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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- poemless, the blog
- Power Vertical
- Robert Amsterdam
- Rosstat (Ru.)
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Tag Archives: israel
Sublime News #5
1. Sorry for being three days late with what is supposed to be the weekly news. I tend to get lazier during holidays, even though I get far more free time! Alternatively I could just be getting bored. We’ll see. … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged blogging, china, climate change, economy, education, georgia, hi-tech, history, humor, imperialism, india, iran, israel, liberasty, life, military, news 2010, north korea, peak oil, quotes, rise of the rest, russia, russians, russophobes, turkey, usa, war, western media
5 Comments
Sublime News #3
1. Over the long-term, it is the less-noticed things that generally come to be regarded as the most important. The rise of China, not the war on terror. Peak oil and the declining EROEI of our energy sources, not stock … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged arctic, balkans, blogging, brazil, china, climate, demography, economy, energy, france, geopolitics, global warming, hi-tech, humor, imperialism, israel, liberasty, military, nato, neoliberalism, news 2010, poland, russophobes, turkey, usa, ussr, war, western hypocrisy
18 Comments
Sublime News #2
1. In response to Gregor’s surprise over my lack of mention of the Dubai assassination – don’t think it’s important or that anything substantial will come out of it. Britain may make a media ruckus over the faking of their … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime News
Tagged belarus, china, climate change, demography, economy, energy, georgia, global warming, humor, israel, me, middle east, military, politics, rant, russia, russophobes, terrorism, turkey, ukraine, usa
6 Comments
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
6 Comments
Diasporas and Barbarians
During one conversation at Sean’s Russia Blog, the commentator Evgeny referred me to a work by Russian political analyst & nationalist Konstantin Krylov, Поведение (“Behavior”). In it he tries to classify the world’s civilizations into four ethical systems (South – … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged chaos, collapse, history, israel, jews, liberasty, life, morale, philosophy, russians
8 Comments
The US Strategic Dilemma and Persian Deadlock
This is the second article of a three-part series about the Iranian Question – that is, the question of how the world is going to deal with the Islamic regime’s pursuit of a nuclear bomb, which is likely to be … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged central asia, china, economy, energy, international relations, iran, israel, medvedev, middle east, military, peak oil, poland, visegrad, vision
9 Comments
Shifting Winds: The End Of Pax Americana
Every once in a while, there occurs a major shift in the international arena. The First World War and its consequences were the seminal change of the last century, collapsing ancient empires and ushering in a new era of ethno-nationalist … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged central asia, chaos, china, economy, energy, espionage, geopolitics, imperialism, international relations, iran, islam, israel, middle east, military, morale, nato, peak oil, poland, resource depletion, technology, ukraine, usa, vision, war
20 Comments
The Approach of the New Persian Empire
With the recent election of the controversial (to put it mildly) Ahmadinejad to the Iranian Presidency, it is time to look at what this portends for the future of Iran and the Middle East region in general. The first question … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged culture, geopolitics, human rights, international relations, iran, islam, israel, middle east, opinion poll, western media
12 Comments