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Category Archives: Russia
He spoke too soon
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 27 November 2013 I have seen the future; and it works. Observation by American journalist Lincoln … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Russia
Tagged Communism, futurology, Lincoln Steffens, Marie Howe, Soviet Union
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War without end
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 26 November 2013 Contrary to the propaganda disseminated for years by deferential western media, the United … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Military, Pakistan, Russia, USA
Tagged 9/11, Belquis Roshan, Hamid Karzai, jaw-jaw, loya jirga, Operation Enduring Freedom, Taliban, What's new pussycat?, White House, Winston Churchill, World Trade Center
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Mutual Assured Destruction
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 24 November 2013 So the Romans have cut a deal with the Persians. Teheran will limit … Continue reading
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 11 November 2013 THE BOOT IS ON THE OTHER FOOT In the 1930s victims of Nazi … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Politics, Russia, UK, USA
Tagged Edward Snowden, espionage, Nazi persecution, O Tempora! O Mores!, Prism, Sarah Harrison, The Times They Are a-Changin'
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Cambronne’s rude word
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 31 October 2013 To be defeated but not to surrender: that is victory. Marshal Józef Piłsudski … Continue reading
Posted in Poland, Russia
Tagged General Pierre Vicomte de Cambronne, Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Poland, Waterloo Battle
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Here’s a toast to the Prince of Wales!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 25 October 2013 “Most Chinese people do not enjoy the beauty of ancient real ruins. Instead, … Continue reading
Posted in China, Dubai, Russia
Tagged Ayn Rand, Blade Runner, Chaoyang, Charles Darwin, Deng Xiaoping, Dubai, Forbidden City, Great Wall, Kashgar, Mao Zedong, Prince of Wales, Wujiaofeng
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War and Peace
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 10 October 2013 Война и миръ Der ewige Friede ist ein Traum, und nicht einmal ein … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Military, Russia, Switzerland
Tagged God, Helmuth K.B. von Moltke, J.K. Bluntschli, Leo Tolstoy, Prussia, War and Peace
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Back to them good ol’ days
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 July 2013 THE FUTURE IS IN THE PAST As we compose this post on our … Continue reading
Spectacular bank heist in Cyprus
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 18 March 2013 A gang of ruthless bank robbers has been caught red-handed in the tiny … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Greece, Russia, USA
Tagged Cyprus, European Union, IMF, Nicos Anastasiades, stability levy
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Adieu la voiture! Adieu la boutique!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 6 January 2013 “I can sympathize with the French sense of loss at the defeat of … Continue reading
Posted in France, Globalisation, Politics, Russia
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Eric Hobsbawm, globalization, homogenization, Leo Tolstoy, Voltaire
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