“America’s not a country, it’s just a business. Now fucking pay me!” Jackie Cogan’s last line from Andrew Dominik’s gangster tragicomedy, Killing Them Softly is as powerful as anything in...
The head of Vladimir Lenin's statue hanging from a helicopter marks a turning point in Good Bye, Lenin! The 2002 film by Wolfgang Becker and starring Daniel Brühl recounts the aftermath of the fall...
Usually, a writer chooses a book to review because they’re interested in the topic or the author. Sometimes, though, it’s because it’s written by the person Trump chose to be his deputy in the...
On Monday, July 29, Venezuelans woke up with an emotional hangover. In every election, we wait in front of the television or social media hoping for change, but knowing that traps always gain ground...
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is often portrayed as a “NATO of the East.” For some authors, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a “Eurasian equivalent of the European...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is the king of empty threats. Very few policy makers in the West still take his warnings and fearmongering rhetoric seriously. As a result, the Ukraine war could soon...
While Israel’s war against Palestine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine still make above-the-fold news here in the US - mostly in the hyperbolic navel-gazing form of whether or not the former will...
The United States’ decision to provide military aid to Kyiv did not prevent Russia from launching an offensive aiming to capture parts of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. The Kremlin reportedly hopes to...
With age it becomes harder to make behavioral changes. Vladimir Putin, who will turn 72 this year, seems to be finding it tough to adjust to new realities. Unwilling (or unable) to make any crucial...
After months of stalling, the US House has approved a $61 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine. The Eastern European nation is expected to get weapons that could help it inflict serious losses...
