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Volga river. Ulyanovsk (Simbirsk). These are some of the photos & videos I took yesterday in Ulyanovsk (former Simbirsk). It was -23 °C (-27 °C in the evening). ❄❄❄ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj92X7vlsdY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyggsTGULo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2B9PeA0OAs
Author: Brad Blankenship
The author works with Al Masdar News.
Throughout the history of colonialism, many policies were enunciated by foreign powers in colonial territories with the pretence of a civilizing mission (such as the so-called white man’s burden and other similar doctrines). In America, one does not have to look very far for any trace of this in history through policies such as the Monroe Doctrine, in which America posited itself to be the prime power in the hemisphere. Another powerful idea in popular discourse was that of Manifest Destiny, where expansion was seen as a fundamental right of Americans. Both drew a great deal of support and approval from the pre-ordained institutions of power, and garnered great popular interest in American society.
Clashing interests following the second World War resulted in the United States and the Soviet Union both undertaking their very own civilizing missions to establish…
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I agree with a lot of the thesis, but disagree that Russia has learned from US defeat in Vietnam. Instead it has learned from the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, which the US intended to be the Soviet “Vietnam” and was. A lot has changed since then.
Author: Paul Antonopoulos
Paul Antonopoulos is currently a Candidate for an MA Degree, writing his dissertation on the Saudi-Iranian Geopolitical Rivalry in the Syrian War and is an analyst for Al-Masdar News. You can follow him on twitter. Al-Masdar News is also on twitter.
A very highly placed Israeli officer told Al-Monitor, on condition of anonymity, only a short time after the start of Russia’s involvement in Syria, that “Syria can become Russia’s Vietnam.” This has obviously been grossly misjudged. Russia is yet to commit any ground troops, and, for the foreseeable future, most likely will not, unlike the American campaign in Viet Nam.
Russia has shown that an effective air campaign complimented by reliable ground forces such as the Syrian Arab Army can have a profound impact on defeating terrorist groups like ISIS. The Russian air-strikes have exposed the mythology that ISIS can only be defeated…
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Source: Syria Is Not Russia’s Viet Nam
I woke up today. It’s sunny, cold (around – 15 °C), snowy & cloudy in Moscow. The winter has come. Finally! There was no snow & it was around +5°C (or even more) degrees recently. In DECEMBER! But just before the New Year zima returned to Moscow.
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Source: The smell of war is in the air…
Preamble: Our partners at Vox Populi Evo conducted this exclusive interview with Yuri Shevchenko, Commander of the legendary Prizrak Brigade, in which he addressed much of his message to the people of the United States and of Europe. He talks about how the struggle in the Donbass developed and how his Brigade was created. He discusses Aleksey Mozgovoy, the founder of the Prizrak Brigade, as well as the progress of the investigation into his murder. He also talked about the international volunteers and their reasons for coming to the Donbass.
Original: Colonel Cassad
Translated by Alexander Fedotov / Edited by @GBabeuf
The day before yesterday [this post was written Oct 29 –ed.], and especially yesterday, shelling and firing around Donetsk intensified; as is tradition, the firing was in the region of Donetsk Airport and the surrounding villages.
1. The withdrawal of arms is officially continuing and these attacks are described as “minor ceasefire violations”, however, over the past couple of days it has become more complicated to fail to notice them.
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Report: Russia Blocked Israeli Overflight of Syria, Lebanon
Source: Report: Russia Blocked Israeli Overflight of Syria, Lebanon
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