Putin
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A month before the Russian military intervention in the Ukraine the British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss stated: “… the number one thing that will stop Vladimir Putin taking action (in Ukraine) is if he understands the costs of that action. This could result in a quagmire like the Russians saw in Afghanistan or Chechnya, and he should…
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The following question and answer session with myself, mainly on the economic war, was published in Russian in Eurasia Expert on 17 June. Here is the full interview in English: Q: China and India reduce the effectiveness of Western sanctions against Moscow by increasing purchases of Russian energy resources. Is it likely that more and…
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Noting the 40 billion dollar aid package voted by the US Congress to the government in Kiev along with the increasingly bellicose statements being made in Washington and London, the New York Times editorial team has expressed alarm about how “the U.S. aims and strategy in this war have become harder to discern, as the…
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Samuel P. Huntington’s ‘The Clash of Civilisations and the Making of the World Order’ originally appeared in article form in the illustrious Foreign Affairs periodical in 1993. The initial article generated more discussion in the United States than anything written since World War Two and it was expanded into a famous book by the author,…
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Caption: Is this how the crisis in Ukraine ends? The current war in Ukraine has now been formally recognised as a Western proxy war against Russia by no less than the current British Foreign Secretary, Elizabeth Truss. And there are strong indications in her statement of intent last week that it is only the start…
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It is largely forgotten now – in time of war – that the Ukraine crisis began in 2013/14 and it came about as a result of actions by the European Union. The EU has been hell-bent on expansion eastwards from the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. That expansionism was originally initiated by…
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President Zelensky’s mentor, the Ukrainian billionaire, Ihor Kolomoisky, who spent millions of dollars forming a military force which saved Ukraine in 2014 by halting the advance of the separatists, stated some facts to the New York Times: “It has become clear that the European Union and NATO will never take in Ukraine, so it would…
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“Beyond those walls… extends a glacis of varying breadth and dimension. We do not want to occupy it, but we also cannot afford to see it occupied by our foes. We are quite content to let it remain in the hands of our friends; but if rival and unfriendly influences creep up to it and…
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There have been myriad accounts of what’s going on in Kazakhstan from various analysts. What is most noticeable is the way in which observers have attempted to shoe-horn the course of events in that country into parameters that reflect the various authors’ existing disposition or political orientation. The Chinese have a description of such phenomena…
