So again, let’s review the division and deepening of labor… Going back to Adam Smith, one gets the impression that the Pin factory casts a shadow on broadmindedness to the point that it must be tossed out from everywhere, forcing everyone to start reading other things. It’s like a curse…

For the last twenty years or so we have heard on a regular basis that Putin is a good tactician but poor strategist. Most often it was spoken in a condescending way, as if the speakers believed themselves to be much better strategists who know what should have been done…

The availability of the more complex ontology / representation of the world allows one to look at the events from a completely different, unusual point of view, to see options with a greater degree of freedom, to find doors where for the majority there are solid walls. The steps and…

About a 2 months ago «Foreign Affairs» published an article by a well-known US and RAND «think tank» analyst about the US strategy regarding Russia. As always, such articles include many required ritual words, political slogans, and statements. …

On November 8, 2022, the U.S. will hold midterm elections — one-third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives. Biden and Co. …

The situation in Ukraine has been drastically changing for the past few days. Mariupol has been liberated, and the legend of the embattled city’s relentless defenders is crumbling as news arrives that some 20,000 AFU (Ukrainian army) and Nazi troops have been annihilated, the front line becomes monolithic. 2,400 prisoners…

We regularly find ourselves captive to stereotypes, patterns, and optical illusions. For example, when we look at the map of hostilities in the Donbas, distances seem small, and everything is close. Yet, after a few days, the troops have to go there to close the pockets. To understand this, sit…

A topic that comes up regularly, right after the next bitcoin surge. A new wave of euphoria, complacency, and belief that this will be the case indefinitely overwhelms, and the fears of the past seem frivolous. The explanation that this is just another risky bubble from the Valley of the…

Brussels is trying to reform the EU by hook or crook against the background of the Russian-Western confrontation. The reform aims at building up a full-fledged federation to replace the crumbly consensus-based structure of the EU. If Brussel succeeds, it shall become powerful enough to directly govern the most important…