America vs. Russia: Bringing a Knife to a Foreign Policy Gunfight
In some ways the United States has played a very strange self-injurious game since 1991 when it comes to Russia. On the one hand,...
Putin-Mongering
If you spend some time listening to reputable news shows all across the West you will start to notice several recurring ‘interpretations’ that explain...
Unbiased Media / Biased Agendas: How to Make a Russian Demon
A little over one year ago the world was given a foundational lesson in how an impartial press can unknowingly construct a partial opinion....
Is one Putin things in order?
Russia is not widely known for its outstanding abilities in soft power. That could be explained, albeit not justified, for the strong concision characteristic...
Football, money and politics
Several days before the FIFA’s presidential elections, one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the organization has burst out. ...
From Russia with love
In today’s world Russia is a far cry away from its post-imperial ways. The fall of the Soviet Union represented chaos and social disappointment,...
Ideology of the Winner
The celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in Russia were in top headlines last week. Grand events, commemoration ceremonies,...
V is for victory, not vendetta
This year`s two major celebrations of the WW2 victories, the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and the capitulation of Nazi Germany, rested in...
The Elders and Russia’s role in international affairs
Six members of the Elders Group, led by Kofi Annan, took a three-day trip to Moscow to hold a series of private meetings with...
America’s Lost Generation: Russian ‘Expertise’ within Generation X
2015 is starting to look and sound and feel an awful lot like 1965. If you find yourself sitting at home wondering how 50...