Successful states may generate trouble, but failures produce catastrophes: Nazi Germany erupted from the bankrupt Weimar Republic; Soviet Communism’s economic disasters swelled the Gulag; a feckless state with unpaid armies enabled Mao’s rise.
Putin might treat sick economy with war.
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Bankrupt Rogues: Beware Failing Foes
Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Economy, Russia, Bankrupt States, Catastrophes, Economic Disasters, Foes, Gulag, Mao, Nazi Germany, putin, Rogue States, Rogues, Sick Economy, Soviet Communism, Weimar Republic
The Fall of Lebanon
Posted by Matt in May 24th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, War, Act 3 Scene 1, Assistant Secretary, Beirut, Concession, Czechoslovakia, December 7 1941, Druz, German Dictator, hezbollah, Hizballah, Infamy, Lebanon, Nazi Germany, Secretary Of State, September 11 2001, Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Small Mercies, Sovereignty, Victuals, Western Diplomacy, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now….
Oh, what a fall was there…
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down.”
–William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 1.
May 21, 2008, is a date–like December 7 (1941) and September 11 (2001)–that should now live in infamy. Yet who will notice, mourn, or act the [...]
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