I've read some odd opinions on here over the years, but the idea that the Cold War was over before the 1980s may take the biscuit. (View Post)

From what I've read on the subject I think you could argue that if anything the West got too involved in transforming Russia. The abrupt switch to a market economy caused a lot of trouble and da… (View Post)

I don't think we should undervalue the whole avoiding WW III and Civil War, it was by no means certain that the dissolution of the USSR would be relatively peaceful, obviously not absolutely pea… (View Post)

Very sad news about Gorbachev, a genuinely good man, who did his best to end the Cold War peacefully and with dignity for the USSR. He couldn't stop the collapse of the USSR and is reviled by ma… (View Post)

Sunak's plan is a piss in the ocean compared to what might be needed, but at least he's pissing in the right place. (View Post)