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Get in There and Win One For Mom and Apple Pie: Non-Combatant Molly McKew Pounds the War Drum
Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Georgia, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Religion, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, Military, Politics, role models, Rule of Law, Russia, Saakashvili, Trade, Ukraine, War
2,348 Comments
Hello; I’m From the European Council on Foreign Relations – I Hear You Have a Bridge For Sale.
Are you familiar with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)? No? Well, have a look at their website. Not to be a spoiler or anything, but let me quote briefly from it: “Inspired by the role American think tanks … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Corruption, Economy, Europe, Georgia, Government, Politics, Rule of Law, Saakashvili, Vladimir Putin
Tagged Caucasus, economy, Georgia, government, Politics, Russia, Saakashvili, Ukraine
2,017 Comments
About That Batumi Miracle…
Hey, remember back when Al Jazeera was the object of loathing and fear in the USA? Bankrolled by the Emir of Qatar – a thriving democracy in the Middle East whose ruler has been a male member of the Al … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Education, Europe, Georgia, Government, Investment, Saakashvili, Ukraine
Tagged economy, Education, Georgia, government, Innovation, Politics, Saakashvili, Technology, Ukraine
2,224 Comments
Under New Management – A Progress Report on Ivanishvili’s Georgia
“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready. The show goes on because it’s time” Lorne Michaels On October 1st, 2012, it was time. And the show went on. The increasingly-autocratic and dysfunctional government of Mikheil Saakashvili was swept away … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Corruption, Economy, Georgia, Government, Investment, Politics, Saakashvili, Trade
Tagged Caucasus, economy, Georgia, government, Politics, Saakashvili, Trade
514 Comments
The Moscow Times’ Latynina Blows Her Wheels: Next Stop, Bellevue?
As newspapers go, The Moscow Times is heavy on the outrage and light on the research. It employs a stable of colourful journalists, including Alexei Bayer – whose articles typically carry the byline “Alexei Bayer, a native Muscovite” although he … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Corruption, Economy, Georgia, Government, Rule of Law, Saakashvili, Vladimir Putin
Tagged Caucasus, economy, Georgia, government, Latynina, Politics, Russia, Saakashvili
716 Comments
Mikheil Saakashvili Channels His Inner Nixon
Once upon a time, posters were youth’s talisman against an ordinary life of mediocrity – large, colourful pictures decorating our walls which advertised not so much who we were as who we wished we were; the circles in which we … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Georgia, Government, Law and Order, Politics, Saakashvili
Tagged economy, Georgia, government, Politics, Saakashvili, South Ossetia
555 Comments
Dancing With Delusion – Military Strategy 101 with Yulia Latynina
Everybody knows someone who is terrible at a particular hobby or chosen field of interest, but who stubbornly continues their pursuit of it in the face of considerable evidence that they have no aptitude for it. Motorhead and music, for … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Georgia, Government, Politics, Russia, Saakashvili, Uncategorized, Yulya Latynina
Tagged Georgia, government, Latynina, liberal opposition, Russia, Saakashvili, South Ossetia, War
600 Comments
The Pumpkin Sherbet Revolution: Stop Worrying About The Economy – You’re FREE!!!!
In order to best understand the underpinnings of the gestating “Snow Revolution” (sometimes called the “White Revolution”), we’re going to have to retrace our steps a little. Like most societies that regularly draw on their past for inspiration, western societies … Continue reading
Posted in Georgia, Government, Law and Order, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged Georgia, government, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Ukraine
233 Comments
Don’t Get Me STARTed
The distinct possibility that the Republican-dominated (apparently, all it takes is one Republican for that situation to prevail) U.S. Senate may refuse to ratify the new START treaty negotiated by President Obama’s administration provoked a flurry of posts both for … Continue reading
Reality: What a Concept!
It’s not often that I write in support of a particular article or post. In fact, it wouldn’t be inaccurate to say it’s pretty rare. Okay, okay, you’re right; I’ve never done it before, at least not in this forum. And … Continue reading
Posted in Georgia, Government, Investment, Russia, Saakashvili, Ukraine
Tagged economy, Georgia, government, Russia, Saakashvili, Ukraine
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The Kremlin Stooge 