A Russian Observant Windows…
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s leader, Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari and Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a pow wow today and a lot came out of it. What a way to end the week for Iran after they have been assaulted left and right by Israel, France, Britain and America… After seeing the trash talk by
When I was little we use to break out the real silverware when holiday guests came over. That was when you knew that good food was going to be served. These moments of real silverware came at Thanksgiving and Christmas usually and no other time. I remember my mother and father saving money for a
On November 19 and 20, NATO leaders meet in Lisbon for what is billed as a summit on “NATO’s Strategic Concept”. Among topics of discussion will be an array of scary “threats”, from cyberwar to climate change, as well as nice protective things like nuclear weapons and a high tech Maginot Line boondoggle supposed to
The rapid economic growth enables the overwhelming majority of Russians, the large well-educated culturally advanced population, alias middle class, to fulfill its potential. Not only fundamentally but even in accordance with the economic figures the life conditions of these people more and more resemble those of the Western Europeans. The Aleksanteri Institute is the center