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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: military
New York Times Manipulation Of The (Alleged) North Korean Missile Sales To Iran Cable
It’s sad, but not unexpected, to see the usual motley of neocons, freepers and general creeps crawling about the interwebs, baying for Assange’s blood and calling for him to be disappeared into the Nacht und Nebel. But it is absolutely … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, The Sublime Cables
Tagged authoritarianism, blogging, cablegate, iran, joe lieberman, military, north korea, protest, russia, usa, western hypocrisy, western media, wikileaks
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Translation: Foundations Of Russia’s Arctic Policy
At my Arctic Progress blog I translated the official document The Foundations Of The Russian Federation’s State Policy In The Arctic Until 2020 And Beyond (Основы государственной политики Российской Федерации в Арктике на период до 2020 года и дальнейшую перспективу), approved … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Da Russophile, Translations
Tagged arctic, boring, energy, geopolitics, law, military, politics, resources, russia, translation
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Translation: On Canada’s Arctic Militarization
This is a reprint of a post from Arctic Progress. This is a TRANSLATION of an article by Jules Dufour published September 7th, 2010 at Mondialisation.ca (“Le Canada: un plan national pour la militarisation de l’Arctique et de ses ressources … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Sublime Oblivion, Translations
Tagged arctic, canada, geopolitics, military, nato, politics, resources, russia, translation, usa, western media
21 Comments
Why Russia And China Won’t Fight
EDIT: This article has been translated into Russian at Inosmi.Ru (Почему Россия и Китай не будут воевать друг с другом). Every so often there appear claims, not only in the Western press but the Russian one, that (rising but overpopulated) … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged china, futurism, geopolitics, imperialism, military, nuclear, nuclear war, russia, vision, war
51 Comments
Russia Updates: Luzhkov, Rearmament, GDP
As you may have noticed, posting has slowed down in the past few days, mostly thanks to a combination of (1) Kindle, (2) 中文 and (3) the natural periods of apathy that afflict most non-pro bloggers. I don’t really see that … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged conscription, demography, economy, global warming, me, military, moscow, politics, public health, russia, war
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Arab Rearmament & US MIC Price Gouging
Sorry for not posting on either of my blogs for almost a week now and being slow on responding to the emails. I’ve been rediscovering the pleasures of old-fashioned book reading after purchasing a Kindle. I’m very happy with it. … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged fighters, iraq, military, romania, saudi arabia, uae, usa, venezuela, war
9 Comments
Spooks, Mercs or Merchants over Iceland?
This is a reprint of a post from Arctic Progress. Back when Iceland tipped over into financial collapse during 2008 and the UK seized Icelandic banks’ assets using anti-terrorist laws as fig cover, Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar stated that Russia … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Visions, Coffee House, Da Russophile
Tagged arctic, espionage, iceland, military, nato
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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
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The Century without an Indian Summer
How will the global South fare in our likely future of energy shortages, climate change and resource nationalism (and wars)? India has China’s population mass, but lacks its industrial dynamism and human capital. Africa has Russia’s energy and mineral wealth, but … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, bangladesh, china, climate change, collapse, culture, economy, education, energy, environment, futurism, geopolitics, global warming, imperialism, india, internat, military, pakistan, peak water, resource depletion, ssr, vision, water
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Emerging Technologies: Limits to Growth vs. Moore’s Law
Like my post on Resource Depletion and Peak Oil, this is intended as a reference article for another key future trend. One important observation I will make at the beginning is that the approach of Limits To Growth (already imminent … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, authoritarianism, biotech, energy, environment, futurism, hi-tech, military, nanotech, public health, robotics, technology, vision
4 Comments