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Jul 2, 2007 

Korea Times: Europe’s Non-European Europeans - by Grigory Yavlinsky and Victor Kogan-Yasny

For the complete report from the Korea Times click on this link

Europe’s Non-European Europeans - by Grigory Yavlinsky and Victor Kogan-Yasny

Nation-states are built on ethnic and territorial unity, and their histories and political development are grounded in a sense of collective identity. Empires emerge when a national group considers its existence inside its territorial borders either risky or ineffective, and embarks on a forced expansion that is usually connected with large-scale violence.

There is still hope that Europe’s political future will not be one of risky ``multi-polarity,’’ but instead one of cooperation based on the shared values of freedom and justice

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