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The Deeper Meaning of Climategate

Posted on December 1, 2009 by AK

As someone who has stuck his neck out for the imminent reality of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in both his real and online life, it would be fitting for me to comment on the Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident … Continue reading →

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Categorizing the Russia Debate

Posted on July 9, 2009 by AK

Here I will try to categorize all the major Russia-watching schools along two axes: 1) a Russophobe – Russophile axis and 2) a values spectrum on attitudes towards the West as a universal mental matrix. Along these lines I created … Continue reading →

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Responses to common Russophobe “Arguments”

Posted on June 28, 2009 by AK

At certain venues, “Russophiles” take a lot of flak for holding the beliefs and worldviews that they do. Many of their “arguments” can be predicted in advance based on prior experience. I’ve compiled a list of quick rebuttals to some … Continue reading →

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