More Needs to be Done to Free Navalny
The limits of sanctions in free Russia's best known political prisoner.
Putin Rival Navalny Survived Assassination Attempt; Now on Way to Russian Penal Colony
Vladimir Putin tried to kill Alexei Navalny. Now, he's sending him to jail
Chinese and Russian Opera and the Curious Ex-Reporter
Two operas, one in Hong Kong, the other in Moscow, seemed to speak on current themes. I had the good luck this year of seeing two operas I hadn’t seen before (hit exit button if you don’t like opera). [...]
In Putin’s Russia, The Slow and Sure Death of The Press
A translation of an article called The Kingdom of Broken Mirrors, from New Times, a journal which is published in Moscow. It details the destruction of free media in Russia. By Denis Vardanyan 03/13/2018 [...]
Fidel Castro, Conventional Dictator
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Syria: Worse Than You Thought
London–A new report from an independent Syria NGO says that previous statistics from the United States on deaths in Syria’s civil war are vastly understated. Plus, the country is practically [...]
Iran Calls the Shots in Syria Because It Cares More
London–The West’s focus on the US-Russian competition in Syria misses one major factor: Iran is the country with the most significant interests and the most resources poured into Syria. Iran [...]
Cold War Update: NATO Trip Wires in East Europe
London—Elements of the new Cold War in Europe are taking shape through little NATO military maneuvers designed to warn Russia not to make any false moves. The latest is the stationing of British [...]
Russia in Syria: Out of Area or Out of Business?
Rome–In the early 1990s, US strategic military planners worried that, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO would find it hard to make itself useful and just wither away. The solution to the [...]
Russia, Iran, Hezbollah: The Anti-Hegemony Bedfellows
Rome–Besides Russia’s dispatch of troops to Syria to help keep Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad in power, the interesting thing about Vladimir Putin’s move is his new alliance [...]
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