The End of the Dreams of a Generation
As men decide to walk only on Earth, it seems as if the dreams of an entire generation – to walk among the stars, to go where no man has gone before – are slowly falling into the ancient pillars of history.
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China’s Ambitious Future in Space
As China Announces Bold New Plans for its Space Program, the United States Considers the Possible Militarism of the Space Race
China and Belarus: A Special Relationship
The People’s Republic keeps Europe’s last dictatorship afloat
Numbered Days: Bailing Out Europe’s Last Dictator
Once a mark of his power, Belarus’ economy, now in near free fall, may finally bring an end to Lukashenko
St. Petersburg’s Chinese Towers
The economic foundations of a new Sino-Russian "strategic partnership"
On Being a Feminist in Russia
Are Russian women subject to patriarchal cultural expectations, or simply following a set of harmless social conventions?
(Sting’s) Intro to US-Russian Relations
Socially, relations between the U.S. and Russia have come an incredibly long way over the past two decades. Political relations, however, still have a long way to go.
The Internet Age and Revolt
Social media are contributing to the decline of authoritarianism worldwide
Estonia: A Move to the Euro, and Europe?
When I visited Estonia four weeks ago, I witnessed the bittersweet, albeit largely temperate, passing of the kroon, Estonia’s national currency since 1992. As I, and indeed most of the country, rushed to dump my krooni before Jan. 1st and the euro arrived, I nevertheless held on to a two-krooni note—a relic, no doubt, of a time that once was. After [...]
A Friendly Reminder from Mister Putin
Russia isn’t even pretending to be our friend anymore. After suffering the embarrassment of having an enormous spy syndicate captured on American soil last summer, one would think that the Russian government may attempt to play it safe and appease America for a little while. I mean, having 12 spies unmasked is grounds for some serious tension, yet America seemed [...]
Ukraine’s Soul Search
Exactly eleven months ago yesterday I sat on a bus rattling its way through countryside on my way to L’viv, an artistic, cobblestone city in the western half of Ukraine. As I gazed out the window, I watched as petite houses dotted the rural landscape where old babcias tended their gardens and teenagers waited for the bus under graffitied cement overhangs. At [...]
Corruption is Hardly a Third-World Phenomenon
Recent news that BHP Billiton and Hewlett Packard are now under serious investigation for bribery should serve as a reminder that corruption at the highest level is not reserved for developing countries. Although whilte-collar crime in Wall Street has been well-known for a long time and, indeed, bankers and financiers have never had a worse reputation, we tend to reserve [...]
Georgian President Vows “No Wine For Russia” at IOP
Well, not completely. But Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, did boast yesterday that the wine produced in Georgia is simply so good (thanks to his free market reforms) that he hopes the Russians continue their embargo, because to sell it on the Russian market would be a waste – the Russians, he explained, will drink just about anything. If [...]
Lack of Diversity in Harvard Faculty
Yesterday, President Drew Faust sent out another one of her overly lengthy and strangely timed emails to the Harvard community, this one ironically entitled, “Diversity and Excellence at Harvard”. She sums up the sad history of faculty diversity at Harvard in 900 words, presenting the following dismal statistics: Approximately 17 percent of Harvard’s ladder faculty are minorities, an all-time high, [...]
