wow such a nice video about one decisive fragment of armenian history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d4FHivSplU #armenia #history #persia #empire #politics #freedom
True: we made mistakes. We tried too hard to pander to Russia in the Yeltsin era, ignoring the growth of corruption, authoritarianism and revanchism. We overlooked Russians’ resentment as their country drifted from the European mainstream and our vulnerability to the steps they could take in response. We neglected Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and the countries of the Caucasus. The Blair government was bewitched by the Putin regime’s offer of cooperation against Islamist terrorism in 2001. We have been frequently dazzled by the spurious commercial prospects offered by Russia – in particular BP’s decision to form an alliance with Rosneft, the main Russian oil company, was a shameful example of greed and short-sightedness.
very good paper by Edward Lucas
#edward-lucas #russia #putin #oil #gas #caucasus #blair #ukraine #moldova #belarus #rosneft #russian #bp #vulnerability #authoritarianism #corruption #revanchism #europe #politics #world #war #peace #regime #challenge #soviet #ussr #empire #imperialism #freedom
Russia is a revisionist power
Russia wants to rewrite the rules in three ways. First, it does not believe that its neighbours should make their own decisions about their geopolitical future. Russia’s security, in short, depends on these countries’ insecurity. Russia particularly begrudges the former captive nations of the Soviet empire their freedom, their prosperity, and their independence. These pose an existential challenge to the stagnant and autocratic model of government pioneered by the Putin regime.
very good paper by Edward Lucas
#edward-lucas #russia #putin #europe #politics #world #war #peace #regime #challenge #soviet #ussr #empire #imperialism #freedom
Imperial Mindsets Survive Empires
What is the responsibility of historians and social scientists in the resurgence of imperial solutions to evaluate the present based on the past through critical lenses? Could things have been different in Russia and Turkey had historians and other social scientists been more critical assessors of imperial history, especially when educating the new generations in schools?
Gerard Libaridian on South Caucasus After USSR Collapsed
#history #imperial #empire #empires #mindset #responsibility #science #past #russia #turkey #iran #south-caucasus #armenia #georgia #azerbaijan #freedom #independence
#mariadb #screenshot #emperor #dark-side #empire #republic
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Փրչրթան✱ Թանաքեան ; norayr@spyurk.am} Երկ 28 Ապր 2014 12:18:36 AMT
#էկրանահան #մարիադբ #կայսր #ուժ #403 #կայսրութիւն #հանրապետութիւն
story about #prokhanov ’s #interview http://norayr.arnet.am/log/?p=48
#eurasian-union #imperialism #cynicism #ussr #russia #armenia #russian-empire #empire
back to #ussr
Written with traditions of #soviet #propaganda - pretty stupid book about #Putin s project to recreate the Russian #Empire. This book is distributed in Russian airplanes. via @{imandes the philosopher ; imandes@spyurk.am} and Kornelij: http://kornelij.livejournal.com/1245962.html #СССР
