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Putin's Cold War

2007-12-31 03:11:00 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...simplistic clichés. The most common of them postulates that when the post-Soviet, proto-democratic, anti-communist, revolutionary Russia of the 1990s was poor, it was also meek and peaceable...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism Part 1 - Defining Democracy in Russia

2008-07-11 01:09:35 by Editor in Russia Blog
 
...simplistic to say that if you have equality in voting, then you meet the criterion for a democratic state. This is an inadequate definition because democracy is something that affects all...
 
 
 
 
 
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Discussing the Dark Double

2008-03-17 15:00:08 by Sean in Sean's Russia Blog
 
...simplistic way to judge developments in Russian by American standards which may not be appropriate Do you see a difference between whether a Democrat or Republican becomes the next U.S....
 
 
 
 
 
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Viewing Russias Future in Latin Americas Recent Past

2008-03-26 17:35:47 by Robert Amsterdam in Robert Amsterdam
 
...simplistic to Russia and her brave people to accept just one historical narrative of the conditions accounting for the emergence of authoritarian capitalism, but any discussion using outside...
 
 
 
 
 
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Pundit Ping Pong on Russia

2008-10-28 19:37:36 by James in Robert Amsterdam
 
...simplistic. Really? Few dispute that Russia has engaged in a covert war against Georgia since 2004, when Saakashvili came to power after the "Rose Revolution." One of Russia's tactics in this...
 
 
 
 
 
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RUSSIA : Rankings Versus Reality

2008-01-21 15:16:00 by Naxal Watch in IntelliBriefs
 
...simplistic attitudes naturally lead to a host of logical absurdities and ideological contradictions, with the only consistency being that Russia's position must always be wrong For example,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Russia: 2008 Index of Economic Freedom

2008-01-22 11:41:00 by HASH0x8bea2e4 in Windows to Russia!
 
...simplistic attitudes naturally lead to a host of logical absurdities and ideological contradictions, with the only consistency being that Russia's position must always be wrong For example,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Moving Lenin, and Moving On

2008-06-04 15:13:38 by James in Robert Amsterdam
 
...simplistic and revisionist statement, former dissident and Russian journalist Aleksandr Podrabinek recently told RFE/RL : " The main feature of Russia today is a narrowing field of liberty in...
 
 
 
 
 
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Obama and the Ghosts of Reaganism

2008-06-21 17:49:33 by Robert Amsterdam in Robert Amsterdam
 
...simplistic Obama-Reagan parallel , and acknowledge the complexities that the "we should talk" solution to global problems is bound to be exploited by many insincere leaders (just look at how the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Benefiting from Instability

2008-06-23 17:43:03 by Robert Amsterdam in Robert Amsterdam
 
...simplistic or cut and dry ... but until we cut down on the doublespeak from Russia's state-owned energy companies and get some transparency in terms of where foreign policy ends and business...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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