To describe the grand machinations of a long term strategic plan, such as the one deployed by the soviets, the English or American writers usually used the term deception, i.e. a piece of trickery, as in magic, which leaves the observer cheated, mistaken or under false impression.  This is indeed a good description of the [...]

Michael Bąkowski has explained, very briefly, his hypothesis of how the extended “Final Phase” of the Soviet long range strategy is carried forward in Eastern Europe by a “third echelon” of Soviet leaders: including such figures as Yushchenko, Saakashvili, and Putin. Because of the inevitable decrepitude of old politicians, like Yeltsin and Walesa, Bąkowski believes [...]

I am puzzled and bewildered by Jeff Nyquist’s views on Russia and the soviet union. To start with, he says that in recent years “Russia has moved backwards, ever closer to the USSR”. That presupposes by inference, that it has moved forward in the past – away from the ussr. My confusion stems from my [...]