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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: germany
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
215 Comments
Measuring Churov’s Beard: The Mathematics Of Russian Election Fraud
In the aftermath of the 2011 Duma elections, the Russian blogosphere was abuzz with allegations of electoral fraud. Many of these were anecdotal or purely rhetorical in nature; some were more concrete, but variegated or ambiguous. A prime example of … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged authoritarianism, blogging, corruption, elections, germany, israel, moscow, opinion poll, politics, runet, russia, uk, united russia, vladimir churov, wonky
30 Comments
The Radical Ideologies Of The 21st Century
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Радикальные идеологии 21-го века). Though I’ve written a lot on technological, energy, and geopolitical futures, this has largely been to the neglect of ideology. Part of the reason is that … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, china, climate change, france, futurism, germany, global warming, imperialism, politics, russia, usa, vision
14 Comments
Top 10 Most Powerful Countries In 2011
The Chinese have an interesting concept that quantifies Great Power status, called Comprehensive National Power (CNP). This index is produced by processing the economic, military and cultural factors that make countries powerful: GDP, technological development, number of tanks and ICBM’s, as … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged brazil, china, economy, education, energy, france, geopolitics, germany, global warming, globalization, hi-tech, india, international relations, japan, military, russia, turkey, uk, usa
611 Comments
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
10 Comments
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
27 Comments
Why Russia is cemented to the other BRICs
In the wake of the economic crisis in which Russia’s GDP fell by a stunning 7.9% in 2009, its status as a BRIC economy – with its connotations of promise and progress – was brought into question. After all, isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged brazil, china, corruption, economy, education, energy, geopolitics, germany, growth, india, international relations, rise of the rest, russia, russophobes, vision, western media
6 Comments
Prophets of the Great War: Friedrich Engels, Ivan Bloch, and Pyotr Durnovo
Though there are plenty of caveats and exceptions, it is safe to generalize that predictions of what the “next war” was going to be like before 1914 were completely inaccurate. The Great War would not be the quick, clean affair … Continue reading
Sublime News #7
1. The Moscow terakts. Frankly, there is little point to me adding more to the excellent coverage / meta-commentary provided by Mark Adomanis (1, 2, 3), Sean Guillory (1, 2, 3, 4), A Good Treaty (1, 2), Leos Tomicek (1), … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged economy, geoengineering, germany, greece, history, iraq, liberasty, life, military, north korea, nuclear, poland, resource depletion, russia, russophobes, serbia, stalin, terrorism, uk, venezuela, water, western hypocrisy, western media
26 Comments
Sublime News #6
1. My e-friend Eugene Ivanov participated on Peter Lavelle’s Crosstalk program at Russia Today, Lobbying: Who really rules America? Check it out! 2. Is Obama transforming America into Amerika? Let me explain. Take a look at the details of the healthcare … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged blogging, economy, energy, geoengineering, germany, hi-tech, international relations, islam, liberasty, military, morale, news 2010, obama, opinion poll, peak oil, public health, rise of the rest, russia, russians, russophobes, ukraine, usa, western hypocrisy
6 Comments