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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 18-Sep-2011
18-Sep-11 World View -- Turkey's Erdogan receives rock-star treatment in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya

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18-Sep-11 World View -- Turkey's Erdogan receives rock-star treatment in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya

Russia prepares justification for military intervention in former Soviet states

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.

* Turkey's Erdogan receives rock-star treatment in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya
* Russia prepares justification for military intervention in former Soviet states
* Denmark moves left with first woman prime minister in its history
* Abbas infuriated by document from American peace envoys
* EU finance ministers again fail to agree on financial stability plans

Turkey's Erdogan receives rock-star treatment in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya

Erdogan and chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil (Reuters)

Erdogan and chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil (Reuters)

Ever since Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rhetoric has turned sharply towards threatening Israel, his popularity in the Arab world has surged, and in the last few days he's received rock-star treatment during his visits to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, three states that have overthrown their leaders in "Arab revolutions." Speaking to enthusiastic crowds in Libya on Friday, he said,

"I was in Tunisia yesterday; I greeted people who carried out the Jasmine Revolution. Two days before that, I was in Egypt and I greeted people who have initiated the Arab Spring. Today, I am with you. Those who repress their own people in Syria will not survive. The time of autocracies is over. Totalitarian regimes are disappearing. The rule of the people is coming. ...
Do not give credit to those who have plans for Libya's resources. Libya belongs to Libyans and it should remain so. God bless all of you."

As we've been reporting, Turkey is on a collision course with Greece, Cyprus and Israel in the eastern Mediterranean, with a possible military confrontation over oil and gas exploration. Zaman

Russia prepares justification for military intervention in former Soviet states

The Secretary-General of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), consisting of member states Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan from the old Soviet empire, is making statements that will justify future military interventions in member countries, in case of "Arab revolution" type upheavals and regime-succession crises. "Approval by the UN Security Council would not be necessary" for such interventions. The CSTO has mainly been emphasizing anti-terrorism activities in recent years, but the spate of Arab upheavals have opened the eyes of Russian officials to the possibility of analogous events in Central Asia and elsewhere in CSTO’s "area of responsibility." Jamestown

Denmark moves left with first woman prime minister in its history

Helle Thorning-Schmidt (AFP)

Helle Thorning-Schmidt (AFP)

After ten years of center-right political leadership, Denmark has swung to the other side of the political spectrum. Thursday's election gave center-left Social Democrat (SF) lead candidate Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her allies barely enough seats to form a coalition and become the first woman prime minister in Denmark's history. The Social Democrats promised to raise taxes for banks and the wealthy to help pay for better schools and hospitals. The new government has pledged to spend about 21 billion kroner ($3.9 billion) more a year on welfare than before. The opposition has warned that the policies will push Denmark deeply into debt. Spiegel and Bloomberg

Abbas infuriated by document from American peace envoys

A special document that U.S. peace envoys David Hale and Dennis Ross presented to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday was "the last straw" for Abbas, convincing him once and for all to go to the United Nations and ask for membership for a Palestinian state. The document was supposed to dissuade Abbas from going to the U.N., but instead it infuriated him. The document referred to Israeli settlements in the West Bank as "demographic changes." According to a Palestinian official, this phrase would actually legalize the settlements, which the entire world, including the U.S., had so far considered as illegal. LA Times

EU finance ministers again fail to agree on financial stability plans

Anti-austerity protesters in Poland (Reuters)

Anti-austerity protesters in Poland (Reuters)

A two-day meeting of 17 euro country finance ministers in Poland has failed to accomplish anything. The group had approved a bailout for Greece on July 21, but Greece has been falling behind with agreed fiscal and structural reforms that have been set as a condition for continued support for Athens by international lenders. Talk of an imminent Greek default is widespread. However, Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said, "The comments and analyses about an imminent default or bankruptcy are not only irresponsible but also ridiculous. Every weekend Greece ... is subject to this organized attack by speculators in international markets." Reuters

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Denmark moves left with first woman prime minister in its history

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EU finance ministers again fail to agree on financial stability plans

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