Tag russia

The ‘West’ is losing. How could it not?

I’m pretty sure that February 24th, 2022 is going to be found in the history books of the future; if those books ever get written and we don’t end up witnessing how a nuclear winter really looks like. The predictability of a Europe, and later United States-dominated world, where the ‘West’ ruled and enjoyed unprecedented […]

Another step.

Towards a thoroughly authoritarian regime, or is the extension of the Russian presidential term to six years a reflection of the democratic wish of the Russian people?

Point of No Return

I had no intention of writing anything about the conflict in South Ossetia, but it turns out it escalated much faster — and to a higher degree — than I (or anyone for that matter) expected. So much that for most of the mainstream media — and a couple of blogs I’m following — it […]

An ex-superpower in the making

Salon has an interesting, yet excessive article on how the oil crisis of the mid-to-late 2000s potentially strips the United States from its economic and military might and at the same time revives Russia as a powerful player in the world. While over-the-top in its conjecture, the article is a strong reminder of how fragile our economic and political structures are and how long-established hegemonies are dependent on oil.