The end result of the official silence in the USA about Russia’s message of defiance and its military wherewithal in place in Syria to defend what it construes as its national interest is that as a nation we are flying blind.
Lev Tolstoy, ‘Anna Karenina’ and the group think of Western media heading us into WWIII
All the frogs croak before a storm. One can hear nothing for them.
Travel Notes of a Talking Head: the first Trump-Clinton debate as seen from Moscow
The premise of the show’s producers was that the debates would hold great interest for a good many Russians, because their country has figured large in the US pre-election campaigns of both parties. Read on…
Making sense of the Russian parliamentary elections of 18 September 2016: a first attempt
Only after the voting results came in did Western media perk up and publish reports about Russia’s Duma elections. What have they said and what have they left out or failed to explain? Read on…
Populists in power: Russia and the USA
Populism is the up and coming thing in US electoral politics and….in Russian electoral politics. What does this mean for bilateral relations?
The “Establishment” in perspective: notes for a 50th anniversary reunion at Harvard
My feelings about my alma mater are bitter sweet. It was not and is not an unqualified force for good in our country. But then again no human institution ever is.
War or Peace: the essential question before American voters on November 8th
For reasons of Hillary’s past record of ill-considered adventurism abroad and for reasons of the mad advisers from the Neocon camp whom she has in her inner circle today, it could be a fatal mistake to vote Hillary Clinton on November 8th
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Brexit, the Chilcot Report and why we must prosecute our own war criminals
If we as a nation are to learn anything from the human tragedy we have sponsored in the Middle East over the past thirteen years, up to the ongoing civil war in Syria which our proxies among Gulf States enflame, then we must prosecute the war criminals In high office, whatever their party affiliation.
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A film review: Andrei Nekrasov, ‘The Magnitsky Act. Behind the Scenes’
At the end of the twists and turns in this expose, the viewer is ready to see Browder sink through the floor on a direct transfer to hell like Don Giovanni in the closing scene of Mozart’s opera
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Russia as the existential threat: General Philip Breedlove campaigns for office in the Hillary Clinton administration
By lending its valuable ‘real estate’ to the campaign for office of one of the most outspoken Cold Warriors within the military, General Breedlove, the editorial board of Foreign Affairs magazine has shown yet again that it is incapable of guarding its neutrality or balance, incapable of hedging its bets against a Trump victory in November.
Gilbert Doctorow 