Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, and eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He is the the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.

New technology is invariably disruptive and destabilizing.

Why do we become parents?

The USA will not guarantee Macedonia's security in the wake of its conflict with Greece.

NATO is still goal-disoriented.

The Internet attracts an inordinate amount of narcissists and psychopaths.

Inflation cannot be entirely contained, as the international prices of oil and commodities skyrocket.

The USA failed to block the Russian advance towards the Balkans.

Did context precede meaning or vice versa?

Greece is Macedonia's largest investor. A coincidence?

Great Albania - like Greater Greece or Serbia - is a myth.

Inflation figures are amenable to political manipulation.

The artist must lack all communication skills in order to communicate us his or her art.

Modern armies contract and farm out many of their traditional functions.

Declaring a new country's independence is not as easy as it sounds.

There are serious problems with psychological tests conducted in a laboratory.