volokh.com - 2/13/2009
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The Politics of the Economic Crisis in Russia: The financial crisis and especially the recent decline in oil prices have hit the Russian economy hard, and have shaken previously strong popular support for Vladimir Putin's regime. In late January, there were widespread anti-government ...
The Volokh Conspiracy
volokh.com 6/7/2009 — Thirty Years in America: In addition to being the 65th anniversary of D-Day, today is the 30th anniversary of my arrival in the United States from Russia, at the age of five. Nothing else that has ever happened in my life had a greater positive impact ...
Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharge'
swamppolitics.com 3/16/2009 — by Mark Silva
What's a little humor between Doomsday players?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her.
Clinton, presenting ...
The North Worth Saving
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 2/17/2009 — “We need a paradigm shift in the West that would pave the way for a genuine Northern Alliance of Russia, Europe, and North America, as all three face similar existential threats in the decades ahead. In an uncertain and ever more brutal world, the ...
Russia's In A Hurry - Here's Why
redstate.com 11/9/2008 — A Journey Into The Mind Of Vladimir Putin....
On Tuesday night, as we all discussed the consequences of what
had just happened, your humble correspondent staked out what seemed
to be a minority position - that is, that the next 2 - 4 years ...
Mullah Russia
corner.nationalreview.com 3/4/2009 — I've mentioned the Islamification of Russia in America Alone and NR, but it seems to be getting a wee bit more attention, even from governments. Eeva Nikkilä-Kiipula reports for the Finnish paper Aamulehti:
Muslimit saattavat tulevaisuudessa muuttaa ...
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volokh.com 1/16/2009 — Some Comments on the FISA Court of Review Decision: I was on a plane most of the day, delaying my promised blogging on the new FISA Court of Review case on foreign intelligence surveillance. Here are a few thoughts after reading the opinion. 1. First, ...
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volokh.com 3/6/2009 — PLOL, or The Slow Death of the Law Review As We Know It: [I don't think anyone has already posted on this, but apologies if I'm wrong; this seems like the sort of thing VCers would be all over/DavidP] The directors of many of the leading law libraries ...
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volokh.com 12/23/2008 — Does the financial crisis discredit libertarianism? Ilya says no ; others say yes. The question is not a good one, however, because libertarianism, in any meaningful philosophical sense, hasn’t influenced financial policy in decades. One might as well ...
P. D. Ouspensky and the Nightmare of Revolution
brusselsjournal.com 2/11/2009 — The death last year of Alexander Solzhenitsyn reminded westerners of the ideological disturbances that wracked the just completed century, the greatest of which Solzhenitsyn himself had documented in The Gulag Archipelago and in his novelistic cycle ...
World Bank: Russia may need help if oil falls more
breitbart.com 12/19/2008 — MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the next two years, the World Bank predicted Friday. The bleak scenario would mark a rapid ...
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