tax holidays, one-stop-shop facilities, business incubators, and direct access to decision makers. I Hear Voices Minutes passed in silence while I contemplated the exchange. The laptop crunched some numbers and evoked a screensaver in the shape of an all-consuming black hole. I glared at it, transfixed. Leasing Real Estate in Macedonia "Prices are exaggerated in terms of average monthly wages and taking into consideration macroeconomic conditions," - says Vojnovik. "Still, there is a big mismatch between demand and supply" and the scandal-ridden scene has made it difficult to find property with clean provenance and credentials. "When the leasing companies will enter, prices will go down." Macedonia's Titanic Waltz Like the denizens of many other developing countries, Macedonians have no concepts of private vs. public spaces. Nikola Gruevski's Way Out As an introduction to the topic of foreign direct investment and its role in emerging, developing, and transition economies, Gruevski's book is more than adequate. It measures up to many textbooks on the topic that it so aptly covers. The Macedonian Stock Exchange - December 2007 The down trend in the Macedonian Stock Exchange is not a mere correction. It is a repricing of assets. It still has a long way to go. Even at 4300 - the next massive technical support - Macedonian shares are inanely overvalued. The Rule of Law vs Obedience to the Law Laws have to earn observance and obeisance. To do so, they have to meet a series of rigorous criteria. Voucher Communities - the Solution to Unemployment? "Voucher Communities" are communities of unemployed workers organized in each municipality. The unemployed exchange goods and services among themselves in a barter-like or countertrade system. They use a form of "internal money": a voucher bearing a monetary value. The Wikipedia - Can Teenagers write an Encyclopedia? The truth is that teenagers cannot do the referencing and research that are the prerequisite to serious scholarship - unless you stretch these words to an absurd limit. The Role of Politicians In truth, the politician has a single and exclusive role: to get re-elected. The Encyclopedia Britannica 2008 In its new form, the Britannica is as user-friendly as the Encarta. With monthly updates and the aforementioned 6-12 months of free access to its impressive powerhouse online Web site, it is bound to give the former close competition. The Education of Macedonia - Interview with Ljubica Grozdanovska of BID Consulting, Macedonia In a situation in which many schools in the country have ruined roofs, no toilets, no secure electricity wiring, the Government last year announced a project "PC for every child". The Depressive Patient - A Case Study How does he react to good news? - I ask him - What if I had just informed him that he has won a million bucks in a game of chance? He contemplates this improbable good fortune and then shrugs. The Capgras Shift Elderly people believe that their relatives have been replaced by malicious, conspiring doubles. They lock themselves in, buy guns, change their wills, complain to the authorities. Renaissance and Nazism as Ideas of Progress The Renaissance ("rebirth" c. 1348-1648) evolved around a modernist and, therefore, reactionary idea of progress. Regulate the Internet! Laws and regulations passed and intermittently enforced against cybercrime attempt to prevent and constrain only a few obviously illegal acts. Spammers, spyware purveyors, child pornographers, and terrorists are the blatant tip of a much subtler iceberg of malicious and pernicious misconduct. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]	Publish for Free Sign Up For Free Learn More Please Support Our Sponsors Authors and Writers Submit Articles Submission Guidelines Link to Us Member Login U Publish Store Publishers Article RSS Feeds Link to Us Contact Us More Link to Us Privacy Policy Terms of Service Submission Guidelines Top Authors Popular Articles Article Aids We Recommend SubmitYourArticle iSnare Article Marketer Published.com Article Directories Word Count Utility Search U Publish by: Title Author Keyword

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