G'day all - hi hui, thx for the Stratfor article. 1st, I should lay bare of my bias here. Unlike many of my esteemed cyberfriends on the Forum, I ve never taken the liking to this cyber publication. I may sound nitpicking, but I ve never found any name associated with the writings, that somehow give me a pause. More important, it is important not to judge the book by the jacket, so, here is a sample of my reservation
NATO's chief diplomat [Ahtisaari] on these matters. Therefore, the decision to dispatch him to Beijing means sending a top gun to negotiate with the Chinese. It is also a measure of NATO's concerns about China's behavior.
This is outright incorrect. Finland does not belong to NATO. As the article has correctly stated elsewhere, Ahtisaari is the president of EU. Furthermore, one of the thrusts of the article is to drive a wedge between EU and NATO [I am surprised the author did not bring PM Tony Blair into the picture, since UK has been the heavylifter of the campaign but UK is exactly the flip side of Finland, i.e., she is so much part of NATO but not fully EU.]
best, Bosco
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