Vladimir Putin
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EUROPE
Putin and the siloviki
The KGB (Komitet Gosudárstvennoy Bezopásnosti), was the name of the Intelligence Agency (equivalent to the CIA) as well as the…
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EUROPE
The madness of missiles, an ode to Daniel Ellsberg
The nuclear weapon missile business is contradictory, full of missteps, highly dangerous and prepared in its madness (Mutually Assured Destruction,…
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ASIA
Putin’s demographic solution is kidnapping Ukrainian children
By Julian McBride The Russian Federation has been quietly suffering from a demographic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet…
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Editor's Picks
Putin’s nuclear bluff rewrites the playbook
By Tom Arms Is Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons a big bluff? Is he just blowing hot air that…
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ASIA
Iran: time to avoid another failed U.S. policy
By Raphael Benaroya Not much has been going right for the Biden Administration. Foreign and domestic policies have undermined our…
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Is a peace agreement between Putin and Zelensky close?
The signs of Biden’s senility, the Afghanistan fiasco and the lack of parliamentary agreements to approve his New Deal program…
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EUROPE
Einstein and Freud’s ‘Why War?’ revisited: Why anti-war efforts go nowhere
In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein exchanged letters, later published under the title ‘Why War?’ See ‘Why War? An…
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ASIA
The Next Battleground in “New Warfare”: The International Telecommunication Union
By Matthew Ivey The Ukrainian government is providing the world a master class in how to use the modern information environment…
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AFRICA
Africa and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Azu Ishiekwene War is messy and never fails to spread responsive misery. When Adolf Hitler asked for safe passage to…
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EUROPE
Is the US preparing a coup against Putin?
In his first term as President, Putin achieved the defenestration of the primitive ruling class from the time of Yeltsin…
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