On the morning of Sunday, February 27, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sat huddled in a secure room with a group of other senior Treasury … Read the rest
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Re-Assessment
In late September, following devastating Russian setbacks in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s controversial “partial mobilization” of the Russian population, the Kremlin faced an … Read the rest
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The Situation Ukraine is facing This Winter
Since mid-October, Russia has repeatedly targeted civilian air and missile strikes against civilian targets. Over the past several weeks, infrastructure across Ukraine has been taking … Read the rest
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Putin and Stalin
Yesterday we posted an overview of the present condition titled What To Do About Putin. Today, we proceed to explain that Vladimir Putin is beholden to … Read the rest
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What to do about Putin
Earlier today, Timothy Snyder (author of “Bloodlands”) wrote; My concerns about the Russian invasion of Ukraine are the prevention of genocide and the defense of democracy. But … Read the rest
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A Way Forward For Russia
During the initial abandonment of the Warsaw Pact, Helmuth Kohl advised accomplishing as much as possible while Yeltsin was still around. As the former chancellor put … Read the rest
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Is a major war to come?
In the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government has carried out a large-scale crackdown against citizens perceived as opposing the war. Russian … Read the rest
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The Old Order is Crumbling, and a New Order is Rising
The end of Empires
In all the occupied areas of the Japanese, the three policies agreed on in November 1941 were applied with mixed results. … Read the rest
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Axis States Understood they settled the Moral Low Ground
US hesitancy in joining WWII
As we have seen in the previous part between the Pearl Harbor attack and Hitler’s declaration of war on the … Read the rest