http://croatiatribe.tribe.net/thread/0888aa1a-8a04-4f37-bc74-c5a640527607?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://croatiatribe.tribe.net/thread/0888aa1a-8a04-4f37-bc74-c5a640527607#ea1168cd-c205-4120-a6ef-3b5ddd395656 Greetings Hrvatski tribers, So I saw Stepan Mesic at the World Affairs Council last week in San Fran... and it was a VERY ODD presentation. And i'm still assessing what to make of him. And it might take more research than i have time for to write an informed article about it all, but thought I might start off with gathering some other impressions about him. Well just to jump into the heart of the talk: He gave a pretty impressive and skilled diplomatic account of struggling as a small country in the shadow of a superpower and the EU, and basicly went off on a lengthy and elaborate description of a world in which where there are NO LONGER any "soveriegn states", and was therefore a strong supporter of the UN, whereby "satellite" countries in the globalized world might have some chance of having an equal voice on crucial matters ... and well , it was obvious that he had some adequate cynicism about the UN's current functioning. It was obvious that he was in the states to lure business to the country, but said it was not by chance that he was addressing SF , where the UN had been founded, and seemed genuinely concerned about protecting the autonomy of his people, rather than coming to make the $ales pitches. Ok, these are probably too massive topics for this quik summation, but i'll just drop a small bone , and see what opinions are out there. podp Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:29:32 GMT http://croatiatribe.tribe.net/thread/0888aa1a-8a04-4f37-bc74-c5a640527607#ea1168cd-c205-4120-a6ef-3b5ddd395656 podp 2006-04-17T01:29:32Z