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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
The Endgame Begins
A year ago I predicted that there will be a “decoupling from the unwinding“, as “emerging markets” by and large ride out the temporary shocks of declining Western demand for their exports (China) and the interruption of Western credit intermediation … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, corruption, economy, energy, finance, geopolitics, germany, iran, japan, peak oil, politics, rant, usa, vision
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New Year Special: Year in Review and 2010 Predictions
I would like to wish all Sublime Oblivion readers a very happy and successful New Year. One of my major motivations for writing is getting comments and feedback, so please continue – the more you inflate my ego, the more … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged china, climate change, demography, economy, france, geopolitics, germany, iran, islam, israel, middle east, military, peak oil, politics, russia, usa, vision, war
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SSR #10: Europe, The Black Continent
This is the first of fifteen Sublime Strategic Reports (SSRs) covering global trends, regions, and geopolitics. I am going to start off by looking at Europe, defined as the region under the influence of Western Christianity and/or the European Union … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, climate change, collapse, core article, demography, economy, eire, energy, france, geopolitics, germany, history, imperialism, international relations, islam, italy, military, peak oil, poland, resource depletion, russia, scotland, spain, ssr, sweden, turkey, uk, usa, visegrad, vision
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The Road to Economic Sovereignty
Review of “Kicking Away the Ladder” (H. Chang) Chang, Ha-Joon – Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002) Category: economy; history; industrial policy; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Kicking Away the Ladder:How the Economic and Intellectual Histories of Capitalism Have … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged china, corruption, economy, education, espionage, finance, france, germany, history, international relations, japan, review, Reviews, russia, sweden, uk, usa, western hypocrisy
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Soviet Resilience under Fire
Review of “Moscow War Diary” (A. Werth) Werth, Alexander – Moscow War Diary (1942) Category: history, Soviet Union, WW2; Rating: 4/5 On 22nd June 1941, the armed columns of Nazi Germany began rolling into Russia, heralding the start of the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged germany, history, human rights, military, morale, review, russia, russians, russophobes, soviet union, stalin, war
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The Return of the Reich?
This is my second follow-up post to The Belief Matrix, in which I attempted to advance a universal model for civilizational responses to subsistence crises (The Malthusian Loop) and the Western challenge (The Sisyphean Loop). This time I will look at … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, collapse, culture, demography, energy, france, geopolitics, germany, history, imperialism, international relations, matrix, morale, peak oil, poland, politics, russia, visegrad, vision
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The Genesis of Total War
In the summer of 1914, the world was integrated as never before. Despite its simmering tensions and conscript armies, the European continent had open borders, a shared respect for private property and rule of law, and dynastic ties that bound … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged france, germany, history, international relations, military, uk
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The Struggle between Europe and Mankind
Though Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890-1938) remains more famous for his contributions to the field of linguistics, his other great achievement was as one of the founding fathers of the Eurasian movement. Riding on the dark wave of disillusionment sweeping the world in … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged communism, corruption, culture, germany, human rights, imperialism, international relations, japan, liberasty, marxism, morale, philosophy, putin, russians, russophobes, vision, western hypocrisy
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