Tag: russia

• Russia's 'Tank Man' Moment

  16 days ago

  An Phung in New World Order

  What is the Big Idea? A photo of a little boy on a bicycle approaching a row of riot police in Moscow ricocheted around the Internet on Monday after the photographer posted it to Twitter.  Julia Ioffe, the Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker and Foreign Policy magazine, snapped the ... Read More

• Watch Out Putin, Spring Is Coming

  17 days ago

  An Phung in New World Order

  What is the Big Idea? Vladimir Putin is officially back for his third term as president of Russia, but this time he faces a different political climate than he did in his first two stints, writes former Belgium prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, for The New York Times.  "Even he cannot prevent ... Read More

• Dmitry Medvedev's Corruption Crusade

  about 1 month ago

  An Phung in New World Order

  What is the Big Idea? Russia's lame duck president Dmitry Medvedev is working hard during the last two months of his presidential term. He met with a team of experts last month to talk about Russia’s Open Government initiative which is aimed at fighting corruption, according to the Telegraph. ... Read More

• Russia Expert and NYU Global Affairs Professor Mark Galeotti Answers Your Questions About The Future of Russia

  3 months ago

  An Phung in New World Order

  Dr. Mark Galeotti is an expert in transitional organized crime, security affairs and modern Russia. He has been researching Russian security issues since the late 1980s and he is now Clinical Professor of Global Affairs and Academic Chair of New York University's Center for Global Affairs ... Read More

• Putin Provokes a Different Kind of Riot

  3 months ago

  An Phung in Think Tank

  What is the Big Idea? Vladimir Putin's supporters are going after the ladies. Especially the virginal ones. And they have new campaign videos to prove it. Ad agency, Aldus Adv, released two videos that have gone viral in an attempt to attract first-time voters for the presidential elections ... Read More

• Armageddon in the Hands of Ahmadinejad

  3 months ago

  An Phung in Think Tank

  Some of the most powerful weapons on earth are in the military coffers of countries with the most corrupt or dangerous leaders. There are currently eight countries in the world that have successfully detonated nuclear weapons, three of which are not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation ... Read More

• The Cyberspace Conundrum

  4 months ago

  An Phung in New World Order

  China and Russia made the news recently for their relentless cyberattacks on US cyber systems. Earlier this month, viruses originating from these countries are blamed for the theft of personal banking information belonging to students and faculty members at the City College of San Francisco ... Read More