Democracy & Institutions
Who’s The Enemy at the Gates?
Ukraine, Belarus, and the bogeyman of the West: the triggering of perpetual crisis as a sign of Russia’s internal weakness.
The “Mariupol Standoff”, or the developement of new relashionship between East and West
“You can say things which cannot be done. This is elementary. The trick is to keep attention focused on what is said and not on …
Putin, Navalny, and the problem of “Then” in Post-Soviet Countries – Pt. II
“Good government grows out of the people; it cannot be handed to them.” (R. A. Heinlein, “My Object All Sublime” from “Off the Main Sequence“, …
Is there anything to be learned from the Nagorno-Karabakh War?
“The war which is comingIs not the first one. There wereOther wars before it.When the last one came to an endThere were conquerors and conquered.Among …
Out of Sight: What’s happening in Russia? – Part I
When we think we lead, we are most led. Lord Byron, The Two Foscari (1821) Welcome back to UnpredictablePast, Last week we dealt with the US elections, …
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