The other Yalta conference

The other Yalta conference

A global elite gathering in the Crimea

The real focus of the conference was Ukraine, which is close to signing an association and free trade agreements with the EU

Eastern approaches

Sep 24th 2013

by A.O. | YALTA

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2013/09/other-yalta-conference

NEARLY seventy years ago Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt sat at the round table in Yalta’s Livadia’s palace (pictured) and carved up the map of Europe. Last weekend, their ghosts must have been disturbed by the pow-wow of politicians, thinkers and businessmen who gathered in the same palace for the annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy, trying to reshape Europe one more time.

The elegant white palace combines Neo-Renaissance style with the light subtlety of Moorish architecture. Loaded with symbolism, it is the place Viktor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian tycoon with a taste for intellectual debate, chose to set up his conference ten years ago. Hardly any speaker did not reflect on Yalta’s history. But never before have these reflections been as fitting as this year. The future of Ukraine, a country of 48m people, and of Europe was being decided in real time. The Yalta conference, now in its tenth year, was a display of fierce diplomacy, formidable brain power and the precarious position of the European Union.

The guestbook read like a Who's Who of Europe. Mario Monti and Gerhard Schröder, a former prime minister of Italy and a former chancellor of Germany, along with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the IMF, were lamenting the lack of visionary and inspiring European leaders who could re-ignite the passion for a united Europe. Egemen Bagis, Turkey’s chief negotiator with the EU, passionately lectured them on the benefits of fiscal discipline.

Lawrence Summers, a former American treasury secretary, and Robert Zoellick, an ex-head of the World Bank, were reflecting on the imbalances of the world economy. David Petraeus, a retired general and former head of the CIA, and Bill Richardson, a former energy secretary, talked about the shale-gas revolution that is changing the balance of power between Russia and the West. Mr Pinchuk himself was having a ball, moderating a session between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.

Yet the real focus of the conference was Ukraine itself. It is close to signing an association and free-trade agreements with the EU at a summit in Vilnius in November. The EU is keener than ever on the agreement. Russia, on the other hand, considers this a red line. Crossing it could spell a trade war. Although this is the closest Ukraine has ever been to Europe, the deal hinges on one issue: the release of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine, from jail, which European leaders have put down as a precondition for signing the agreement.

Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine’s president, seems to have an almost irrational fear of Ms Tymoshenko. His apparent reluctance to let her out of jail is a subject of enormous frustration. Mr Yanukovich, who spoke in Yalta alongside Dalia Grybauskaite, the president of Lithuania, which holds European presidency, was challenged both by Ukraine’s opposition and by Ms Grybauskaite. One of the most arresting moments was a dramatic exchange between Yuri Lutsenko, Ms Tymoshenko’s ally and himself a former prisoner, and Mr Yanukovich. “You had enough wisdom to stop an experiment with me. I am appealing to you, Viktor Fedorovovich: a man who is not afraid of Putin should not be afraid of Yulia Tymoshenko. As twice convicted, I am asking you to take a pen and sign her pardon,” Mr Lutsenko, a former interior minister told Mr Yanukovich. A dramatic pause hung in the air, but Mr Yanukovich did not surprise the audience with an impromptu display of mercy.

Meanwhile Štefan Füle, the EU enlargement commissioner, Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, and Radek Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, were working hard behind the scenes and in public to convey a message: EU countries would like to sign the association agreement, but they will not be able to do so with Ms Tymoshenko in jail. This message seemed to be lost in translation. “Yanukovich thinks they will sign anyway and are simply paying a lip service to Ms Tymoshenko,” one person close to Mr Yanukovich said. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, seems to think the same, which explains the almost hysterical behaviour of the Kremlin towards Ukraine, which mainly consists of threats and insults.

Russia is fast losing Ukraine through its own arrogance and bullying. The contrast between the way Ukraine is treated by Russia and the West was only too obvious in Yalta. Whereas America was represented by a dozen high-level officials, including the former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who gave a speech, Russia did not even bother to send its ambassador. Its only representative was Sergei Glaziev, a nationalist-minded economic advisor to Mr Putin, whose job was to warn Ukraine against a “suicidal” step. He was also said to be the author of a leaked plan that proposed “putting pressure from all sides, creating a sense of inevitability of joining the [customs] union as way of survival for the ruling elite”.

If this was the plan, it achieved the opposite result. Mr Glaziev’s contemptuous speech in Yalta (he accused Ukrainian officials of not even reading the association agreement they were signing) prompted an ironic comment from Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian trade minister and chocolate maker, whose sweet wares were hit by Russian sanctions. “For the first time in our history more than 50% of people support European integration and less than 30% of people support close ties with Russia. Thank you very much for that, Mr Glazyev,” he said. If Ukraine signs the EU association agreement in Vilnius, it may consider sending a thank-you note to Mr Putin.

Yalta European Strategy

Tony Blair attended annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy, and is a friend of Lynn Forester de Rothschild.

Note: Lynn Forester de Rothschild is a friend of Tony Blair & Hillary Rodham Clinton, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a friend of Lynn Forester de Rothschild, married to William J. Clinton, was a keynote speaker at annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy, and a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

William J. Clinton attended annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy, is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the founder & director for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Victor Pinchuk is the founder of the Yalta European Strategy, attended William J. Clinton’s 65th birthday party, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Human Rights Watch, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).     

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, Jonathan Soros’s father, a friend of Michael Douglas, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, Christine Lagarde attended his 2013 wedding reception, and Jim Yong Kim was a guest at his 2013 wedding.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Human Rights Watch, the New America Foundation (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.

Moises Naim is a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was an executive director for the World Bank, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Javier Solana is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director at the Yalta European Strategy, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), was a director at the Human Rights Watch, a high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union (EU), and a secretary general for NATO.

Patrick Cox is a board member for the Yalta European Strategy, and was the president for the European Union (EU).

Christine Lagarde attended George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, was the finance minister for France, and is a managing director for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Jim Yong Kim was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding, and is the president of the World Bank.

Robert B. Zoellick was the president of the World Bank.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was a minister of economy for France, a managing director for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and is a board member for the Russian Regional Development Bank.

Russian Regional Development Bank is a banking subsidiary of Rosneft.

Rosneft is a state-owned oil company for Russia.

Mohamed A. El-Erian was a deputy director for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is a director at the New America Foundation (think tank), and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation (think tank), and George Soros’s son.

James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.

Alger Hiss was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and attended the Yalta Conference with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) attended the Yalta Conference with Alger Hiss.

Moises Naim is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and an executive director for the World Bank.

Morton I. Abramowitz was the president for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a U.S. ambassador for Turkey, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, is a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

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Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Mark J. MacDougall is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Bryan Pagliano’s attorney, and was Viktor F. Yanukovich’s attorney.

Bryan Pagliano’s attorney is Mark J. MacDougall, was the IT director for the 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, managed Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail server, and her aide.

Viktor F. Yanukovich’s attorney was Mark J. MacDougall, was the Ukraine president, and Vladimir Putin helped him to escape the Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin helped Viktor F. Yanukovich to escape from the Ukraine, is a friend of Gerhard Schroder, and the president for Russia.

Gerhard Schroder is a friend of Vladimir Putin, and was the chancellor for Germany.

Carlos Pascual was a U.S. ambassador for the Ukraine, the VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

A.W. Clausen was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the President of the World Bank.

Robert B. Zoellick was the president of the World Bank.

Jim Yong Kim is the president of the World Bank, and was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding.

David Dollar was the country director for China and Mongolia for the World Bank, emissary to China for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Robert S. McNamara was the president of the World Bank, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lawrence H. Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the treasury secretary for the William J. Clinton administration, is a professor; former president for Harvard University, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director at the ONE Campaign, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Sendhil Mullainathan is a professor at Harvard University, and was an assistant director of research for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Hollister K. Petraeus helped establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and is married to David H. Petraeus.

David H. Petraeus is married to Hollister K. Petraeus, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a director at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Aleksander Kwasniewski was a board member for the International Crisis Group, the president of Poland, and is the chairman for the Yalta European Strategy.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee.

Albert Einstein Quote (PAST RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE)

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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Timothy F. Geithner is an overseer, director for the International Rescue Committee, the treasury secretary for the Barack Obama administration, and a director of policy development & review for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Michelle Obama was the first lady for the Barack Obama administration, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee.

Howard G. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign, and Warren E. Buffett’s son.

Warren E. Buffett is Howard G. Buffett’s father, and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.

Igor S. Ivanov is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the United Nations Foundation, was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and a minister of foreign affairs for Russia.

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and the founder of CNN.

Vivian Schiller was a Russian interpreter for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and an SVP for the CNN Productions.

Patricia E. Mitchell was an executive in charge of original productions for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., the president of CNN Productions, and a director at the Human Rights Watch.

Javier Solana was a director at the Human Rights Watch, a high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union (EU), and a secretary general for NATO, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Yalta European Strategy.

Patrick Cox was the president for the European Union (EU), and is a board member for the Yalta European Strategy.

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Charles D. Powell was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Margaret Thatcher’s private secretary & foreign affairs adviser, and is Jonathan Powell’s brother.

Margaret Thatcher’s private secretary & foreign affairs adviser was Charles D. Powell, and was the prime minister for the United Kingdom.

Winston Churchill was the prime minister for the United Kingdom, and attended the Yalta Conference.

Malcolm Rifkind was the foreign secretary for the United Kingdom, and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.

Alger Hiss was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and attended the Yalta Conference with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference with Alger Hiss.

Joseph Stalin attended the Yalta Conference, and was the premier for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Des Browne is the vice chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and was the secretary of state for defense for the United Kingdom.

Tony Blair was the prime minister for the United Kingdom, attended annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy, and Jonathan Powell was his chief of staff.

Jonathan Powell was Tony Blair’s chief of staff, an advisory board member for the United Against Nuclear Iran, and is Charles D. Powell’s brother.

Bill Richardson is an advisory board member for the United Against Nuclear Iran, and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Charles D. Powell is Jonathan Powell’s brother, was Margaret Thatcher’s private secretary & foreign affairs adviser, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Alger Hiss was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and attended the Yalta Conference with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference with Alger Hiss.

William J. Burns is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Russia.

James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a U.S. ambassador for Russia, and a senior advisor for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Mark J. MacDougall is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Bryan Pagliano’s attorney, and was Viktor F. Yanukovich’s attorney.

Bryan Pagliano’s attorney is Mark J. MacDougall, was the IT director for the 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, managed Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail server, and her aide.

Viktor F. Yanukovich’s attorney was Mark J. MacDougall, was the Ukraine president, and Vladimir Putin helped him to escape the Ukraine.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Thomas R. Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a co-chair for the International Crisis Group, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a chairman of review board that investigated the 2012 attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013, and a U.S. ambassador for Russia.

Charles D. Powell was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Margaret Thatcher’s private secretary & foreign affairs adviser, and is Jonathan Powell’s brother.

Margaret Thatcher’s private secretary & foreign affairs adviser was Charles D. Powell, and was the prime minister for the United Kingdom.

Winston Churchill was the prime minister for the United Kingdom, and attended the Yalta Conference.

Yalta Conference was the 1945 meeting of Allied leaders, addressing postwar reorganization of Europe in the Major events of World War II.

Bretton Woods Conference was a conference establishing the post-war monetary system for the Major events of World War II, and called for creation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Italy was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Mario Monti was the prime minister for Italy, and a commissioner for the European Commission.

European Commission is the executive body for the European Union (EU).

Walter Isaacson is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee.

Albert Einstein Quote (PAST RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE)

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/06/albert-einstein-quote.html

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Timothy F. Geithner is an overseer, director for the International Rescue Committee, the treasury secretary for the Barack Obama administration, and a director of policy development & review for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Michelle Obama was the first lady for the Barack Obama administration, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee.

Morton I. Abramowitz is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, was a U.S. ambassador for Turkey, and the president for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Alger Hiss was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and attended the Yalta Conference with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference with Alger Hiss.

William J. Burns is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Russia.