Polish support for missile deal soars

Posted by Matt in August 18th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Allies, Array, Chinese Generals, Contrary, Defense Secretary, Empty Rhetoric, Military Historian, Missile Base, Missile Deal, Missile Defense System, NATO, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear War, Poland, Robert Gates, Russian General, Russian Generals, Secretary Robert, Seven Years, Soars, War Over Taiwan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has something in common with those on left, they’re both too smart to fall for something a Russian general has to say. The fact that this general is threatening Poland with a nuclear attack is really nothing that we should get worked up about. The general doesn’t mean it.
I, being not [...]

Why the Kremlin Is So Scared of Ukraine

Posted by Matt in July 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Unhelpful, Centuries, Contrary, Current, Deterioration, Historians, Ivan Iii, kremlin, Magnetic Attraction, Momentum, Relationship, Repulsion, Rock Bottom, Russia, Sharp, Tsar Ivan, Ukraine

Russia and the West are losing each other yet again. The magnetic attraction and repulsion between the two has been going on for centuries. Indeed, historians have counted as many as 25 of these cycles since the reign of Tsar Ivan III.
In the past, however, the Kremlin’s sharp anti-Western turns were reversed — usually out [...]

Is an attack on Iran a big risk?

Posted by Matt in May 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Contrary, Dog Bark, Iran, Options, Risk

In other words, you’re basically saying that things are not as they seem? That Iran is like a dog whose bark is worse than his bite?
There’s something to that. My assessment is that contrary to the impression that has been formed, Iran’s options for responding are limited and weak.
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Ideology’s Rude Return

Posted by Matt in May 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Russia, Autocracies, Autocracy, Autocrats, beijing, Central Government, China, Communism, Contrary, Democratic System, Economic Activity, Foreign Policies, moscow, National Wealth, Pragmatists, Russia, Russian Leaders, Russian Rulers, Virtues

Many believe that when Chinese and Russian leaders stopped believing in communism, they stopped believing in anything. They had become pragmatists, pursuing their own and their nation’s interests. But Chinese and Russian rulers, like past rulers of autocracies, do have a set of beliefs that guide their domestic and foreign policies. They believe in the [...]

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