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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Putin will lose the standoff with the West anyway
Sanctions, or no sanctions, Mr. Putin will ultimately lose the Crimea standoff with the West anyway. After all, young Russians will ultimately prefer to live a Starbucks-lifestyle of self-determined cool and chic and not have their aspirations quelled by a strongman leadership of yesteryear. Continue reading
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Tagged Free Society, Political Leadership
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Russia’s self-healing opportunity in Ukraine
The Revolution in Ukraine is providing Russia with a wonderful opportunity to honestly address its own identity crisis and thereby overcome the defiant inferiority complex that is characterizing its political and military aspirations at this time Continue reading
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Tagged Free Society, Political Leadership, Realpolitik
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Current Leaders in the West do not have the stature to deal with the likes of Putin
It is also due to a timid Western reaction to Russia’s initial military maneuvers on the Ukrainian border that Putin felt encouraged to send troops to the Crimea. Continue reading
