Автор: Гордон Хан (Gordon Hahn) Недавние обвинения в коррупции премьер-министра России и бывшего президента Дмитрия Медведева, выдвинутые оппозиционным лидером Алексеем Навальным, представляют серьезную угрозу для политического выживания Медведева. Решающее значение имеет и дата публикации этих обвинений,... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn As noted numerous times, Putin is not an all-powerful dictator. He is a soft authoritarian leader riding a relatively unstable or metastable 'sistema', state and society. One of his oft-discussed roles is as arbiter between institutions... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn Judging from his statements on the campaign trail, it was generally expected that as president Donald Trump would seek a major reform of what he in many ways properly called "obsolete" NATO and move to reduce... Continue Reading →
Gordon M. Hahn, Ph.D. Analyst and Advisory Board Member Geostrategic Forecasting Corporation “Assessing Terrorism in the Caucasus and the Threat to the Homeland” Testimony Before the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Sub-Committee on Intelligence and Security, U.S. Congress April 3,... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn Ukraine's ultra-nationalist volunteer battalions are raising their ugly heads again undermining the country's territorial integrity and increasingly failed effort to stabilize its political system and salvage what remains of democracy. The leader of the ongoing blockade... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn [This article, which still holds for today, in my view, was first published as: Gordon M. Hahn,“ Problems of Putinism,” Russia – Other Points of View, 5 February 2012, www.russiaotherpointsofview.com/2012/02/problems-of-putinism.html.] In 2012, then Russian Prime Minister and soon-to-be third-time... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn Opposition leader Alexei Navalnyi's recent corruption allegations against Russian Prime Minister and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev poses a grave threat to Medvedev's political survival in that position. The timing of the allegations is crucial, coming... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn Ramzan Kadyrov's regime in Russia's republic of Chechnya is by far the worst manifestation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's soft authoritarian regime. Kadyrov's regime breaches the porous wall between soft and everyday authoritarianism and then some.... Continue Reading →
by Gordon M. Hahn Chechen President and strongman Ramzan Kadyrov recently may have finally won long-sought concessions from Moscow in oil related industries, something he has been fighting to attain from RosNeft since he came to power in the once... Continue Reading →
