Politics
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The battle of the trolls (and no, they are not Russian)
I have lost count of how many times I have found articles in the media (it can easily be more than a hundred) saying that the internet is supposedly infested by hordes of Russian professional trolls Continue reading
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Was the Montenegro coup “fake news”?
Last October, on Election Day, Montenegro’s authorities claimed to have thwarted a coup and a terrorist act against Montenegrin independence Continue reading
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10 books to understand the world today
Everyone likes to be informed and up-to-date. In the age of the incessant news feed, people feel cut off from the world if they don’t consume news Continue reading
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Why little Englanders can’t stop Re-Moaning
In 2016 we were introduced to the pejorative epithet “Little Englander”, a term which embodied the inward and exceptionally backward thinking Continue reading
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Why the Ukrainian crisis was a turning point
I have often been asked: why do you care so much about Ukraine? Continue reading
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DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE NEW REAGAN – HE IS THE NEW CLINTON
Donald Trump has been constantly attacked for being a “populist”, for appealing to the losers of globalization and for painting an apocalyptic picture of contemporary America Continue reading
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Miquel Puertas from Donetsk: “I believe in the European values but the EU has become a prison of nations”
“The further a society drifts away from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it” George Orwell Interview with Gonzo Blogger Miquel Puertas Continue reading
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Obama has literally gotten away with murder
Farewells are always a bit ceremonial and hypocritical but, really, I don’t get all this last minute outpouring of good feelings for the leaving President of the United States Continue reading
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The liberal world – tales from utopia
It feels so good to be a liberal. I don’t doubt that most people, if they had a choice, would prefer to live in a liberal world. A liberal is, by definition, on the right side of history and has universal justice on his side. To tell it all, until recently I thought I was… Continue reading
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Letter to Harvard Prof. Serhii Plokhy
Dear Prof. Plokhy, I am reading your latest book on the history of Ukraine. It is not the first book I read on the subject and it will probably not be the last one. I hold the institution of Harvard, where you happen to teach, in very high esteem Continue reading
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The Russians are coming
The Russian bear for hundreds of years has been viewed as presenting an existential threat to the West. This threat has periodically been marked for history’s sake in some small little convenient heading such as the “Great Game” or the “Cold War” Continue reading
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Взгляд из Донецка – Факты и мифы патриотической войны
Каким я вижу будущее Донбасса? Вопрос, который способен поставить в тупик любого, даже самого профессионального и искушенного политолога. Мне проще ответить, каким я не вижу будущее Донбасса Continue reading
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The future of the Donbass
From our correspondent in Donetsk At the moment of truth in Ukraine’s “Revolution of Dignity” in February 2014, when President Yanukovich hastily left Ukraine Continue reading
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Куда идёт Донбасс?
От нашего корреспондента в Донецке Зимой 2013-2014 годов в Украине произошла «революция», жители западных и центральных регионов выступили против коррумпированной власти президента Януковича. Continue reading
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“You are fired!” – Trump wins
Now I would expect somebody to show some intellectual integrity and draw a lesson from this. “Experts” said Trump did not stand of chance of winning the Republican nomination, “experts” said that the Republican party was finished, because of demographics and America becoming a much more diverse country, “experts” said Hillary won every single one… Continue reading
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Our “culture” has lost any cultural value
For most of my adult life I used to have education and high culture in general in the greatest of esteem. My respect for culture bordered on deference Continue reading
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Why is the establishment so afraid of Donald Trump?
Donald Trump, for the simple fact of being a large business owner and a billionaire, should have been a darling of capital and global plutocrats Continue reading
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Globalism is just another word for colonialism
There was a time, not many years ago, when globalization was something that everybody loved to hate. Continue reading
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What the West has to offer to the Syrian people is more death, brutality and destruction
It has been well documented and disseminated by the operators of the Western mass media outlets that the Russians “cynically” vetoed the joint French and Spanish resolution for a peace plan for Aleppo Continue reading
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In Belarus a Maidan is only waiting to happen
My worries about an inevitable Maidan in Belarus proved to be exaggerated and unfounded last year Continue reading
EAST AND WEST 