Troubleshooting Chechnya, Chapter II
The Unforeseen Consequences of War “’Are you okay, man?’ ‘Yeah, I’m good.’ It’s a lie. I wonder if I will ever be good again.” –David Bellavia Multiple consequences stem from Russia’s appointment of an autonomous Chechen leader. This, coupled with Moscow’s lack of recognition of the Chechen people’s only true representative, indirectly led to the
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Troubleshooting Chechnya, Chapter I
Chechnya’s Geopolitical Landscape We’ll follow terrorists everywhere. We will corner the bandits in the toilet and wipe them out. –Vladimir Putin In November of 1991, soon after the dissipation of the Soviet Union, Chechnya declared their independence from Russia. Consequently, in 1994, Boris Yeltsin sent troops into Chechnya, attempting to maintain access to oil pipelines
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The Seed, the Radicle, and the Revolution
Many people are familiar with the “one straw revolution” proposed by Japanese rice farmer Masanobu Fukuoka, but what about the simple, revolutionary powerhouse that is the seed? Seeds have often been referred to metaphorically when discussing revolutions, new movements, new beginnings, social change, spiritual awakenings. It only makes sense that the first thing to emerge
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Ten Reasons to See Fifty Shades of Grey
You’re curious about BDSM light. What does that acronym stand for again? You want to see if Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson produced a decent actor. You must know: What is “the red room”? What does “fifty shades” refer to? You’ve never heard the words “butt plug” or “vaginal/anal fisting” in a movie and feel
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Boris Nemtsov’s Untimely Death and the Ongoing Threat to Dissidence in Russia
Early in the morning of February 28th, 2015 Moscow time, unknown assailants gunned down Boris Nemtsov – physicist and strong supporter of liberal democratic reforms – on a popular bridge just down the hill from the Kremlin and Red Square. This is the same bridge where, in 1993, Boris Yeltsin positioned tanks in an attempt
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