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Ukraine At War Spring 2014
Putin’s war of aggression in Eastern Ukraine failed its original purpose: to replicate Crimea’s easy capture and herald the so-called “Russian Spring.” Putun must now play for time and bank on his...
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Russia Loses Again in Ukraine, Keeps Raising The Ante
Putin keeps gambling. His first, impulsive attack on Ukraine in February 2014 netted him Crimea and 80% approval ratings. He’s stumbled since. Russia failed to replicate the unopposed Crimean takeover...
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Putin’s New Style Of War Careens Off Course In Ukraine
Ukraine is dealing a strong setback to Putin’s allegedly novel model and doctrine of 21st century irregular war. Ukrainian forces drive back Russians and their allies across 2/3 of the Donbass....
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Play Russian Apologist Bingo!
We present to you “Russian Apologist Bingo!” Do you feel that apologists for Russian aggression, falsehoods and even lunatic screeds seemingly are everywhere these days? They argue just about anything...
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Putin’s Shambolic Improvisation In Ukraine
Preparing Is Hard Work Great artists know a truth about the road. Doing a one-off show is often harder than preparing a lengthy tour. True whether musically, theatrically or politically. One date...
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Why Putin Knows Europe Loves It Rough
Timothy Snyder’s recent Kiev presentation on the contending civilizational processes clashing in Ukraine is terrific. He notes today is in many ways a re-litigation of World War I and the contending...
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All You Need Is Putin, Nukes And A Sharpie
FADE IN: INT. RADIO STUDIO, WASHINGTON DC – MORNING- SUNLIT WINDOWS SOUND: Theme music, PERKY GUITAR as we see – RADIO HOST is maybe 45. Slightly pale. Looks BUSINESS LIKE in shirt and tie. Sits at...
View ArticleYear In Review 2014: And The Winner Is?
More than most years, 2014 will be retrospectively consequential. The US post-1945 order finally enters its transition era. Most obviously, Putin launched an ill-conceived war to challenge its...
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Winter Offensive In Ukraine
Russia launches another major offensive in Donbass. Its operational scale and intensity already approaches peak Russian tempo from August/September. We warned official and unofficial Washington...
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Boris Nemtsov’s Execution: Real Time Crisis*
Boris Nemtsov’s heart breaking execution provoked more than outrage. Much informed and emotive opinion quickly converged: Putin personally ordered the assassination. The murder’s audacity and brazen...
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Putin Intervenes In Syria: Can He Avoid Zugzwang?
Putin led by destiny plants his flag in the Syrian desert. Ukraine’s resilience in 2015 thwarted his roll to daunt Kiev with maximum bluster and minimal formal force. Ostracized by the West, Russia...
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Putin’s View From The Крепость (Fortress)
Two years into Putin’s war against the global order Moscow declares a new Cold War in Munich. How would Putin view his progress? An Embryonic Counter-Intelligence Regime Goes To War One should begin...
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A Question Asked Everywhere From Moscow To Tehran
What to make of the partial withdrawal? Putin’s a tactical thinker, not a strategist. His decisions often are delayed and impulsive – as clear throughout 2014-15. Interestingly, Tehran was as...
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Les Cent-Jours De Trump
Napoleon’s famous 100 Days (actually 110) ended in defeat and final exile. Do Trump’s augur a similar ignominious end? 10 Days of calamity make it no longer a completely spurious question. Firing FBI...
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State of Play 2017: ЭТО ДУРДОМ!*
Our response to Russian election interference only exposes our crippling cultural malaise which opened the door for it. Both real and still alleged Russian operations exploited pre-existing, glaring...
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Novichok And Putin’s New World (Updated)
Russia’s use of undeclared, illegal military-grade Soviet nerve agent to assassinate Sergei Skripal, an ex-GRU officer exchanged in a 2010 spy swap with Russia, Great Britain and the U.S. is beyond...
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White Punks On Dope* – Today’s Debased Conservative Radicals
In the beginning, there were Neocons. Today’s collapse of American conservatism into white racial, irrational tribalism begins with Neocons. At least the latest beginning. This statement is simple...
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