March 2, 2014

Applebaum's conspiracy theory: maybe Putin overthrew Yanukovych via fake far right?

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One of America's most prominent centrist experts on Eastern Europe, Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, whose husband Radoslaw S...
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George Kennan, Fareed Zakaria, Kim Kardashian

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Fareed Zakaria, the Indian princeling (his father was the deputy leader of the ruling Congress Party in India), has enjoyed a glittering c...
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Victoria Nuland's triumph

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The Chicago Tribune considers the interesting question of who was behind Eastern European policy in the U.S. government:  The escalating...
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Don't bring back the passenger pigeon

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For a long time people have kicked around the idea of bringing back extinct species. Now, the technological hurdles are becoming less overw...
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March 1, 2014

David Brooks defends Victoria Nuland's previous misadventure

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From the NYT last year: The Next Scapegoat   By DAVID BROOKS  Published: May 13, 2013     424 Comments Twenty years ago, when she ...
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The war over the War of 2008

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The Georgian invasion of Russian-supported South Ossetia on August 8, 2008 remains a touchstone. My recommendation is to never trust anybo...
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McCain: "We are all Ukrainians"

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From Time Magazine: Senator John McCain: “We Are All Ukrainians” Rod Dreher responds: No, Sen. McCain, We Are Americans   I'd ...
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Crimean problem practically solved

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From the Kyiv Post : Kadyrov: Chechens ready to keep peace in Crimea      
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Neo-Trotskyism: Globalism in All Countries

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My theory of what I don't like about Russia has always focused upon the observation that, lacking natural military defenses such as th...
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Which Sergei Aksenov is which in Crimea?

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Trying to keep track of what's going on in Eastern Europe is difficult because there are two sets of spellings. For example, the capita...
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Shootout in Crimea

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From Reuters : Russia said unidentified gunmen sent by Kiev had attempted overnight to seize the Crimea region's Interior Ministry of...
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February 28, 2014

U.S. needs a better foreign policy team

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From the WSJ : "We are now deeply concerned about reports of military movements taken by the Russian federation inside of Ukraine,...
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Commodification of labor: movie star division

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Since movie and TV star salaries spiked back in the 1990s, entertainment companies have been working hard to tip the balance of power back ...
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Another colossal Slavic politician: Alexander "The Experiment" Karelin

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Commenter John Craig points out that Just Not Said was all over this question of immense tough guy Slavic politicians like boxers Wladi...
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The Rape of Russia explained by Anne Williamson

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When the Soviet Union cracked up, American journalist Anne Williamson was a popular freelancer on all things Russian for the Wall Street Jo...
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February 27, 2014

Why are Americans so deferential?

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The Tory Telegraph's U.S. editor asks: Why are Americans so darned deferential? By Peter Foster       World Last updated: February...
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Then again, Secretary Kerry, maybe this is "Rocky IV"

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From The Independent : Ukraine crisis: Kerry warns Putin 'This is not Rocky IV' This picture of Secretary of State John F. K...
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Moneyballing movies: "The Gender Gap in Screen Time"

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From the NYT: The Gender Gap in Screen Time   Cinemetrics Extracts Statistical Data From Movies  By KEVIN B. LEE      FEB. 27, 2014  ...
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