Goodbye, Boris Yeltsin
He left a very mixed legacy, notably the disastrous war in Chechnya, but no one had ever tried to undo 70 years of insanity before. As the old joke in…
Foreign Affairs
Nashi (“Our People”)
A video documentary on Russia’s new chauvinist/nationalist/authoritarian/statist state-sponsored youth movement. (It’s in French.) Hat tip to Nathalie.
Nashi (“Our People”)
A video documentary on Russia’s new chauvinist/nationalist/authoritarian/statist state-sponsored youth movement. (It’s in French.) Hat tip to Nathalie.
Islamist Violence
I’ll be in Rabat and Casablanca over the next few days and I’m happy to say that Moroccans are overwhelmingly appalled at the violence of the Islamist extremists here. In…
Another Move in the Chess Game
Garry Kasparov arrested.
Civil Rights Leadership
I’ll be speaking in Morocco at the Civil Rights Leadership Seminar at Al-Akhawayn University this week. I’m in Paris today, which means spending the whole day and evening doing work…
Some Common Sense about the Iranian Taking of British Service Personnel
….from Geoffrey Wheatcroft, “How Blair Botched the Iran Hostage Crisis — Hint: Take a look at Iraq.”
Kareem’s Case in Spanish, Russia’s Violent State in Russian
My essay on “Getting Kareem Freed” is now available in Spanish: “Liberando a Kareem.” My colleague Andrei Illarionov’s essay “Ð¡Ð¸Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ð´ÐµÐ»Ñ? гоÑÑ?даÑ?ÑÑ?ва: пÑ?едваÑ?иÑ?елÑ?нÑ?е иÑ?оги” (“The New Model Russian State Is…
Kareem’s Case in Spanish, Russia’s Violent State in Russian
My essay on “Getting Kareem Freed” is now available in Spanish: “Liberando a Kareem.” My colleague Andrei Illarionov’s essay “Ð¡Ð¸Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ð´ÐµÐ»Ñ? гоÑÑ?даÑ?ÑÑ?ва: пÑ?едваÑ?иÑ?елÑ?нÑ?е иÑ?оги” (“The New Model Russian State Is…
Paper on Globalization, Culture, and Enterprise
I’m presenting a paper on globalization, culture, and enterprise today at a conference on “What Should Be a Culture of Enterprise in an Age of Globalization?” that’s being held at…