Paul Hansbury
THE IDIOTS (II): A NOTE ON TRUMP AND CARLSON
Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin was a missed chance for us to learn something new.
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Paul Hansbury
Feb 145 min read
THE IDIOTS (I): A NOTE ON TRUMP AND CARLSON
Donald Trump is wrong to assert America's NATO allies 'free-ride'; his rhetoric damages the alliance more than inadequate spending.
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Paul Hansbury
Feb 64 min read
ZELENSKYY'S CHOICE
Recent talk of a rift between Ukraine's president and the commander–in–chief of the armed forces was not scuttlebutt.
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Paul Hansbury
Jan 245 min read
PEACE: DEAL OR NO DEAL?
Claims that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine last year aren't new, and probably aren't true.
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Paul Hansbury
Jan 35 min read
PARSING JUDGEMENT #2: RIGHTS AND WRONGS IN RUSSIA POLICY
Thomas Graham's new book on the United States' Russia policy will rile many readers, but it's a well-informed appraisal. Here's my review.
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Paul Hansbury
Dec 21, 20235 min read
OUTLOOK FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE IN 2024
Vladimir Putin appears confident the war in Ukraine is turning in his favour: he could yet be hoisted with his own petard, however.
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Paul Hansbury
Dec 15, 20235 min read
A NOTE ON HENRY KISSINGER (1923–2023)
The death of Henry Kissinger came at a watershed moment for political realism in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 30, 20235 min read
IS THE CSTO MORE THAN A PAPER TIGER?
Belarus hosted a CSTO summit in Minsk last week. Fractures between members of the military bloc are hard to paper over however.
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 22, 20235 min read
BIDEN, XI JINPING AND THE SHADOW OF WAR
If anyone doubts how far the Russia-Ukraine war has fallen down the agenda, look at the coverage of the Biden-Xi Jinping press conference.
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 18, 20235 min read
BELARUS NOTES #5: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
A recent decree will make many Belarusians stateless. The opposition is trying to convince others its New Belarus passport is the solution.
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 7, 20235 min read
THE OLD MEN AND THE BOMB
Forty years ago this week the world came close to nuclear war. NATO's Able Archer exercise very nearly went very wrong.
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Paul Hansbury
Oct 30, 20237 min read
MISERY, TEDIUM AND WAR
An essay, of sorts, on war.
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Paul Hansbury
Oct 16, 20234 min read
THE RUSSIANS ARE EYELESS IN GAZA TOO
I've heard some pretty off-the-wall claims over the past week. The authors of this article think the fact that Hamas attacked Israelis on...
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Paul Hansbury
Oct 13, 20236 min read
BELARUS NOTES #4: THE OPPOSITION & THE EU
Open Democracy published a ‘rebuttal’ to my recent article for them. I knew that a response was coming and I welcome the challenge to the...
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Paul Hansbury
Sep 24, 20235 min read
NOTEBOOK (SEPTEMBER – PART II)
This is part two of my roundup of things I might have written more about. I'm leaving out the calls for Russia to be stripped of its...
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Paul Hansbury
Sep 23, 20234 min read
NOTEBOOK (SEPTEMBER – PART I)
One of the biggest challenges since I started this blog is that there is so much going on in, or otherwise affecting, eastern Europe and...
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Paul Hansbury
Sep 13, 20235 min read
QUICK NOTES ON THE PUTIN—KIM SUMMIT
With his collar suit and Mao-styled haircut, Kim Yong-Un conjures an image of China... Frankly, I think the summit's significance is slight.
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 28, 20237 min read
SCEPTICISM TOWARDS 'PENTAGON SOURCES'
A spate of media stories, beginning a week and a half ago, suggested that Ukraine’s counteroffensive was ‘failing’. Then followed stories...
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 24, 20235 min read
PRIGOZHIN’S DEATH: THE BELARUS ANGLE
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries marched on Moscow in late June, and then dramatically backed down, one thing was clear – there was...
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 16, 20234 min read
PARSING JUDGEMENT #1: STORMTROOPERS IN UKRAINE
Yes, this really does involve Stormtroopers, but not quite yet. When I started this blog, one of my (many) ideas for content was to...
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