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The Prague Spring Half a Century on
photo from the Russian newspaper Kommersant on the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (This blog was...
Aug 20, 2018


Putin and Erdogan Do a Deal (sort of)
On 15 August, the Russian and Turkish Presidents met in St Petersburg. This was their first encounter since their two countries’...
Aug 25, 2016


The Future of the European Union: A Brexit wrecks it?
Some thoughts on the impact of a Brexit victory for the future of the European Union. The UK referendum on whether Great Britain stays...
Jun 14, 2016


Russia, Syria, Ukraine – and the Rest of the World
Putin’s objectives in Syria have as much or more to do with Russian concerns about developments in the former Soviet Union as with the...
Oct 21, 2015


Strong Points of the West – Part 4 of the World War IV Series
In this five-​part series, I explore the development and scope of what I term World War IV. This series is based on my presentation at...
Jul 20, 2015
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