Imagination meltdown

Jun 21 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

The folly and indifference of empire.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in International Relations, Syria
Tagged Al Muthanna, Chemical weapons, Weapons of mass destruction, WMD

Let lie the sleeping dogs-of-war

Jun 12 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

New Russia

New Russia — Old Khanate: Catherine the Great’s imperial legacy.

It’s a dangerous thing when old empires try to correct the follies of the past.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in EU, International Relations, Russia, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Crimea, Krushchev, New Russia, Novorossiya, Stalin, Tatar Khanate

The great Ukraine blunder

May 27 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Dementing Europe a dangerous friend.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in EU, International Relations, Russia, Ukraine
Tagged Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Catherine Ashton, Greg Sheridan, Oleh Tyahnybok, Radoslaw Sikorski, Treaty of Pereyaslav, Vitali Klitschko, Yulia Timoshenko

Bear to Jakarta, Kangaroo to Kyiv

Dec 6 2013 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Riot police and protesters — Kyiv

Australia’s Jakarta-focused diplomacy should lead us to Kyiv.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Australia, Indonesia, International Relations, Russia, Ukraine

When bears fall out

Dec 2 2013 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Russia wants Ukraine back. West Ukrainians say Ni.

The Bear Hug | by James Taub | Foreign Policy | November 29, 2013

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Posted in International Relations, Must Reads, Russia, Ukraine