Tag Archives: Eurasia

C-SPAN: Senator John McCain On Senator Rand Paul: ‘The Senator From Kentucky is Now Working For Vladimir Putin’

Source:C-SPAN– U.S. Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona) Source:The New Democrat “Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) following the Senator’s objection to a bill advancing Montenegro’s bid to join NATO. “The Senator from Kentucky is now working for … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Anne Applebaum: 100 Years Later, Bolshevism is Back & We Should Be Worried

Source:The New Democrat Anne Applebaum in her Washington Post column seems to be arguing that the New-Right or Alt-Right both in America and in Europe, come from leftist movements and we really aren’t talking about right-wingers here, but Far-Leftists who … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Michael T. Klare: ‘Hard Power, Soft Power & Energy Power’

  “The debate over whether U.S. interests abroad are better served by hard power—coercive means such as military force—or soft power—less aggressive means of persuasion, such as diplomacy, economic aid, and propaganda—is perennial. Since becoming president, Barack Obama has emphasized … Continue reading

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Foreign Policy Journal: Paul Craig Roberts: The Neoconservative Threat to International Order

Source:Foreign Policy Journal This is going to sound somewhat partisan at least from a Neoconservative’s perspective and if that is the case you’re more than welcome to way in on this and attempt to contradict me. But then I’ll get … Continue reading

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The Week: William Falk- Vladimir Putin Raises The Stakes

“My mother’s caregiver, Tamara, despises Vladimir Putin. She’s a Georgian, and bitterly resents Russia’s 2008 invasion of her home country and subsequent appropriation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Moscow’s orbit. “That idiot Putin!” Tamara cries every time I visit … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Alexander J. Motyl: ‘Why Vladimir Putin’s Days Are Numbered’

Source:Foreign Affairs Magazine– President Vladimir Putin: Russian Federation. “The longer the Russian war against Ukraine continues, the more likely it is that President Vladimir Putin’s regime will collapse. Despite Putin’s bluster, the authoritarian regime he has constructed is exceedingly brittle. … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Anton Barbashin: ‘The Eurasian Economic Union Is An Illusion’

Source:Foreign Affairs– President Vladimir Putin (Nationalist, Russian Federation) meeting with his fellow Slavic leaders. “On the first day of 2015, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia officially launched the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a trade bloc that Moscow hoped would one day … Continue reading

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The American Conservative: Leon Hadar: The Right’s Putin Problem’

Source:The American Conservative– Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. “The counterintuitive argument that Putin should be considered a hero of American conservatives probably originated with the founder of this magazine who asked last year whether in “the culture war for mankind’s … Continue reading

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