A computer simulation grab, shows the Avangard hypersonic vehicle being released from booster rockets. Source: RU-RTR Russian Television via AP. "The Avangard is absolutely invulnerable to any air or missile defense system." - Vladimir Putin Recently, the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that the first Russian missile unit equipped with the... Continue Reading →
Analysis: On the perks and flaws of the very old idea of “New Nationalism”
"Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism." - George Orwell When Nation-States are born, they remember and reinterpret their pasts.This narrative brings meaning and sense of direction to their members. As countries evolve, they must go back to those pasts and permanently review them, sometimes even adapt them and make them omnipresent, to justify... Continue Reading →
Book review: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, 2007.
United States Capitol (2011) "it [the Israel Lobby] has a core consisting of organizations whose declared purpose is to encourage the U.S. government and the American public to provide material aid to Israel and to support its government's policies, as well as influential individuals for whom these goals are also a top priority" (Mearsheimer and... Continue Reading →
Analysis: Advanced Containment
"The Cold War is over. The world has become much more complicated" - Vladimir Putin “Containment” was the geopolitical strategy with which the U.S. responded to the movements of the U.S.S.R. in several regions of the world, during the Cold War period. Mainly, it was the middle point between the ideas of detente and rollback. The... Continue Reading →