Oligarchy American Style

Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means: It’s time to roll out the obfuscators!

Painful Memory

The Bolshevik execution of 359 fighters who participated in the UNR’s Second Winter Campaign immortalized the area which is now quietly dying

"Welcome in Ukraine"?

Money spent on promotional videos will be wasted if the country fails to shed its Soviet attributes

The Kireyev Syndrome

The inability to hear other people is a serious psychic malfunction and a mental disease. However, this incapacity is selective and asymmetrical: words that come down from higher-ups are given due attention.

Opportunists

Ukraine does not have any other elites except these – the corrupt, opportunistic, demagogic elites that only care about the real future of a coterie of companions rather than that of the country at large

Crisis of Vision

Even top government officials acknowledge the low quality of public administration in Ukraine. Their confessions are comically tragic

Global responsibility: Durban must deliver the roadmap to a global climate agreement

Without China and developing countries, the planet cannot fight climate change

Slow and Quick Changes

Given a realistic chance to sign and ratify an association agreement with the EU, the current political elite in Ukraine has decided to get revenge on their political opponents like in a banana republic

Occupy Wall Street (OWS): British Scenario

After OWS protests blockaded St Paul's Cathedral, Anglican church faces dilemma whether to support the state or maintain the protesters

The Three R’s

The events of November-December 2004 that ended up being called the Orange Revolution were the product of four factors that happened to coincide at the right time for the right candidate