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Russia-Poland Relations: The Worst Since World War Two and Rapidly Deteriorating

Like all the nations of eastern Europe, Poland spent many years under Russian/Soviet rule. Except for brief periods of independence from 1794 -1795, and then again from 1918 - 1939,…

June 1, 2020David DeBatto, Poland, Russia

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The Russian Army Versus Social Media Savvy Russian Youth: Has VKontakte Degraded the Readiness of the Russian Army?

Central to Russian foreign and domestic policy is the requirement of a strong army. Since at least the mid-19thcentury several Russian leaders, clerics and philosophers have espoused the notion that…

April 9, 2020David DeBatto, Russia

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It’s Time For An Independent Kurdistan

Kurds are the world’s largest remaining ethnic group without a homeland. Being neither Iraqi or Iranian, Turkish or Syrian, Arab or Persian, the Kurds are a distinct and separate ethnic group that occupies…

March 26, 2020David DeBatto, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan

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Russia-Poland Relations: The Worst Since World War Two and Rapidly Deteriorating

The Russian Army Versus Social Media Savvy Russian Youth: Has VKontakte Degraded the Readiness of the Russian Army?

It’s Time For An Independent Kurdistan

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