Srdja Trifkovic
(Paper delivered at international conference Russia and Europe: Topical Issues of Contemporary International Journalism in Paris on November 24, 2011)
The remarkable similarity of negative stereotypes of Russia on both the right and left ends of Europe’s media spectrum reflects the perception that Russia belongs to a tradition that is both alien and unworthy of multiculturalist tolerance. This is an unreasoning phobia that goes beyond mere rhetoric. Its cause is not in any misunderstanding of the Russian mindset and tradition. Quite the contrary: the media class antagonism is due to the accurate assessment by its editorial echelons that Russia as such is an obstacle to the realization of their political, economic, cultural and ideological preferences in the modern world. The unforgivable sin of the Russians, in the eyes of the Western media elite, is that they are still defined by their ethnic, cultural and religious identity. In spite of almost a century of horrendous ordeals and tribulations, Russia is still a recognizable nation, rooted in the continuity of its culture, faith, and collective memories – perhaps the last major European nation which is still recognizably itself in the face of postmodern challenges.
(Paper presented at the IIIS & EU-Russia Centre Conference in Munich on September 15, 2011) -- To truly unite Europe by helping Russia modernize and by integrating it into the common European home, we need “Europe” but not in its current Brussels form. We don’t need interference or arbitration from Brussels when major European nations seek common ground. Bismarck would understand this, Putin does, and I hope the German political and business elite will do likewise during Putin's next mandate, to the benefit of all.
(Keynote address at AIU Round Table, Kiev, June 14, 2011) An outsider looking at the map of Pridnestrovie could be forgiven for assuming that it is an island or a peninsula, a rugged-edged Baja California lookalike, rather than a landlocked aspiring country. Its unnatural shape reflects the circumstances attendant to its birth.
The bacillus of deferring to the sensibilities of Islamist “activists” and their Western abettors has started spreading to some unexpected quarters. As the author explains on Jihad Watch, the behavior of the AFPC in this sorry affair is a paradigmatic case of dhimmitudinal self-censorship at its worst. Its implications are dire and eminently predictable.
“Total German triumph as EU minnows subjugated,” The Daily Telegraph headlined a report on Angela Merkel’s latest diktat. Whoever wants credit must fulfill our conditions, she says. These amount to capitulation by three vulnerable states on core policies, and further erosion of sovereignty for the rest of the eurozone.
Emir Ramic, a Bosniak-Canadian activist, has two faces. In his “Western” guise he heads the self-styled Institute for the Research of Genocide - Canada. He is also an editor of and contributor to an antisemitic publication, (Korak, published in Sarajevo) steeped in Islamic fundamentalism, as we are now able to reveal. The Board of Ramic’s “Canadian Institute” includes, amazingly, Asaf Dzanic, chief editor of Korak... as well as Elie Wiesel. The facts of this bizarre case defy belief.
On Thursday, February 24, I was denied entry to Canada. After six hours’ detention and sporadic interrogation at Vancouver airport I was escorted to the next flight to Seattle.
On February 7 Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, the highest-ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee of the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate, presented the Committee with a report prepared by his staff on the issue of Transnistria. The report could have been written in Bucharest. The consequences may be dire. (NB: AIU's Russian and Ukrainian translations are at the end of the article).
The city of Istanbul reflects Turkey’s transformation over the past decade. Eight years after my previous visit I am greeted by an impressive new terminal at the Atatürk International Airport and by the massive office towers and apartment complexes surrounding it. More significantly, Istanbul is now visibly a Muslim city.
(Click l. to watch) The H. L. Mencken Club Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Trifkovic on Western Postmodernia vs. "Real Socialism"
youtube.com/watch?v=ys6kpfsLrHc (I); youtube.com/watch?v=VNQTuQYULC0&feature=related (II).
