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Daniel Warner
Politologist

"American in Geneva" since 1972, Daniel Warner is Political Scientist at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies(http://hei.unige.ch). PhD in Political Science, Dr Warmer has served as an advisor to the ILO, UNHCR and NATO as well as a consultant to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Switzerland. He has lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Moscow State University, Hebrew University, to mention just a few. His work has been translated into French, German, Russian, Arabic and Persian. Dr Warmer first visited the USSR in 1984 and has been going back regularly ever since.

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20.01.2012, 14:15
New American Ambassador’s Unfriendly Welcome in Moscow
The new American Ambassador in Moscow, Michael McFaul, has had a rude introduction to current Russian politics.
02.12.2011, 15:45
Plus ca Change: US-Russia
The Cold War is supposed to be over.
21.11.2011, 5:45
Russia to Join the World Trade Organization
After 18 years of negotiation, Russia is set to become a member of the World Trade Organization (W.T.O.)
02.10.2011, 8:30
Putin and Medvedev: The Last Tango in Moscow
The dance between Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev has finally come to an end.
06.09.2011, 17:15
Security in Geneva: I was raised in the Bronx...
A major local newspaper last week compared the lack of security in Geneva to the Bronx.
28.07.2011, 18:00
“Cold Warriors” Heat Up the Summer
In the midpoint of the summertime of 2011, most eyes are focused on the beach or preparing to leave on vacation.
30.05.2011, 6:30
Post Revolutions: Georgia and the Arab Spring
I just missed the riots in Tbilisi Wednesday evening, having left the capital of Georgia for Baku late the same morning.
05.05.2011, 7:00
The End of the War on Terror?
The reported death of Osama bin Laden has raised many questions.
15.03.2011, 17:45
New UN chief in Geneva
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan as the new Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
24.02.2011, 9:45
Inevitable Comparisons
The monumental events taking place in the Arab world are inevitably being compared to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its empire.
09.01.2011, 11:30
Reaction to the Trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
A recent long article in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune summarizes the liberal, negative reaction to the recent condemnation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Russian court.
19.11.2010, 18:45
Is the Button Stuck?
The United States has shown determination in trying to restart the button with the Russian Federation.
20.10.2010, 16:00
Russian-European Cooperation
Beside the spectacular rescue of the Chilean miners, there is some other good news recently which might affect more than 33 people and their families.
05.10.2010, 10:45
“You’re Killing My People”
One of the major figures of the Cold War just passed away.
23.09.2010, 10:30
The Season of Summits
Summit meetings of heads of states and governments usually draw considerable publicity, especially if they are attended by leaders of major powers.
10.09.2010, 9:15
A New European Security Architecture?
The formal structure of European security was defined by two blocks, the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for almost 50 years.
19.06.2010, 6:45
Turmoil in the former Soviet Union as well as the multilateral system
Kyrgyzstan is often called the Switzerland of Central Asia, and was once well known for its tranquillity
19.04.2010, 11:00
Over the Rainbow
Following the recent coup d’etat in Kyrgyzstan, the accepted wisdom is that Russia is exerting its influence again in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
11.04.2010, 11:00
Inside and Outside Russia
The signing of the START Treaty in Prague by Presidents Obama and Medvedev is an important step in restarting the button of U.S.-Russian relations.
20.03.2010, 10:00
The War of the Words
A recent television broadcast in Georgia has traumatized the country, caused consternation in the region, and increased tensions between Russia and its southern neighbor.
09.02.2010, 10:00
Ukraine’s Election and Democratic Realities
Elections in democratic countries are fundamental indicators of the population’s preferences; they tell the government in power whether or not the majority is behind them.
22.01.2010, 10:00
The Kazakh Chairmanship of the OSCE and True Democracy
During the Cold War, there were very few organizations in which East and West could meet in a non-confrontational setting.
05.01.2010, 10:00
Pushing Russia East
Lying on a beach on the Red Sea listening to chattering Russians all around me, I came across a fascinating article in the Egyptian newspaper by an old friend.
30.10.2009, 10:00
A Missed Opportunity
In mid October, the authorities of Turkey and Armenia signed a series of accords that were universally hailed as representing a fundamental change in the relationship between the two countries.
15.10.2009, 11:00
Smart power
There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding President Barack Obama’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
19.09.2009, 11:00
An Audacious Decision
President Obama has made his first major foreign policy decision.
01.07.2009, 11:00
Presidential Summits
President Obama will soon be in Moscow to meet with Russian President Medvedev. Traditionally, a meeting between an American and Soviet leader was a major world event.
23.06.2009, 11:00
Russian Activity
The world’s attention is being riveted on the post-election turmoil in Iran and the continuing aggressive behavior of North Korea, not to mention the violence in Iraq and Afghanistan.
07.06.2009, 11:00
Forgotten Russia?
President Barack Obama has just been to the Middle East and completed his second visit to Europe since his inauguration in January.
27.04.2009, 11:00
The South Caucasus Today
The economic crisis continues to dominate the news, as it should.
08.03.2009, 10:00
Clinton-Lavrov Meeting in Geneva
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday in Geneva.
09.02.2009, 10:00
Meeting Diplomacy
The annual Davos Forum recently concluded with no concrete results.
27.01.2009, 10:00
NATO-Russian Ties
This week NATO announced that it would soon renew top level contacts with Russia.
12.01.2009, 10:00
A Very Cold War
From the end of World War II until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in what was called the Cold War.
05.12.2008, 10:00
Limited Supply and Unlimited Demand
Early on in an introductory economics course I took, the professor drew a supply/demand chart on the board.
28.11.2008, 10:00
Reality Time
At the last summit meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Bucharest in April, the foreign ministers decided that Georgia and Ukraine would someday be members and that a decision on their acceptance into the Membership Action Plan (MAP) would be taken at the next summit meeting in December in Brussels.
19.11.2008, 10:00
Who Won?
Last week in Tbilisi, I continued to learn about the degenerating economic situation in Georgia.
09.11.2008, 10:00
Withdrawal Symptoms
Three recent articles on consecutive days in the prestigious International Herald Tribune (IHT), the global edition of the New York Times, bear special attention as they might give indications of a major shift in United States foreign policy towards Georgia.
03.11.2008, 10:00
Help Us
The world’s attention is currently on the US election.
10.10.2008, 11:00
Georgia’s Predicament
29.09.2008, 11:00
The Fog of Peace
A fog of peace has descended after the fog of war between Russia and Georgia in early August. Russian troops are still on the territory of what was officially considered Georgia before August 7 and there seems little hope of returning to the status quo ante in the near future.
03.09.2008, 11:00
Russia Puts the International System in Question
20.08.2008, 11:00
Catastrophe Aid, Georgia and the South Caucasus
11.08.2008, 11:00
The Russian Enigma
Winston Churchill said, "Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". The death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the outbreak of violence between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia remind us that Russia is both an enigma and a superpower.
03.04.2008, 11:00
NATO and History