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Pirates of Somalia

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Ethiopia, Obama Indonesia, Terrorism, Horn of Africa, Somali Pirates, Russia Georgia War, Ukraine, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Chinese Government, North America, Somalia, Darfur Sudan, Soviet Union, Politics News
Eric Margolis

They are 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and cute little Johnny Depps they are not. This year alone, brazen Somali pirates have attacked 95 vessels. The corsairs still hold 16 ships and up to 300 sailors.

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A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Anna Kirey | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Hate Crimes, Rape, Survivor, Women's Issues, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Lesbian, Sexual Orientation, Transgendered, Men, Traditional Society, Transgender Issues, Global Feminism, Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch, Bisexual, Sexual Harassment, Man, Osce, Muslim, Labrys, Manhood, Harrassment, Domestic Violence, Soviet Union, Living News
Anna Kirey

The government does not even recognize officially that lesbian or bisexual women and transgender people exist. There is no place for us in a conservative, patriarchal value system.

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Rethinking Afghanistan

Stanley Kutler | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Domino Effect, John McCain, Gordon Johndroe, War on Terror, H.Con.Res 362, Terrorist Insurgency, Taliban, War on Terrorism, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Middle East, Niall Ferguson, Mark Carleton-Smith, Vietnam, Taliban Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? Mercifully, he plans to scale down and end the Iraq misadventure, yet he insists he will expand the effort in Afghanistan.

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Party Like It's 1929!

Matthew Stein | Posted 11.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Economy, Domestic Drilling, Hope for the Best Prepare for the Worst, Local Utlity Shutdown, Foriegn Oil, Imported Goods, Stock Market Crash, Home-Grown Vegetables, Economic Crisis, Locally-Grown Goods, Environment, Financial Crisis, 1929 Crash, 1929, Great Depression, Soviet Union, Green News
Matthew Stein

In the event of a complete financial collapse, how will you fare if the local utility shuts down? Can you grow your own food or fabricate the basic clothing and shelter you need for your family?

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Bin Laden Used a Similar Strategy to Decimate American Capitalism as Reagan Used to Hasten End of Soviet Communism

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fall of Soviet Empire, Government Bailout, War on Terror, Barack Obama Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Global War on Terror, Bailout Plan, Iraq War Funding, Bailout Bill, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, US Economy, Bush Economy, Iraq War, Financial Meltdown, John McCain Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Soviet Union, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Both men used the same strategy: scare them into an arms race which they couldn't afford and which would undermine the very fabric of their economic, social and political system.

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John McCain is Sparta, Barack Obama is Athens

Richard Walden | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, John McCain, Germany, Palin, Russia, Mccain, Obama, Soviet Union, Athens, Sparta, Politics News
Richard Walden

I found in the McCain-Palin speeches the clarion call for a modern day Sparta in their appeal to blind patriotism and triumphalism, and their manipulation of the least educated, most terrified among us.

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, Balance of World Power, Hitler, Czarist Empire, Germany, Washington Post, Natural Gas, Saakashvili, Turkey, Communist Revolution, Czarist Russia, Russia Georgia War, Medvedev, Machiavelli, Tajikistan, Fall of the Soviet Empire, India, Trans-Caucasus Pipeline, The Washington Post, Russian Empire, Free Markets, Nazi Germany, Caspian Sea, World History, Oil Pipeline, Market Reforms, Napoleon, Azeri Chirag Gunashli Oil Fields, Putin, Iran, Kgb, Nato, 1917, Financial TImes, Balance of Power, Ukraine, Missile Defense Shield, Russia, Collapse of the Soviet Empire, Caucasus Mountains, World Power, Kazakhstan, Mikhail Saakashvili, Yeltsin, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Afghanistan, Mediterranean Sea, South Ossetia, Kremlin, Uzbekistan, Mt. Elbrus, Black Sea, France, Czar, Moscow, Georgia, Oil, Soviet Empire, New York Times, Realpolitik, Alexander Yeltsin, China. 1917 Communist Revolution, Cease-Fire, Baku, Shevardnadze, Turkmenistan, Ceyhan, Kygyzstan, Azerbaijan, Sudetenland, Tbilisi, Machiavellian, Balkan, Home News
Judah Freed

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.

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I Want Condi

Chris Kelly | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Condoleezza Rice, Condaleezza Rice Russia, Condi Rice Vice President, Soviet Union, Condaleezza Rice Soviet Union, Condi, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Rice's field of expertise is the Soviet Union. Ask anyone at the Hoover Institute. She's written books on the Soviets, a dissertation even! She speaks Russian. She has impeccable credentials -- for a top slot in the Ford administration.

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Musings From Moscow

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Beijing, Olympics, Georgia, Moscow, South Ossetia, CBS News, China, Soviet Union, Politics News
Murray Fromson

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.

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The Decision to Boycott: Lessons from 1980

Walter Mondale | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1980 Olympics, Olympics, Moscow Olympics, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Olympics Boycott, Soviet Union, Politics News
Walter Mondale

The athletes of the 1980 United States Summer Olympic team unwillingly, became the warriors in our country's defense of freedom. These men and women were the ones who were affected the most.

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McCain's Cigarette Gaffe: A Cold Blood Commander-In-Chief?

Omid Memarian | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, The U.S., Foriegn Policy, John McCain, Guantanamo, Al-Qaeda, Gaffe, Soviet Union, Mccain. Cigarette, Anti-Americanism, Iran, M.E.K, Gross Joke, Saddam Hussein, Symore Hersh, Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Omid Memarian

Unlike most of veterans who respect human lives due to their profound and extraordinary experiences at wars, McCain's joking about people's lives is a disastrous trait for a president.

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In Praise of My Father

Krisztina Holly | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Hungary, Father's Day, Soviet Union, Ussr, Business News
Krisztina Holly

Whenever I ponder an opportunity in the face of convention and skepticism, I will remember to look to my father's fearless optimism for inspiration.

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The Man Who Saved The World By Doing Nothing

Gimundo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Cold War, The Giving Life, Nuclear Weapons, Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Union, Living News

In 1983, Petrov held a very important station: As lieutenant colonel, he was in charge of monitoring the Soviet Union's satellites over the United Sta...

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Putin's Global Ambitions Hinge On Oil From Former Siberian Gulag

Portfolio | James Verini | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Russia, Vladmir Putin, Russian Oil, Soviet Union, Sakhalin Island, Putin, Business News

Even in August, a visitor to Sakhalin Island, off the eastern shores of Russia, can detect a chill in the air. The pine and birch forests are still a ...

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