TimT

Russia officially has had a policy of progression towards self-reliance in strategic industries for some while now. The trouble is that the officials in charge either stole the money or were incompet… (View Post)

Whatever it was I was expecting from Azerbaijan, it was not this. Saribash village near Qakh, in the Greater Caucus mountains (View Post)

The idea that Russia cannot lose and cannot be pushed back to the recognized international borders just because it is big ignores all histories of the beginnings of the end of empires. It is an argum… (View Post)

Yep. Saw that one, and very much agreed with both the sentiment and the underlying implication that this situation is every bit as serious as 1938. (View Post)

David Frum: If Russia should lose its war against Ukraine, not only will Ukraine secure its full post-Soviet independence - but NATO, the EU, and western democracies generally will be strengthened. S… (View Post)