The Soviet « Deep State » survived the desintegration of the Soviet Union. It is back with a vengeance.
If Anne Applebaum is to be believed, your top priority is to read Karen Dawisha's essay on Putin's Russia.
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Without Russian and Chinese support, there is no Iranian threat.
Keywords: andrei volnov, ariel cohen, bushehr, china, iran, john calabrese, john carver, medvedev, nuclear facilities, oil, putin, russia, serguei kiryenko, united states
The new missile game: Russian chess, American checkers, Iranian roulette.
Keywords: ahmadinejad, ayatollahs, carter, hope, iran, missiles, obama, pershing, putin, reagan, russia, satellite, schmidt, usa
Wednesday, September 24. 2008
Back in the 1950's, George F. Kennan wrote that USSR's neighbors could only chose to be its enemy or a satellite. The same is true today about Putin's Russia.
Keywords: chechnya, george f. kennan, hizballah, israel, leon aron, middle east, nato, putin, russia, syria, usa
Wednesday, August 20. 2008
And Western "soft power" daydreams vanish.
Keywords: europe, georgia, maccain, medvedev, nato, pipeline, putin, rice, russia, saakashvili, sarkozy, ukraine, usa
Condoleezza Rice was supposed to be an expert on Russia. How come she never warned against Putin's real goals : the restoration of the Soviet Empire ?
Keywords: afghanistan, G-8, georgia, iran, iraq, khalilzad, litvinenko, putin, rice, saakashvili, yushchenko
Thursday, February 21. 2008
Russia's Putin bringing geopolitical 'change' while U.S. candidates talk.
Keywords: ivanov, kosovo, lithuania, lucas, medvedev, new cold war, poland, putin, russia, serbia, the czech republic, ukraine, yushchenko
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