2014 in Geopolitical Review (Or: It Was An Ugly Year)
2014 was the worst. And here it is in review.
2014 was the worst. And here it is in review.
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In April, Russia invaded Crimea. Behind a smokescreen of propaganda, Putin made it out like he was liberating Crimea’s Russians from a proto-fascist regime in Kiev that was bent on butchering its opponents… Continue reading
Why justice will be hard to come by for the victims of Malaysia Flight 17.
What do you when some bro is way bigger than you, stronger than you, has more friends than you, and wants to start telling you what to do? You could fight, but you’d… Continue reading
Here now is a classic moment of why I started this website. Americans, apparently, have stereotypically fuzzy knowledge of where Ukraine is. If they can’t even figure out where the fuck the place… Continue reading
If you’ve done your job right as a world leader, someone has, at one point, compared you to Hitler. The comparison is super lazy; mostly, opposition groups mean to slander somebody by saying… Continue reading
(Refer to my previous article about the long term geopolitical history of Ukraine first in case you’re new). In the past week, Ukraine’s government has gone nuts on its protest movement that just… Continue reading
I’ll be off on holiday for the next few weeks, so there’ll be no updates until January 6, 2014. So why not end this year with a review of that which happened, that… Continue reading