“How we should deal with the war in our minds” – Part. II – Eclipse
[…] And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.” – Pink Floyd, Brain Damage/Eclipse (The Dark Side …
Illiberal Democracy
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 …
The “Eternal Gulag”, a look inside Post-Soviet Countries resistance to changes
“Speaking in London with Mikhail Khodorkovskij we said to ourselves that we realize one thing. If a person has been in the Soviet Gulag, as …
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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