Showing posts with label Crimea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crimea. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 March 2014

"The Russians are a tough bunch of bastards"

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That, at least, was Richard Nixon's verdict on November 1971.  His successors in office since 1989 would have done well to remember th...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

The Crimean hostage crisis

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The Hindustan Times , 18th March 2014 This morning Russia and the newly declared independent Republic of Crimea (along with the city o...
Thursday, 13 March 2014

A way out of the crisis over Crimea: sell it

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After having fought the Crimean War, Russia felt that its possessions in North America were vulnerable from attack by Britain from British N...
Saturday, 8 March 2014

Russia: the Ukrainian February 21st agreement should stand

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In an insighful piece in last Sunday's Observer , Dmitri Trenin drew attention to the importance, from Moscow's perspective, of the...
Thursday, 6 March 2014

Kissinger is mostly correct on Ukraine

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Who did Henry work for, goddamn it? RT @wagssid @dick_nixon Do we need to send Henry to settle the Russians? — Richard M. Nixon (@dick_...
Saturday, 1 March 2014

Boy, that escalated quickly

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Obama during his 90-minute phone all with Putin. I've been pretty busy these past few days and am just properly catching up...
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Friday, 28 February 2014

Has Russia really just invaded Crimea?

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US intel agencies insist Russia is bluffing in Ukraine, reports @elilake . http://t.co/eEag0QR2hw — davidfrum (@davidfrum) February 28, 20...
Thursday, 27 February 2014

The Ukrainian crisis becomes an international crisis

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My blog post on Sunday about Ukraine disagreed with a New York Times analysis of the driving factors behind the crisis there, particularly...