Klosi: Klosi News Nuclear Diplomacy’s Next Stop ================================================================================ klosi on 26 January, 2016 21:22:00 Recent experience with Iran shows that diplomacy can work, even in seemingly intractable situations. It is time to apply the same commitment and cooperation to achieving a breakthrough on a feasible and viable way forward to end North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Crimea’s bright future ================================================================================ klosi on 26 January, 2016 20:58:00 Life in Crimea today leaves a lot to be desired. Shengen dhe siguria europiane ================================================================================ klosi on 26 January, 2016 19:41:00 Rivendosja e kontrollit të kufijve është një teatër i sigurisë, dhe jo një përpjekje për të ruajtur Europën të sigurt. Pulling Europe Back from the Brink ================================================================================ klosi on 24 January, 2016 18:19:00 Clearly, the EU needs a new impetus that reflects twenty-first-century challenges and opportunities. But this will be virtually impossible to establish – and use to inspire people – until the EU and its member governments get a handle on the crises that are threatening to overwhelm them. Davos 2016... ================================================================================ klosi on 22 January, 2016 18:07:00 On Wednesday, the world’s elite will convene in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual conference of the World Economic Forum. Justice over rights? ================================================================================ klosi on 19 January, 2016 12:54:00 Human rights organisations like Amnesty International have been advancing social justice through social and economic rights, while others choose more confrontational approaches. What are the potentials and pitfalls of different approaches to social justice? Reformë në drejtësi ose “varri” i vetvetes! ================================================================================ klosi on 19 January, 2016 12:32:00 Dy rrugë mbeten për drejtësinë tonë. Ose do të bëhet reformë e të ndëshkohen kriminelët e hajdutët, çfarëdo qofshin ata, ose vendi do të vazhdojë të drejtohet nga kriminelët e të korruptuarit deri në fyt. As njëra e as tjetra nuk i leverdis klasës politike, që edhe i “ha” edhe i “djeg”! Krizë pas krize ================================================================================ klosi on 19 January, 2016 12:25:00 “Shok” do të mundë të na sillte një nga të pak gëzimet në kohën kur Kosova ballafaqohet me krizën më të madhe politike që zgjat qe sa muaj, për shkak të një procesi të mbrapshtë dialogimi me Serbinë, ku Kosova ka hyrë si pula pa krye, e prej nga duket se do të dalë edhe pa trup... Painting Opus from artist Gazmend Freitag ================================================================================ klosi on 19 January, 2016 11:44:00 One of these brilliant personalities who is leaving his mark in the art of painting is maestro Gazmend Freitag, who loves art with all his heart. His work is characterized by his commitment to achieve what he wants to put in a painting; he knows how to skillfully enter into the secrets of art... Caputalism: will capitalism die? ================================================================================ klosi on 17 January, 2016 19:56:00 Reduced growth is, for various reasons, a systemic problem. The more reckless the gambling on the markets, the more the entire system balances on a knife edge… Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution ================================================================================ klosi on 17 January, 2016 18:02:00 The Fourth Industrial Revolution can compromise humanity’s traditional sources of meaning – work, community, family, and identity – or it can lift humanity into a new collective and moral consciousness based on a sense of shared destiny. The choice is ours. Gjeopolitika e rënies së çmimit të naftës ================================================================================ klosi on 17 January, 2016 17:15:00 Tronditjet e naftës në vitet 1970 formoi një peizazh global të ndryshëm dhe i dha rëndësi të re Lindjes së Mesme. Kur çmimet ranë në mënyrë drastike në mes të viteve 80, rënia përfundimtare e Bashkimit Sovjetik u ndikua shumë nga rënia e të ardhurave të eksportit. Viti i shansit të fundit ================================================================================ klosi on 17 January, 2016 16:48:00 Një “Brexit” i mundshëm, rrezikimi i shtetit ligjor në Poloni, rritja e ngadaltë ekonomike e të tjera e të tjera. Por vetëm kriza e refugjatëve ka potencialin e varrosjes së BE-së. Këtë e dinë edhe krerët e shteteve e qeverive të BE-së... * * * ================================================================================ klosi on 15 January, 2016 20:38:00 How to Win the War on Terror ================================================================================ klosi on 15 January, 2016 20:32:00 The West didn’t grasp this message. As usual, it focused on macroeconomic adjustment and technical assistance, failing even to consider the property rights of the poor majority. This is an old problem: instead of remembering that property rights are what emancipated their societies from sovereign bullies, left-leaning Westerners... Politika, përmbytësja e popullit për 25 vjet ================================================================================ klosi on 15 January, 2016 20:19:00 Megafonat e politikës janë aq të papërgjegjshëm dhe të pamoralshëm, sa që zhurmojnë në Parlament, në media e në rrugë, a thua se u dhimbset populli, kur janë vetë ata autorët e të gjitha krimeve që po përjeton ky popull për 25 vjet. Sygjelbrit më joshësit ================================================================================ klosi on 15 January, 2016 20:00:00 Sytë e gjelbër konsiderohen si sytë më joshës. Rethinking Sanctions ================================================================================ klosi on 11 January, 2016 15:15:00 Sanctions targeting specific individuals, such as asset freezes and travel bans, do better at avoiding such broad collateral damage. But innocent people can inadvertently appear on these lists, though the process of identifying targets has improved... Afërsia e humnerës politike ================================================================================ klosi on 11 January, 2016 15:00:00 Gjykata Kushtetuese hapi, deri në gjysmë, derën për mundësinë e një konsensusi të ri politik. Forcat politike të vendit tash mund ta hapin tërësisht këtë derë. Përgjegjësinë kyç për këtë do ta ketë Qeveria. Nëse nuk dëshiron kjo Qeveri, do të jetë arsye plotësuese për të krijuar një tjetër. The Public Sphere’s New Enemies ================================================================================ klosi on 08 January, 2016 11:54:00 All around the world, it seems, the walls are closing in on the space that people need to assemble, associate, express themselves freely, and register dissent. Even as the Internet and communications technology have made speaking up publicly technically easier than ever, ubiquitous state... Reforma në Drejtësi, treni i integrimit në BE ================================================================================ klosi on 08 January, 2016 11:47:00 Reforma Kushtetuese do t’i hapi rrugën krijimit të një strukture të re për Shqipërinë, që do të quhet Misioni Ndërkombëtar i Monitorimit. Ajo përshkruhet si një bashkëpunim midis Komisionit Europian dhe Shteteve të Bashkuara të Amerikës. The Great Malaise Continues ================================================================================ klosi on 03 January, 2016 20:02:00 In early 2010, I warned in my book Freefall, which describes the events leading up to the Great Recession, that without the appropriate responses, the world risked sliding into what I called a Great Malaise. Unfortunately, I was right: We didn’t do what was needed, and we have ended up precisely where I feared we would. The Crocodile ================================================================================ klosi on 03 January, 2016 19:53:00 "A capital idea!" he said, with the utmost satisfaction. "We'll have a look at the crocodile! On the eve of visiting Europe it is as well to acquaint ourselves on the spot with its indigenous inhabitants." The Clock ================================================================================ klosi on 03 January, 2016 19:11:00 There is nothing in the world more equanimous than the clock. It ticked with the same uniformity at the moment of our birth and at the time when we eagerly plucked the flowers of youth's dreams. From the day of his birth onwards man is moving ever nearer to the end, and, when he lies in extremis... Weak States, Poor Countries ================================================================================ klosi on 02 January, 2016 19:16:00 Europeans tend to feel more positively about their governments than do Americans, for whom the failures and unpopularity of their federal, state, and local politicians are a commonplace. Yet Americans’ various governments collect taxes and, in return...