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Category Archives: Regimes
The Greek tragedy of Joseph Biden and the Democrats
Andrew L. Urban and Grok AI Look at how discombobulated the US Democrats now are, along with the left in general. They hero-worship terrorists, attack law enforcement officers and howl with impotent fury at the Donald Trump moon. Symptoms of … Continue reading
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Don’t fall for Putin’s NATO furphy
Andrew L. Urban As Trump and Putin spend over an hour on the phone today (Feb. 13 as I write) to talk potential peace, I wish I could have listened in. And interrupted … Putin makes a big deal complaining … Continue reading
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The Global Peace Summit hurt not helped Ukraine
Andrew L. Urban Neighbours from all over gathered after a violent house invasion and wrung their hands. There were 90 of them. They tut-tutted. Shook their heads in disapproval. The invaders were refusing to leave, so the neighbours spoke of … Continue reading
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His story as history – Oleg Vidov
Andrew L. Urban Q: What do Succession star Brian Cox and Australia’s filmmaker Nadia Tass, of Malcolm* and Amy* fame, have in common? A: Oleg Vidov. Cox narrates Tass’ 97 minute documentary about the late Oleg Borisovich Vidov (1943-2017), once … Continue reading
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The Conformist – cancel culture & Fascism
Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 masterpiece, adapted from the 1951 Alberto Moravia novel is a case study in conformism under a Fascist regime. The film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as Marcello Clerici, a conformist mid-level Fascist functionary in Mussolini’s Italy who is ordered … Continue reading
Trump could trump Putin on Ukraine
Andrew L. Urban Vladimir Putin is playing his cards in the Ukraine Invasion Stakes as if he held the trump card. A resolute player at the table might well trump that card. On the 2nd anniversary of his invasion of … Continue reading
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Volodymyr Zelensky – the frontline President
The second book by Andrew L. Urban and Chris McLeod to examine Ukraine’s President in the context of the Russian invasion of February 2022, contrasts Zelensky, often at the front line leading his military with Russia’s Vladimir Putin anywhere but … Continue reading
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Why Russia shouldn’t lead the UN Security Council
SVITLANA MORENET in The Spectator (April 16, 2023) has written a useful analysis of Russia’s position in the UN. Ukraine was a founding member of the United Nations, an organisation created to ‘maintain international peace and security’ after the Second … Continue reading
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Ukraine Was Conned
Andrew L. Urban Brought up in the grunt town of Kryvyi Rih, a Soviet-looking industrial city in the southeast of Ukraine, a centre of iron mining and metallurgy, Volodymyr Zelensky knew about bullies before he left school. To survive among … Continue reading
ZELENSKY, the first book about the world’s newest hero, authored by Australians
Ukraine’s most popular comedic actor was an unlikely President of his country. And now even more improbably, Volodymyr Zelensky has become the world’s most celebrated statesman. Yet more improbably, the first book about him comes from Australia. Australian authors Andrew L. … Continue reading
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