This year marks the centenary of the Russo Japanese War of 1905, and on August 15 many countries will commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of WWII in the Pacific. Of course, Japan s military dominance in East Asia which began with the Russo Japanese War and led to WWII is no more.

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt, who hosted the peace conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after the Russo Japanese War, argued for the return of Manchuria to Manchu ruled China and for a balance of power in East Asia. The war ended up making the US an active participant in China s affairs.

But keeping Russia at arm s length from Europe has only strengthened the sense of isolation that many Russians feel, tempting them to define the country s interests in ways that are irreconcilable with those of Europe. It has also heightened Russia s desire to construct a special, bilateral Russo German relationship heedless of the context of the EU.

Attended the seminar on Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking and Investigative Techniques , presented by the Italian public prosecutors Dr. Roberto Scarpinato, Dr. Massimo Russo and Dr. Gaetano Pazi, organized by the Programming Department for the Prevention of Drug Addiction and for Combating Drug Trafficking (SEDRONAR), the Office of the Attorney General (Office of the President of Argentina) and held at Buenos Aires on 6 November 2001.