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ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, whatever
Oct 3 2014
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Gary Scarrabelotti
Random thoughts about a monster that won’t go quietly away
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By Gary Scarrabelotti
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Tony Abbott
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After Ukraine
Sep 25 2014
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Gary Scarrabelotti
After Ukraine, upon which East European nation will the West next turn its back?
By Gary Scarrabelotti
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Poland
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Ukraine
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NATO
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Russian army
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Russian demography
A parable for our times
Sep 17 2014
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Gary Scarrabelotti
Niki de Goodaboom, “Street Scene: Morocco”.
“ … all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear and not understand.”
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Mark 4, 11 – 12
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By Gary Scarrabelotti
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Islam
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Russia’s Ukraine gambit backfires
Jul 24 2014
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Gary Scarrabelotti
But the bear will be back.
By Gary Scarrabelotti
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Tony Abbott
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Vladimir Putin
Superpower befuddlement
Jul 8 2014
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Gary Scarrabelotti
Régime change and popular elections in the Islamic world give rise only to new cycles of repression, not to new democracies.
By Gary Scarrabelotti
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USA
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Democratisation
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