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The empire strikes back: the evolution of the Eastern bloc from a Soviet asset to a Soviet liability
References 1 1. Amin, Samir, Unequal Development (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1976), p. 372.Google Scholar 2 2. Bahro, Rudolf, The Alternative in Eastern Europe (London: NLB, 1978), p. 237.Google Scholar 3 3. The term empire is used here, because the nature of Soviet dominance over Eastern Europe–that is, the primary motives behind Soviet control, the structure of the bloc, and the distribution of resources within the bloc–is in many (but hardly all) respects similar to the nature of empires.
Should the United States Arm Ukraine?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of articles examining what the United States and Europe should do in Ukraine. Those articles sparked a heated debate, so we decided to ask a broad pool of experts to state whether they agree or disagree with the following statement and to rate their confidence level about that answer. The United States should provide whatever military aid the Ukrainian government needs to defend itself against Russian-supported rebel attacks.
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World examines three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations. It draws important conclusions about the rise, development, and breakdown of both democracy and dictatorship in each country, providing a comparative perspective on the post-Communist world.
Analysis | In South Carolina, Democrats debated when a dictator is really a dictator. So what’s the answer?
Dictators and dictatorship came up repeatedly in Tuesday’s Democratic Party debate. The moderators pressed Bernie Sanders on whether Americans could “trust that a democratic socialist president would not give authoritarians a free pass” and asked Mike Bloomberg about his remark that “President Xi Jinping of China is not a dictator” but a leader who is responsive to his constituency. The phrase “dictator” appeared 14 times, in fact — and “authoritarian” 6 times.
The Best Books on Civil Resistance
To begin our conversation about civil resistance, what is your reaction to the most recent news out of Tahrir Square? The news from Egypt about the new, deeper hostility between the demonstrators in Tahrir Square and the army is very worrying. During the revolution earlier this year the benevolent neutrality of the army was a necessary condition for the success of the movement in Tahrir Square.
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