Rumors Of The Next Cold War
No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.
No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.
Murray Fromson | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics
While Washington always seems to know how to deal with Moscow in blunt, threatening language, it best beware that the times are a-changing. Nationalism and pride are on the march in Russia.
Murray Fromson | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
While the conflict has aroused the predictable hostility and posturing of the U.S. government, policy wonks and the media, cooler heads will have to prevail before the situation disintegrates altogether.
Sandra Fu | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
Why are most of our journalists less like Edward R. Murrow and more like show ponies? What they really need to do is consider the journalists in other parts of the world where more than a salary is at stake -- they pay with their lives.
New York Times | MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business
The vodka ads tiling the walls of the Moscow metro station's lengthy escalators abound with hypermasculine imagery. One poster for the Olymp brand in ...
Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics
Dmitri Medvedev pledges to Russian voters that he is the best candidate who can guarantee that things in Moscow will not change. Vote for him and nothing abrupt will happen.
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Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home