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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: caucasus
Cable Intermezzo: A Caucasus Wedding
One of the most endearing and surprising cables came from William Burns, US Ambassador to Russia from 2005 to 2008: a beautifully written account of a Daghestani wedding scene that might as well have come from a latter-day Prisoner of … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, The Sublime Cables
Tagged caucasus, chechnya, daghestan, kadyrov, politics, romance, russia
5 Comments
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
Crisis Demography in Eurasia
In a recent post, Mark Adomanis pointed out that the Russian economy has done significantly better than many other East European nations during the recent crisis and is now mounting a strong recovery. He also speculated on the effects of … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged balkans, baltics, belarus, caucasus, demography, economy, estonia, latvia, poland, public health, russia, ukraine
22 Comments
Sublime News #8 – #9
1. The revolution in Kyrgyzstan to be covered in Sublime News #10 – this issue is packed enough as it is. For now, read Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Resurgence (free Stratfor) for a summary. 2. Putin made a conciliatory speech on the 70th … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged afghanistan, asia, authoritarianism, caucasus, central asia, chechnya, china, climate change, coal, collapse, demography, economy, energy, humor, hungary, imperialism, india, iraq, islam, israel, kyrgyzstan, liberasty, mexico, middle east, military, news 2010, north korea, palestine, peak oil, poland, resource depletion, rise of the rest, russia, russophobes, shale gas, thermoeconomics, turkey, uk, ukraine, usa, venezuela, volcanos
9 Comments
The Transition 20 Years On: The Reckoning
It is now nearly 20 years since market reformers began liberalizing the economies of Eastern Europe, or as some smart-ass put it, trying to revive the fish in the centrally planned fish stews. These stews, cooked to diverse recipes from goulash … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged baltics, caucasus, central asia, economy, georgia, history, politics, russia, ukraine
16 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