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: israel
Introducing the Journalism Security Index (JSI)
The Press Freedom Index issues by Reporters Without Borders is a good starting point for assessing journalistic freedoms in global comparative perspective. However, much like all attempts to measure democracy or Transparency International’s assessment of corruption perception, their methodology relies on tallying … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged authoritarianism, crime, human rights, israel, journalism, russia, russian media, turkey, usa, western media
5 Comments
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
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
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
Interview with Peter Lavelle (Russia Today)
The next installment of our Watching the Russia Watchers series at S/O features an interview with Peter Lavelle, the main political analyst at the Russia Today TV network, host of its CrossTalk debate show and Untimely Thoughts blogger. (He also … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Watching the Russia Watchers
Tagged blogging, chechnya, collapse, corruption, futurism, georgia, global warming, human rights, international relations, interview, islam, islamophobia, israel, journalism, palestine, politics, putin, rise of the rest, russia, russians, russophobes, usa, western hypocrisy, western media
13 Comments
Could Israel vs. Flotilla be part of Turkey’s bid for Regional Hegemony?
As was inevitable, the commentary on Israel’s raid / high seas piracy / legal blockade enforcement / call-it-what-you-will has degenerated into a polarized flame-war between the blind and the deaf, which although very entertaining is also pretty useless*. By far … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged arabs, egypt, futurism, geopolitics, international relations, islam, israel, middle east, nuclear, palestine, turkey, vision
16 Comments
The Geopolitics of Israel vs. Flotilla
So given that it’s the only game in town, let’s start provocative? The only group who behaved rationally are the Israeli commandos and the Americans. And perhaps the Turkish government. The Israeli position on the Gaza blockade is understandable (which … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House
Tagged arabs, geopolitics, international relations, islam, israel, jews, palestine, turkey
20 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