Uncle Sam is down on his knees, and some observers already are administering the last rites. But are they too quick to judge?
Eavesdrop on the two scenes for a moment.
“If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down,” he said of the US economy, marshalling the inimitable eloquence of the President who has given [...]
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America’s century: is the sun setting on an epoch?
Posted by Matt in October 3rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in U.S., Astronauts, China, China Space, Colonel, Economy, Eloquence, Fears, Free Ride, International Subscription, Iraq War, Knees, Last Rites, Military Allies, Military Balance, Money, New Element, Observers, opec, Shenzhou, Space Launch, Space Mission, Sucker, Sun, superpower, Trading Partners, Uncle Sam, United Press International, Wall Calendars, Washington Post
Russia and Ukraine Jockey in the Black Sea
Posted by Matt in October 3rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Bastion, Black Sea, Buffer Zone, Caucasian, Cold Peace, Conflagration, Crimean Peninsula, Georgia Russians, Jockey, Many Fear, Mayr, Naval Fleets, New World Order, Observers, Peace Road, Photo Gallery, Russia, Sevastopol, Tragedy, Ukraine, Ukrainian City
The naval fleets of Russia and Ukraine share the port at Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. Some in Russia would like the Ukrainian city to return to the Russian fold. Many fear that a spark here could quickly lead to a larger conflagration. By Walter Mayr more…
Photo Gallery: Russia’s Last Black Sea Bastion
Rise of the [...]
Is Putin’s Russia really ‘fascist’? A response to Alexander Motyl
Posted by Matt in March 26th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Russia, Alexander, Classified, Crying Wolf, Decline, Democracy In Russia, Drift, fascism, Fascist State, kremlin, Kyiv Post, Motyl, National Interest, Observers, Professor Alexander, putin, Russia Today, Rutgers University, Wolf
In his articles Is Putin’s Russia fascist? published on the site of The National Interest Online on December 3, 2007 and Surviving Russia’s drift to fascism published in the Kyiv Post, January 17, 2008, Professor Alexander Motyl of Rutgers University seems to argue that Putin’s Russia can be classified as a fascist state.
Many observers of [...]
Russian ex-KGB chief warns secret elite over feud
Posted by Matt in October 31st, 2007 | no comment
Published in Russia, Bedrock, Big Trouble, Boris Yeltsin, Chaos, Critical Time, kremlin, Messiness, moscow, Observers, Power Struggle, Preponderance, President Vladimir Putin, Reuters, Rival Groups, Russian Kgb, Russian Security Services, Secret Service Officers, Soviet Kgb, Vladimir Putin, Western Leaders
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The former head of the Soviet KGB warned on Wednesday that a conflict between rival Russian security services could lead to “big trouble” and urged feuding clans to unite around President Vladimir Putin.
Details have emerged of a feud between rival groups of secret service officers who form the bedrock of Putin’s team. [...]
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