Thousands In Moscow Protest Crimea Military Action from the Huffington Post
"Tens of thousands gathered in Moscow to protest Russian military action in Crimea, according to the Agence France Presse. The news agency estimated that there were 50,000 in the crowd at the "March Of Peace.""
From Evil Genius to Barroom Brawler (Mark Galeotti) from Foreign Policy Magazine
"There's increasing evidence that Vladimir Putin is dangerously drunk on power -- and reckless."
Regardless of US and EU Sanctions, Russia Is Already Paying A Huge Price For Invading Crimea (Mark Adomanis) from Forbes Magazine
"While the Kremlin might feel energized and emboldened by following a stridently anti-Western policy, while Putin and his close circle of advisers very well might get a vicarious thrill from dropping all
pretenses and telling the US and the EU what they really think of them, I am firmly convinced that they will come to regret this in the very near future. Why?"
Economic War with Russia: A High Price for German Business from Der Spiegel [of Germany in English]
"The EU has imposed new sanctions to prevent Vladimir Putin from further escalating the crisis in Ukraine. Berlin has played a leading role in the punitive actions, despite protests from the German business community. There's no turning back for Merkel."
The Revolutions of 1989 Are Not Over. And Neither is the Resistance to Them (Paul Berman) from the New Republic
"... he is a Kremlin general secretary. He has invaded Ukraine on the basis of the same logic that led Nikita Khrushchev to invade Hungary in 1956 and that led Leonid Brezhnev to invade Czechoslovakia in 1968. It is the logic of counterrevolution, and it is not inscrutable."
The Three Faces of President Obama (Thomas Friedman) from the New York Times
"Do not underestimate how much of a fool Putin will make of himself in Crimea this weekend — in front of the whole world — and how much this will blow back on Russia, whose currency and stock markets are getting hammered as a result of Vladimir’s Crimean adventure."
Obama to Putin: U.S. Will Punish Russia for Ukraine Vote from NBC
"... the U.S. signaled it could act as soon as Monday to impose sanctions against Russia for its incursion into Crimea, and for conducting the referendum while occupying troops were in place."
The (Fake) Conspiracy to Overthrow the World's Autocrats (Moises Naim) from the Atlantic
"For leaders like Putin, the true threat comes from the forces fighting for democracy in their countries."
Mr Putin and the Threat of a New Cold War from the Editorial Board of the Guardian [of the UK]
"Through a series of interventions in civil liberties, Mr Putin is turning a soft autocracy into a highly repressive state."
Foes of America in Russia Crave Rupture in Ties from the New York Times
"As the United States threatens sanctions against Russia, influential members of President Vladimir V. Putin’s inner circle view isolation from the West as a good thing."
Dropping the Political F-Bomb (Christian Caryl) from Foreign Policy Magazine
"... there is something of a consensus among historians and political scientists about how to define it. Here are six ways to tell a garden-variety bigot from a diehard Mussolini-lover: ..."
Crimea as Consolation Prize: Russia Faces Some Big Costs Over Ukrainian Region (Will Englund) from the Washington Post
"Vladimir Putin hoped to exert Kremlin's sway over Ukraine, but for now all he's gotten is Crimea -- which needs help."
EU vs. Moscow: Russia Tries to Woo Back Moldova from Der Spiegel [of Germany in English]
"As Moldova prepares to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union, Russia is stepping up attempts to keep the country in its fold. It has found some willing helpers in the country."
Venezuela Burns, Body Count Rises from the Daily Beast
"Why is dialogue between the government and opposition in Venezuela so difficult? Blame the poisonous legacy of Hugo Chavez."
America Exports Democracy, Just Not the Way You Think (Sasha Issenberg) from the New York Times
"Elites are losing power as party primaries catch on worldwide."
The Three Faces of President Obama (Thomas L. Friedman) from the New York Times
"As Vladimir Putin’s Crimean adventure plays out, what is the West to do?"
When the Right Hated Reagan (W. James Antle III) from the National Interest
"in the 1980s. Gingrich’s lament of Reagan’s “weak policies” led him to conclude: “Measured against the scale and momentum of the Soviet empire’s challenge, the Reagan administration has failed, is failing, and without a dramatic change in strategy will continue to fail. . . . President Reagan is clearly failing.”"
More Bad News for Millennials: College is Actually Making Inequality Worse (Suzanne Mettler) from Salon
"It might surprise you, but higher education is actually widening the gap between the haves and the have-nots."
A sign of things to come for humanities departments everywhere:
Cuts Against Humanities: Pitt Axes, Suspends Graduate Programs from the Pitt News [of the University of Pittsburgh]
"Ring the bells and arrange a funeral — Pitt’s graduate religious studies program is dead. Meanwhile, two other graduate programs are awaiting their sentence on death row. On Jan. 30, Provost Patricia Beeson accepted proposals to eliminate the religious studies program and continue the suspension of admissions to Pitt’s graduate programs for German and classics. The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences suspended admissions to the three programs in April 2012."
McCain Has Had It With the GOP (Jennifer Rubin) from the Washington Post
"He indicts “Reagan conservatives” for foreign policy hypocrisy."
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Nasir al-Mulk 'Pink Mosque' Of Iran Is Like Stepping Into A Kaleidoscope from the Huffington Post
"From the outside, the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, seems like a fairly traditional house of worship -- but it's hiding a gorgeously colorful secret."
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