How Miramichi became a magnet for Ukrainian settlement after February 2022
Prior to February 2022, there was only a handful of people of known Ukrainian heritage living in the Miramichi area. Now, there are over 150...
Posts about anything to do with Ukraine, including the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainian life in Canada/New Brunswick, or Ukrainian history
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Part 5): What good has come from the situation?
Despite the horrors with which the world has become familiar, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022 has led to five positive outcomes, both globally and locally.
Putin’s abject hypocrisy: Russia’s “concern” for the innocents in Gaza
Just when you think you’ve heard the height of hypocrisy escaping from the mouths of world leaders...
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Part 4): What should be done?
It was a straightforward good-vs.-evil situation: the civilized world stood together after World War II and trumpeted the idea that, should another Adolf Hitler or Nazi Germany appear somewhere at any point in the future...the world would not allow another such odious regime or political actor to gain a foothold ever again.
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Part 3): The world’s response
On February 28, 2022, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn the invasion. One hundred forty-one UN members supported this motion, while seven (Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Nicaragua, Mali, and Eretria) opposed it. Interestingly, though, there were 32 abstentions as well...
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Part 2): What has Russia accomplished?
So, what exactly has Russia accomplished with its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine to this point? Has its invasion been a success in any way? How would Russia define (or re-define) success?
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Part 1): Taking stock
It has been 21 months since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Where do things stand?
Review of “Soviet but Not Russian” by W. Mandel (1985)
The author’s methodology is faulty and his conclusions are not only suspect but tell us little about political and economic life for the Soviet nationalities and even less about the relations among them.