Oriental Review

Fight Over Arctic Region and the Russian Path Towards Peace

By Nikolai MALISHEVSKI (Russia)

The US Council on Foreign Relations authoritatively projects that in the XXI century the rivalry over Arctic mineral riches will escalate into a new type of a Cold War, which promises to be a conflict profoundly different from the one that marked the XX century’s bipolarity epoch. Indeed, it is impossible to overlook the fact [...]

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Free Speech, Its Loss and the Consequences

By Rafe MAIR (Canada)

We in the “West” have long thought that we have free speech, that’s only true in a limited way. For freedom of speech is much more than being able to go down to the bar and bad-mouth the government, however important that is. It also means a press free to hold government to account but [...]

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Why Are Those Damn Kids Rioting?

By Rafe MAIR (Canada)

The world has taken to rioting but one must be careful not to assume that because they are happening at the same time it’s for the same reason or reasons. However, to look at the UK riots and the one in Vancouver, after a hockey loss by the home team, is to see, I think, [...]

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