”Extraordinary, important. It must be read, not only to understand and structure Russia’s invasion and war in Ukraine, why Russians support it – or at least do not strongly oppose it.” Jade McGlynn, Russia’s War (2023). 264 p. Cambridge, Hoboken: Polity Press.Review By Jaakko Puuperä I have to – or rather can – read heaps of
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We still have time. Time to prevent the next war by credible development of disruptive technologies and the ability to use them effectively, noted Jaakko Puuperä in his NDR editorial.
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They almost reached Moscow, but did not storm the city. Almost no one knows what was behind their action. It could be a coordinated attempt to reveal potential domestic traitors, deceive Ukrainians, and test the Western reaction. By Pekka Virkki , a Helsinki-based journalist and author specializing in the Baltic Sea region and security. It
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”We Westerners try to find ingenious plots and strategies in the Russians’ doings. In fact, Russia is like a frog that jumps from one water lily leaf to another, always the previous leaf begins to sink.”– Ilmari Susiluoto (1947-2016), Dr sc. pol., author, researcher and Russia expert
Over 2071 years ago, on January 10th, 49 BC a Roman proconsul and commanding general of ten legions (some 45 000 soldiers) crossed the River Rubicon coming from Gaul and started his March on Rome. This historical moment is known as the beginning of the Roman Civil War. By Lieutenant colonel Agilolf Kesselring, Military historian, PhD
Yevgeny Prigozhin is no Ceasar, nor Yeltsin – and Vladimir Putin is not Pompeius the Great. History never repeats itself, but Yeltsin and Caesar did manifest themselves as saviours of the republic and defenders of the citizen. But in the end, they both crushed democracy, regardless of their original intentions. By Jaakko Puuperä, Editor-in-Chief of
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