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Russia v. US on Religion

Thu, 04/09/2009 - 7:07am | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

As the United States moves towards a “post-Christian American”, Russia seems to be experiencing a religious renaissance. Jon Meacham reports:

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In Defense of Brandy

Sun, 04/05/2009 - 7:19am | posted by Matt Chancey

President Obama showcased his ignorance of world political history at the G-20 summit in London recently when he made a crack at his political predecessors’ penchant for back-room brandy sessions:

Well, if there’s just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy, that’s an easier negotiation. But that’s not the world we live in, and it shouldn’t be the world that we live in.

I realize that every generation likes to think of itself as unique and facing problems their ancestors did not. It’s the easiest way to excuse failure. No one will blame a world leader for poorly handling a challenge that the world has never seen.

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The Russian Redux Hinges on NATO Expansion

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:45am | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

The Russian government’s current bid for military hegemony in Asia and Europe has many hearts a-fluttering. In fact, the reporting on Russia seems more dramatic lately, and it is unclear whether this is a result of heightened threat perception in the US and Europe or increased aggressive posturing from Moscow.

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The U.S. and Russia Compete Again

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 8:18am | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

Apparently, there’s not much difference between the way in which a democratic republic (the United States) and an oligarchy (Russia) handle “economic crisis”. According to an article in The Moscow Times:

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev accused the government on Friday of bailing out billionaires at taxpayers’ expense in a letter co-signed by four businessmen and economists.

Gorbachev has until now been supportive of the Kremlin, and by speaking out he has joined a small but growing chorus of influential Russians who say the government’s tight control of the economy and politics is making the slowdown worse.

“The Russian authorities have turned their back on structural reform and instead satisfied themselves with inventing a mythical model of an ‘energy superpower,’” said an open letter whose signatories included Gorbachev.

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Possibly the Most Bizarre Political Ad This Season

Tue, 10/21/2008 - 1:09am | posted by Shana Kluck
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Definitely creative, but also… well, a bit creepy, to be honest.

The latest attack ad on McCain by MoveOn.org features a talking moose waxing eloquent on Sarah Palin’s lack of national secuity experience.

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A Conservative’s Case For Obama’s Decision To Abandon The Missile Defense Shield

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 5:41pm | posted by Doug Mataconis

Tom Nichols at National Review Online makes a case in favor of President Obama’s decision to forgo development of the Polish/Czech missile defense system:

Despite the outcry that President Obama has sold out the Europeans and caved to the Russians by cancelling missile defenses in Europe, it was the right thing to do. Those defenses were not going to work (or work well enough or soon enough to matter in any major crisis with Iran), and the diplomatic price we were paying for them was far out of proportion to any small gains we might have made by annoying the Russians or reassuring the Czechs and the Poles. (The stated reason for the cancellation — that we’re more worried about medium-range missile threats — is technically accurate, but only for the moment, and sounds more like a rationalization than a reason.)

I’m sure the neocons will call Nichols an appeaser too, but he’s right.

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Obama’s Economic Polices Endorsed By Russian Communist Party

Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:54am | posted by Doug Mataconis

Gennady Zyuganov, the head of the Russian Communist Party, gives a thumbs up to Obama-nomics.

“I said that I had thoroughly studied the U.S. president’s anti-crisis program, that I liked it, as well as that it is socially oriented and primarily aimed at supporting poor people and enhancing the state’s role. I said all this to President Obama,” he said.

Sort of makes you think, huh ?

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Because Motherhood Isn’t Enough of a Reward, You Deserve a Medal. And Money

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 10:43pm | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

Hitler certainly used Christianity as a tool for accomplishing his policy objectives. During the Nazi regime, for example, a Christian cross was given to German mothers as a symbolic gesture honoring their decision to “do the Lord’s will” and have babies. Christian imagery and symbolism proved effective propaganda tactics for Hitler, especially with respect to policies for the growth of a “strong German Nazi Volk”. Hitler seeded his Volk-expansion plans with programs which encouraged the virtues of German motherhood, including the sacred duty of motherhood and the abolition of abortions (except for the mentally ill). 91

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The Rise of State Capitalism

Wed, 04/29/2009 - 12:45pm | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

The latest issue of Foreign Affairs has a great piece by Ian Bremmer which describes “state capitalism” and explains why that is the best term for the particular government expansions currently taking place. Unfortunately, the article is only available to susscribers, but you can listen to an audio of the article here. Bremmer, who is President of Eurasia Group, does not make modest claims about the economic developments of the past few years. He notes that in developing countries, “the state’s heavy hand in the economy is signalling a strategic rejection of the free market doctrine”:

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Obama Should Recall the Baruch Plan’s Fate as He Begins Nuclear Negotiations

Sun, 04/12/2009 - 12:36pm | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

As Obama continues his negotiations on nuclear weapons with the Russian government, he would do well to remember the mistakes made by American policy-makers who wished to drastically reduce the threat of nuclear weapons in the past. After World War II and the Truman administration’s use of atomic bombs in Japan, many Americans, awed by the power of the bomb to change the nature of war, pressed for policies that would reduce the risk of nuclear war.

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