I love that everyday Bulgarian citizens are painting over remaining Soviet-era monuments to reflect their own feelings at the time and I equally love that the Russians are really getting upset about it.
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Lindsey Graham is a very serious and intelligent man. After all, he believes this is what John Kerry and Barack Obama should be doing about Russia: Host David Gregory then.
I suppose there aren't a whole lot of places in Russia where horrible things haven't happened. But still: History has largely been kind to Alexander II, the Russian czar who.
I'm not particularly comfortable with the idea of boycotting the Winter Olympics in Russia because of the nation's anti-gay laws. Mostly, I don't think it's fair to athletes to be used as pawns in a political game and I do think that athletes can become...
Very interesting video demonstrating the maneuver capabilities of the Su-35S. Bonus footage of Bill Sweetman talking about what that maneuverability means in a tactical context, especially in terms of fighting.
My latest at the Diplomat talks a bit more about Nate Jones' work at National Security Archive: Like in the United States, the political and military elite of the Soviet.
Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov is a new biography of Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov from Geoffrey Roberts. The book is interesting, but ultimately disappointing to most audiences with...
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I have some thoughts on the diffusion of anti-access military technology over at The Diplomat During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had a strong political incentive to maximize diffusion.
Dmitry Gorenburg and I chat about Russian foreign policy on the latest episode of Foreign Entanglements: Unfortunately we lost the last forty minutes of the video, which included discussions of Sino-Russian relations, Sino-Indian relations, Russian views of the US election, and Russian rearmament.
Was on the Alyona Show last night with Ali Gharib. I had lighting issues.
All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and.