Trump and the Taming of the Oligarchs
Some years ago, I read an article about a Russian oligarch who had wanted to close a factory in a Russian town in which the factory provided the only real jobs. The people complained to Putin, and some...
View ArticleFools Russians Where Angels Fear to Tread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5phTXGN_0 (NB: post by Mandos.) Recent events suggest that, whatever they may have originally thought, the Trump administration is in the process of being pulled back...
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Putin’s Control of Trump and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
There is a meme in the resistance that Trump is Putin’s “puppet.” This meme’s explanatory power is weak. Take Trump’s announcement that he will pull the US out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...
View ArticleWagner Chief Prigozhin Dies
His private jet “crashed.” I must say it’s a nice change from falling out of a window, though still a standard (those who have reason to believe powerful people want them dead should not fly in private...
View ArticleRussia Is An Imperial State While America Is A Plutocratic Oligarchy
An oligarchy, as we use the word today (the dictionary definition is different) is rule by the rich, because they are rich. (A feudal king may be rich, but his power is not primarily a result of his...
View ArticleShort Take: the NATO Incursion into the Kursk Oblast
Nota bene: my second essay on Russia will be posted tomorrow. Before NATO invaded Kursk–and make no mistake, it was a NATO incursion by proxy–the Ukraine was not in any existential danger. Now,...
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Westphalia, Anarchy and Russian Grand Strategy
Jordaens Allegory of the Peace of Westphalia 1648 This is the second in a series of essays on Russia, war, grand strategy and history. Diplomacy is the politics of anarchy.¹ Grand strategy usually...
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Germany Honors Biden For Destroying Nordstream & Their Economy
I cannot believe this is happening: Germany honored U.S. President Joe Biden for his contribution to trans-Atlantic relations on Friday, ahead of his meetings with European allies on Russia’s war in...
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