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Tag Archives: State
When They Came for Kenny…
Photos of Russian kids mounting a street protest against the banning of South Park by the state. This is no small or meaningless act. As daily experience, one of the worst aspects of living under a repressive fascist regime is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs
Tagged boredom, entertainment, fascism, Kenny, liberalism, Media, opera, photos, pics, propaganda, Putinism, radio, repression, Russia, South Park, State, teenager, television, tv, youth
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It’s Not Just Baghdad
Our embassies used to be beacons of hope and freedom. Ever since 9/11, or perhaps even the 1998 bombings, however, they’ve turned into fortresses—something more at home in Baghdad than Berlin. Now we can say that is quite literally the … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs
Tagged Berlin, embassy, germanny, State
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Restructure State to Save It
Cross-posted from Registan.net, your one-stop shop for news and analysis of going on in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Thirteen months ago, I noted the problems caused by the U.S. State Department having dramatically different divisions than the military COCOMs. … Continue reading
Posted in Developmental economics, Foreign affairs
Tagged Domestic Politics, government, policy, State, US
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