‘The United States is not just a superpower. It is a super-dooper power,” I was told shortly after the end of the Cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union. There was considerable truth in this claim. Never since the Roman Empire, under the Emperor Augustus 2,000 years ago, had one state appeared so [...]
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Europe and America in the shadows as a new era dawns
Posted by Matt in October 25th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Uncategorized, Array, Centuries, Cold-War, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Economic Domination, Emperor Augustus, Europe And America, Europeans, Global Economy, New Era, Roman Empire, superpower, Truth, Unique Power, United States, Watershed, World History
The Realist Resurgence
Posted by Matt in October 11th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Aircraft Carriers, Alexander, Ballistic Missile, Cold-War, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Conventional Force, Conventional Forces, Defensenews, Eurasia Group, Fleet, Kliment, moscow, Northern Fleet, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Paper Tiger, Power Strategy, Realist, Respects, Resurgence, Ria Novosti Russia, Russian Military, Russian News Agency, Russian President, Russians, Sean Mccormack, Strategic Nuclear Forces, Tiger, United Press International, Washington Post
Russia is weaker than it looks, which is why NATO’s soft-power strategy can still prevail.
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That was the point Sean McCormack was making about Russia’s rickety fleet. Moscow is not the threat that it wants to appear. With more than 5,000 nuclear warheads and its status as the world’s largest energy exporter, it cannot really be [...]
Russia challenges west with nuclear overhaul
Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Nuclear, Russia, U.S., War, West, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Defence Analyst, guardian, moscow, NATO, Nuclear Overhaul, Nuclear War, Pavel Felgenhauer, Russia, Russian Leadership, Russian Military
“This is very significant. Right now the present Russian leadership believes that a war with Nato is very much possible,” Pavel Felgenhauer, a Moscow-based defence analyst, told the Guardian. “This is the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union that the Russian military is actually preparing for an all-out nuclear war with America.”
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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2008 | 2 comments
Published in Crime, general, Chinese Labor, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Colombian Drug Cartels, Criminal Underworld, Cybercrime, Fall Of The Berlin Wall, Famous Mobsters, Global Crime, Global Gdp, Hodgepodge, Illegal Trade, Insatiable Demand, International Financial Markets, Misha Glenny, Nuclear Material, Open Markets, Organized Crime, Russian Mafia, Service Markets, Tom Friedman, Tom Nissley, Trade Accounts, World, World Organized Crime
In McMafia, Misha Glenny draws the dark map that lies on the other side of Tom Friedman’s bright flat world. That connected globe not only brings software coders and supply-chain outsourcers closer together; it’s also opened the gates to a criminal network of unsettling vastness, complexity, and efficiency that represents a fifth of the earth’s [...]
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