About
In addition to blogging here, Anatoly Karlin also runs Arctic Progress.
You can also read his articles at Inosmi (на русском) and Al Jazeera.
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Tag Archives: arctic
New Year Special: 2012 Predictions
It’s been a great year! To recap, in rough chronological order, 2011 saw: The most popular post (with 562 comments and counting; granted, most of them consisting of Indians and Pakistanis flaming each other); Visualizing the Kremlin Clans (joint project … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arctic, china, climate change, demography, economy, fiscal crisis, futurism, geopolitics, germany, global warming, greece, hungary, iran, israel, middle east, military, peak oil, politics, putin, russia, ukraine, usa, vision, war, wikileaks
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3000 AD: The Rise Of Polar Civilizations
The river of time flows on, and empires crumble, leaving behind only legend that becomes myth, while new polities arise to take their place. This process of decay and creation is going to receive a boost from “peak energy” and, … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Science Fantasy, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arctic, fantasy, futurism, geopolitics, vision
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Future Superpowers – The World To 2100
Most current projections of future trends in national power fail to appreciate the importance of three crucial factors: (1) the declining EROEI of energy resources (including, but not limited to, “peak oil”); (2) the importance of human capital to economic … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arctic, brazil, china, climate change, collapse, demography, economy, education, futurism, geopolitics, india, iq, resource depletion, russia, usa, vision
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Good Article On The Arctic Gold Rush
Environmentalists push to keep U.S., others from oil drilling in Arctic by Jason Walsh, writing for the Washington Times. Okay, who am I kiddin’? It’s awesome for propping AK i.e. yours truly over well deserving others. ;-) On a more pertinent … Continue reading
Interview with Mark Chapman (The Kremlin Stooge)
Next in our line of Watching the Russia Watchers interviews is Mark Chapman, the fiery Canadian sailor who’s been blazing a path of destruction through the fetid Russophobe ranks since July 2010. That was when he first set up The Kremlin Stooge, … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Watching the Russia Watchers
Tagged arctic, blogging, canada, chechnya, corruption, futurism, geopolitics, history, human rights, international relations, interview, khodorkovsky, liberasty, medvedev, oligarchs, politics, putin, russia, russians, russophobes, sochi, terrorism, usa, western hypocrisy, western media
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“From an ultimate dim Thule”
I’m shifting the bulk of my writing activities to the Arctic Progress magazine. It focuses on the exciting new developments and opportunities opening up in the Far North as the sea ice melts, opening up trade routes, oil and mineral reserves, … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged admin, arctic, blogging, life, me, rise of the rest
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New Year Special, Part 2: 2011 Predictions
Carrying on from yesterday’s 2010 in Review, I’ll now lay out my predictions for this year and see how well last year’s stacked up to reality. (1) Last year, I wrote: “World economy continues an anemic recovery, though there are … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arctic, china, climate change, coal, demography, economy, fiscal crisis, geopolitics, germany, global warming, globalization, hi-tech, israel, italy, luzhkov, middle east, military, peak oil, politics, russia, spain, uk, ukraine, usa, vision, war, wikileaks
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New Year Special, Part 1: 2010 in Review
Happy new year to all Sublime Oblivion readers! This blog wouldn’t be what it is without you. In fact, I’d have probably abandoned it after a month or two after a couple of posts as I did with my first … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Coffee House, Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arctic, authoritarianism, china, climate change, economy, france, geopolitics, germany, global warming, globalization, israel, middle east, military, politics, rise of the rest, russia, uk, usa, vision, wikileaks
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The Collapse Party Fulfills Its Own Name
I founded the Collapse Party one year ago after coming to the hard realization that industrial civilization is unsustainable and that – barring revolutionary socio-political (e.g. “ecotechnic dictatorship“) or technological (e.g. geoengineering) transformation – it’s catastrophic unraveling by the middle … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Life in General, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arctic, climate change, collapse, ethics, futurism, global warming, life, me, oligarchs, politics, pollution, resource depletion, sustainability, vision
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Translation: Foundations Of Russia’s Arctic Policy
At my Arctic Progress blog I translated the official document The Foundations Of The Russian Federation’s State Policy In The Arctic Until 2020 And Beyond (Основы государственной политики Российской Федерации в Арктике на период до 2020 года и дальнейшую перспективу), approved … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Da Russophile, Translations
Tagged arctic, boring, energy, geopolitics, law, military, politics, resources, russia, translation
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