“Imperialist Putin “Steals” Ukraine”… If only all those hysterical newspaper articles were true! In reality, the only thing he stole was Ukraine’s credit card debt. He’s no idiot, of course, and is in no rush to pay it off. The drama certainly hasn’t ended. But a geopolitical pivot on the model of Khmelnitsky’s 1654 decision this […]
Ukraine’s Turn to the East: A Geopolitical Accident
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on November 24, 2013 .52 Comments
What is Ukraine’s Game Plan?
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on September 27, 2013 .106 Comments
Even a few months ago, it looked as if Ukraine had taken a significant step towards Eurasian integration by signing up as an observer to the Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. However, in the past month, evidence is emerging that it was but a temporary ploy to appease Russia while in reality speeding […]
Map of Natural Population Growth in the Former USSR in 2012
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on August 9, 2013 .12 Comments
H/t AP for this beauty. It is for 2012. [Click to enlarge]. It speaks for itself so comprehensively that I’m not sure it’s worth commenting further on my part here. Let’s leave that to the comments section.
Eurasian Integration Is A Liberal Project Opposed By Neocon Bolsheviks
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile, US-Russia.org Expert Discussion Panel on July 10, 2013 .8 Comments
My latest for VoR/US-Russia Experts panel. Hope you like the title. 🙂 The political fragmentation of the Soviet Union was one of the major contributing factors to the “hyper-depression” that afflicted not only Russia but all the other constituent republics in the 1990’s. The Soviet economy had been an integrated whole; an aircraft might have its engines […]
The People’s Choice, or how Ukrainians are Learning to Stop Worrying and Love Eurasia
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on May 17, 2010 .27 Comments
I enjoyed the egg-throwing scenes from Ukraine’s Rada on the ratification of the gas-for-fleet deal with Russia as much as anyone. It also reflected the polarized commentary on the interwebs. The Ukrainian patriot-bloggers get their knickers in a sweaty twist. The academic beigeocrat Alexander Motyl (he of “Why Russia is Really Weak” fame some four years back) […]
