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afreeroadKeep Your Friends Close, Enemies Closer.In Russian fashion, Progozhin highlighted what no one other than a Russian could ever properly highlight — the fact that Russia is its own…Jun 27, 2023Jun 27, 2023
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afreeroadPresident Zelenskyy’s Victory Day Speech, May 9th, 2022May 9th, Victory Day, commemorating the end to the “Great Patriotic War” and honoring all the bloody sacrifices that were needed to triumph…May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
afreeroadWriting As a CallingWhen someone asks me “why do you want to become a professional writer?”, the impulse to tell them that I simply can’t follow the rules is…Apr 23, 2022Apr 23, 2022
afreeroadA Putinist PerspectiveA Putinist believes they are solving an age-old question of Ukrainian self-determination. War is policy by other means. Putinists are…Mar 21, 2022Mar 21, 2022
afreeroadHow Not to Worry and Be Happy→ I´m 10 km from the Guatemalan border again, 3 weeks after having started a wide loop of Honduras. I´m back here in this part of the…Feb 9, 2022Feb 9, 2022
afreeroadWhat Does the Ukraine Crisis in 2022 Really Mean?An invasion of Ukraine spells the definitive end of this current age of European political-military affairs.Jan 24, 2022Jan 24, 2022
afreeroadPopulism’s Disequilibrating Effect on MarketsPopulist politics create more uncertainty for investors by removing the traditional guardrails which bound decision-making and draw more…Sep 20, 2020Sep 20, 2020