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Out to lunchOut to lunch
0 CommentsI saw an interview with Professor John Mearsheimer recently. When asked what the Kremlin thinks about Western foreign policy making[...]
The Media and the EmpireThe Media and the Empire
0 CommentsThis is part of my series on how the media is covering the events in Georgia – in relation to[...]
Let’s go 2Let’s go 2
0 CommentsAnyone who is still thinking (so that does not include most of the political leadership and associated think-tanks in the[...]
EscalationEscalation
0 CommentsI thought that David Cameron, (British Foreign Sectary),’s remarks that Ukraine could use UK donated weapons to strike inside Russia[...]
The Lost Peace – How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War. Richard SakwaThe Lost Peace – How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War. Richard Sakwa
0 CommentsPreface to the Review This review covers the quite a lot of detail of the book. It can thus, to[...]
Propaganda Watch (monthly round-up)Propaganda Watch (monthly round-up)
0 Comments1. The 112 pro-Moscow deputies in the US Congress This is a reasonably good article in the Guardian about how[...]
The political opposition in the Russian FederationThe political opposition in the Russian Federation
0 CommentsNovosibirsk May 1 2024. Labour Day. This was a meeting of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the[...]
Democracy in GeorgiaDemocracy in Georgia
0 CommentsThe elected government of Georgia is in the process of passing a law which will require organizations* which receive more[...]
The Guardian whitewashing the Azov battalionThe Guardian whitewashing the Azov battalion
0 CommentsAzov battalion – a problem for the narrative about defending democracy in Ukraine. The group is so notorius that long[...]
Pumping up the threat from Russia for gainPumping up the threat from Russia for gain
0 CommentsI am just bemused by the low level of analysis offered by these Western think tank people. This is a[...]