History of the USA

There are other strategic conclusions regarding the reduction of Russian influence in this region and the increasing role of Turkey, an important ally of the US and one of Russia's most important traditional opponents. Turkish influence in the region is gradually increasing, both in Azerbaijan, where the majority of the population speaks Turkish, and in Georgia, where Turkey has taken away Russia's status as its largest trading partner. According to reports from Istanbul, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey have concluded a trilateral agreement on regional security...

The US is particularly concerned about who will determine the path of the pipelines that will bring Central Asia's energy resources to the world market. A consortium of oil companies has granted preliminary approval for this $3 billion project. (The leading company in the consortium is British Petroleum, a fact that demonstrates Prime Minister Tony Blair's eager support for the US military intervention in Central Asia). The British daily Guardian wrote on 30 January 2002: "It seems that every new...

The focus of the geopolitical interests of the USA is on Russia. The tragedy in the Balkans was the first phase of preparation for aggression against our country. At the Hague Tribunal meeting in February 2002, Milosevic compared Clinton's strategy in the Kosovo war with Hitler's actions to create a strategic basis for organizing the attack on Russia. The war in Yugoslavia is a well-thought-out geostrategic scenario of the anti-Russian orientation of the United States, which Washington has been implementing for more than 50 years...

American geopolitics and geostrategy is based on the need to ensure and consolidate the unconditional leadership of the United States worldwide. This goal is anchored in the new US military strategy, the Quadrennial Defense Report, which states: "As a world power, the United States has important geopolitical interests worldwide. It should be noted that in this quote the United States is not described as "the only superpower" as it was previously accepted in US political rhetoric, but as a "global power" that declares the whole world to be its geopolitical interests...

An independent Statewatch team, monitoring threats to civil liberties in the European Union, has received documents suggesting that the envisaged treaty will include joint police operations, interception, search and seizure of bank accounts. The European Council of Ministers refused to grant Statewatch editor Tony Banyon's request for access to treaty documents. The reason given for the rejection was that "open internal discussions" are more important than "democratic control over the negotiation process"...