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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: armenia
My Interview on Middle East Geopolitics, Afghanistan and Iran & the Bomb with Marat Kunaev
I was recently interviewed on Middle East geopolitics and the Iran Question by Marat Kunaev, a blogger and translator at InoForum. I would like to thank him for the opportunity to express my views on the topic and providing a possible … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged afghanistan, armenia, azerbaijan, caucasus, china, energy, futurism, geopolitics, georgia, india, international relations, interview, iran, islam, islamophobia, israel, me, middle east, military, peak water, rise of the rest, russia, usa, war, water, western hypocrisy
38 Comments
Russia isn’t hated by (most of) its neighbors
One of the staples of the neocon-Russophobe narrative is that Russia is alone in the world, utterly bereft of friends, left only with the likes of Nicaragua and Nauru to indulge it in its anachronistic “imperial fantasies”. Not really. Conflating … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged armenia, azerbaijan, belarus, central asia, europe, georgia, opinion poll, russia, russians, ukraine, western media
44 Comments
Regathering of the Russian Lands
I have long noted Russia’s resurgence back into the ranks of the leading Great Powers; I predicted that the global economic crisis will not have a long-term retarding impact on the Russian economy; and within the past year I have … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged armenia, azerbaijan, caucasus, demography, economy, energy, france, geopolitics, georgia, imperialism, international relations, military, politics, russia, ukraine, war
14 Comments
New Russia-Georgia War?
Whispers of war are heard in the Caucasus, as the anniversary of last year’s South Ossetian War approaches. Will the guns of August be fired in anger to mark the occasion? Vote below. This poll will be open throughout August. … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged armenia, chechnya, geopolitics, georgia, imperialism, international relations, military, nato, war, western hypocrisy, western media
46 Comments
News 2 Mar
The most important development has been Medvedev’s election to the Presidency with 70.2% of the vote. While it has not been squeaky clean (and as such, no different from any other Russian election under either Yeltsin or Putin), the more … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged armenia, demography, georgia, kosovo, latin america, medvedev, military, news 2008, politics, putin, western media
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