Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
No Netflix, No Chill: In Russia, it’s Better to Purge than to Binge
It’s not easy guarding the purity of the Russian state. In addition to the existential threats posed by rainbows, LGBT parades, Ukrainian libraries, and imported cheddar, Russia faces a new enemy: Netflix. In the West, we’ve long been familiar with the clear and present danger of Netflix. Who knows how much labor productivity has...
Terrorism: Finding a Way to Make the Guilty Pay
Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it … and, sadly, the same might be said about state-sponsored terrorism. Far from making light of problem, I am looking for solutions that might actually trigger positive change, which is especially urgent for me because I currently work in Afghanistan. Just hours before...
How Erdogan Rewrote History of the Great Arab Revolt
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the self-proclaimed “Great” Arab Revolt of 1916, launched against Ottoman rule from the Arabian Desert by Sharif Hussein, emir of Mecca. Thanks to a systematic decade-long campaign orchestrated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the event will pass almost unnoticed in most Arab cities...
‘Explosive Shock’ As Britain Votes To Leave EU, Cameron Quits
Britain voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two.Global financial markets plunged on Friday as results from a referendum showed a 52-48 percent victory for the campaign to leave a bloc Britain joined more...
What’s at Stake
Anton, an engineering student, speaking to delegates in Yalta June 23, 2016 In the historic port city of Yalta, located on the Crimean Peninsula, we visited the site where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, in February of 1945, concluded negotiations ending World War II. These leaders and their top advisors were also present at the creation of the...
The German Foreign Minister Should Know Better.
I am struck by the bizarre statement by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier about his disappointment with “NATO’s provocation of Russia” because of the recent military exercise in Poland. I would totally discard it as a non-issue if it had not come from the foreign minister of the self-proclaimed leader of Europe...
Some Insight Into the Sports-Doping Epidemic in the Former Soviet Union
Image: Olympics. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com Russia’s use of state-sponsored doping to try to resurrect the glory of Soviet athletics has backfired, with its track and field athletes becoming the first entire team ever banned from the Olympics. But Russia isn’t the only country in the region to go into overdrive on performance-enhancing...
Putin Says Russia Must Strengthen To Ward Off NATO Drive
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia must boost its combat readiness in response to NATO’s “aggressive actions” near Russia’s borders, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.Addressing parliament on the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union, Putin berated the West for being unwilling to build...
A Trump Adviser Once Compared Sanctions Against Russia To Police Killing Black Men
WASHINGTON — One of Donald Trump’s main sources of information on foreign affairs is a Russophile who once compared lethal police brutality against unarmed black men to the U.S. policy of sanctioning Russia as punishment for its military incursions into Ukraine. In February 2014, Ukrainian protesters ousted president Viktor...
EU Set To Extend Sanctions Against Russia Until 2017
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union’s Brussels envoys agreed on Tuesday to extend until the end of January the energy, financial and defense sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, diplomatic sources said.The bloc’s ministers have yet to formally approve the six-month roll-over but diplomats said there was no doubt...
