Ukraine: Game not Over
Ukraine's parliamentary elections of 28 October were all set to be yet another instrument for perpetuating president Viktor Yanukovych's stay in power. The jailing of political opponents, selective justice…
October 28 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine: Three Dispatches
A FAREWELL TO UNCERTAINTY? (October 26, 2012)—The forthcoming October 28 parliamentary elections in Ukraine gave the EU a perfect chance to drastically change its previous policy toward the country,…
Russian Air Force Procurement Plans
Not long ago, the Russian Air Force was in really bad shape. Almost all of its planes were 20-25 years old, outdated, and in poor condition. It’s therefore not…
Economic Solutions for Frozen Conflicts?
The speech to Germany's foreign policy community at Berlin's DGAP by Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov contained overt and hidden messages. His arguments delivered to the German audience revolved…
Belarus Post-Election Report: Same as It Ever Was
(Report) Continuing our series of election reports in conjunction with Electoral Studies, the following post-election report on last month’s Belarusian parliamentary election is presented by Dr. Matthew Frear of…
Pride and Victims
Commemoration of the past is always political, but why? Is it because we lack due knowledge of history, or because our knowledge is distorted by relations of power? These…
РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЙ КОНТЕКСТ ВЫБОРОВ В ГРУЗИИ: ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ
Результаты парламентских выборов в Грузии для всех оказались неожиданными. Практически никто, кроме, естественно, самих апологетов победившей «Грузинской мечты» Бидзины Иванишвили, не ожидал столь безоговорочной победы оппозиции. Впрочем, главной ошибкой большинства…
Региональный контекст выборов в грузии: предварительный анализ
Результаты парламентских выборов в Грузии для всех оказались неожиданными. Практически никто, кроме, естественно, самих апологетов победившей «Грузинской мечты» Бидзины Иванишвили, не ожидал столь безоговорочной победы оппозиции. Впрочем, главной ошибкой большинства…
The Russian State, Cognitive Dissonance, and Toys
When Jean Baudrillard wrote his book The System of Objects a few decades ago he couldn’t have imagined that his ideas would apply in today’s Russia, where items, particularly…
Молдова заборонила комуністичні символи. Чи треба наслідувати?
Гості “Вашої Свободи”: Олексій Гарань, доктор історичних наук, професор кафедри політології НаУКМА; Оазу Нантой, директор програм Інституту публічної політики (телефоном з Молдови). Молдова 1 жовтня запровадила закон “Про заборону на…
Why Saakashvili Lost
Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia’s president conceded the defeat of his party at the parliamentary elections. His rival Bidzina Ivanishvili, a money-splashing oligarch who made his billions in Russia and and…
Soviet Nuclear Tests in 1953
The website AtomHistory.ru published a very interesting document from the early days of the Soviet nuclear weapons program. It's the first page of the Decision of the Council of…