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A World View: Iran, Space Monkeys and The Pixies
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Iran, Space Monkeys and The Pixies. I wanted to try something a little different with this post. Perhaps it is the result of a few years spent as a DJ, but a lot of times when I see a story in the news, a song will pop into my head, a song that is usually related to the story in some odd way. That was the case when I read this report. So the idea of this post is to talk a little about the story and then a little about the song. Though modes...
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A World View: May 2014
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Is This The Decisve Week In The Ukraine Crisis? The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate heading into what looks like a crucial week for the country. The political unrest took an ugly turn over the weekend when more than 30 protesters were killed. In a fire in Odessa after storming the city's trade union building. As with many of the recent events in Ukraine, the exact details of what occurred are murky, though this series. All sides th...
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A World View: March 2014
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. The Strange Sanity of Vladimir Putin. One side-effect of getting a Master's Degree in international affairs with a specific focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union is whenever something important happens in that part of the world, your friends all ask for your views on the event. This has been happening recently with the ongoing situation in Ukraine. But the thing is, Putin's not. Crazy In fact, he's far from it. Quite simply, Russia in...
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A World View: Why The Road To Genocide Can Be Distrubingly Short
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Friday, April 18, 2014. Why The Road To Genocide Can Be Distrubingly Short. The ongoing situation in Ukraine is, sadly, another illustration of how quickly conflicts can explode, even among people who previously had lived together as neighbors and friends. This was illustrated by a video clip shown by the BBC on Monday, April 14. It showed the aftermath of the seizure of a police station in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian militias. While there has been some occasional...
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A World View: John and Sergei in Paris: No Progress on Ukraine
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Tuesday, April 1, 2014. John and Sergei in Paris: No Progress on Ukraine. Secretary of State John Kerry made a last-minute diversion on his flight home from the Mid-East Saturday night for an emergency meeting. With his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for crisis talks on Ukraine Sunday in Paris. Judging from the after-meeting conference, he should have spared the trip. Russia remained set on their position that the annexation of Crimea was a fait accompli. Lavrov c...
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A World View: US Sources Question French Intervention Strategy In Mali
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Wednesday, January 16, 2013. US Sources Question French Intervention Strategy In Mali. Sometimes the most interesting nugget in a story comes buried all the way at the end; that is the case here with this story. About France's sudden involvement in the slow-burning civil war in Mali. Near the end of the Reuters. Piece is this comment from the infamous “anonymous source”, identified by Reuters. It reminds me of our initial move into Afghanistan.”. Our unnamed source i...
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A World View: January 2013
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Iran, Space Monkeys and The Pixies. I wanted to try something a little different with this post. Perhaps it is the result of a few years spent as a DJ, but a lot of times when I see a story in the news, a song will pop into my head, a song that is usually related to the story in some odd way. That was the case when I read this report. So the idea of this post is to talk a little about the story and then a little about the song. Though modes...
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A World View: The Strange Sanity of Vladimir Putin
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. The Strange Sanity of Vladimir Putin. One side-effect of getting a Master's Degree in international affairs with a specific focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union is whenever something important happens in that part of the world, your friends all ask for your views on the event. This has been happening recently with the ongoing situation in Ukraine. But the thing is, Putin's not. Crazy In fact, he's far from it. Quite simply, Russia in...
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A World View: What The United States Could Learn From Ghana About Elections
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Monday, December 24, 2012. What The United States Could Learn From Ghana About Elections. In case you missed it, we had a presidential election in the US last month. After a seemingly endless campaign, President Barack Obama. Defeated his challenger Mitt Romney. Perhaps that's why with piece on the BBC last week about reactions to another hard-fought presidential election, this time in the African nation of Ghana, stuck with me. That's where the BBC piece. Another vo...
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A World View: August 2012
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Getting past the conventional wisdom. Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Possible Appeal In The Pussy Riot Verdict? A quick follow up on three women who are likely the world's most famous political prisoners: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich; members of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot, who were recently sentenced to two years in prison for their “punk prayer” performance in Moscow's Christ the Savior cathedral last February. Of course, another comment made by Lukin is an i...