18 Mar
Using plastic surgery and botox among the world’s most feared leaders: fashion or rational choice? The trendsetter in Moscow: Vladimir Vladimirovich (61) Source: Celebchanges.com Putin’s testosterone is bad for democracy – we wrote in a post on Ukraine a few weeks ago. That testosterone level has kept us thinking.
7 Mar
Yanukovich’s overthrow is a warning to Putin as well: something similar may yet happen in Russia. In a post published last year we examined which countries may become more democratic in the mid-term. Ukraine was among them… and so was Russia.
28 Feb
Imagine that you are a political entrepreneur in a poor country with a population that is internally divided and has a high discount rate (is very short-sighted). What is your optimal strategy? We deliberately did not say “politician”, because that may give the wrong idea. Serving the country and all that shit. We are not […]
18 Feb
“The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.” Who profits from politicizing gas prices in Ukraine? How much is a country’s sovereignty worth? Guest post by András György Deák, Associate Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.
