Archive for the 'vladimir putin'

• Pussy Riot, Holy Foolishness and Monk Punk

August 19th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in blogosphere, britain, ceremonial, creativity, criminals, monasticism, music, mystery, politics, russia, sacrament, twitter, Uncategorized, vladimir putin | 10 comments

• The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

June 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, defense, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, leadership, military, military reform, national security, nuclear, obama, Perception, politics, putin, R2P, reform, rule-sets, russia, security, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, uncertainty, vladimir putin, war | Comments Off on The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

• Pipes on Russia, Barnett on Pipes

September 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, barnett, Communism, culture, economic determinism, empire, europe, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, putin, russia, siloviki, stalin, state building, state failure, strategy, theory, vladimir putin | 13 comments

• New Yorker in DC on the War’s Effect on the Near Abroad

August 16th, 2008 by zen

Posted in defense, diplomacy, europe, geopolitics, military, national security, russia, strategy, vladimir putin, war | 4 comments

August 3rd, 2007 by zen

Posted in ancient history, authors, Communism, russia, solzhenitsyn, soviet union, vladimir putin | 3 comments