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: growth
Why China Is Far Superior To India
It is not a secret to longtime readers of this blog that I rate India’s prospects far more pessimistically than I do China’s. My main reason is I do not share the delusion that democracy is a panacea and that whatever advantage … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion, The Sino Triumphalist
Tagged china, economy, education, georgia, growth, india, iq, rise of the rest
75 Comments
Russia’s Economic “Stagnation” In Global Perspective
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Российская экономическая «стагнация» в глобальной перспективе). Иn the wake of the 2009 recession, declinist rhetoric has come to dominate discussion of Russia’s economic prospects. Jim O’Neill, the founder of the BRIC’s concept, … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged brazil, china, economy, growth, india, indonesia, rise of the rest, russia, russophobes, western media
40 Comments
Tales From The Beijing Embassy
Four cables from Cathay, courtesy of this excellent Cable Search tool. The first cable (Cable 1) is one of the last dispatches of Ambassador to the PRC Clark T. Randt, a long, analytical piece from January 2009. But it’s also … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion, The Sublime Cables
Tagged africa, aid, cable, china, coal, corruption, economy, education, futurism, growth, hi-tech, human rights, imperialism, international relations, iq, kenya, peak oil, politics, resource depletion, rise of the rest, science, technology, urbanization, usa, vision, wikileaks
7 Comments
IQ and Industrialism
My recent post on demographic myths unleashed a lively discussion on the issue of race and IQ in the comments section. I’m not too interested in wading into it: not out of any misplaced respect for political correctness, of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged brazil, china, economy, education, growth, india, iq, rise of the rest, russia, vision
21 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