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| Url: | http://www.michaeltotten.com |
| Author(s): | Michael J. Totten |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Middle East, History, Military |
| Description: | From Wikipedia: Michael J. Totten is a blogger who writes on politics in the Middle East, regularly reporting first-hand in mainstream publications, Web sites, and his blog, Michael J. Totten's Middle East Journal. He describes himself as a "weird combination of liberal, libertarian, and neocon."[1]. In his blog, he also describes himself as an "independent journalist", while regularly exposing his thoughts in articles which often focus on Middle East conflicts. |
| Ratings |  (17 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 55 Followers |
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The Lives of Others
| Twenty years ago, citizens of East Germany destroyed the Berlin Wall and set off a series of revolutions that demolished the totalitarian police states of Europe. Like me, you probably won't be...more |
2009-11-08
Post-Communist Postcards
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Nicolae Ceausescu's "Palace of the People," now the Romanian parliament building, Bucharest Bucharest, Romania, in the rain |
2009-11-06
Home from the East
| I'm home again from an absolutely fascinating tour of post-communist Eastern Europe and can start writing about it as soon as I get my interviews transcribed.After leaving Romania, I was suppos...more |
2009-11-06
In Ukraine
| I have arrived in Ukraine, and I feel like I’ve slipped off the edge of Europe and into an alternate dimension.I still have almost no time at all for writing or even photo editing, and for th...more |
2009-10-29
On the Road
| My official itinerary is finished in the rough city of Bucharest, and I’m on the road in the beautiful Romanian countryside. I will post photos shortly, but right now I’m behind schedul...more |
2009-10-26
From Bucharest to Chernobyl
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“The defeat of communism 20 years ago,” Matt Welch writes in Reason magazine, “was the most liberating moment in history. So why don't we talk about it more?”That is an ...more |
2009-10-19
Patterns of Dictatorship
| I am amazed all over again every time I meet a Westerner in Lebanon who admires Hezbollah or gets defensive on its behalf. Last time I visited Beirut I ran into an American journalist who said Hezb...more |
2009-10-16
Hezbollah Isn't a Model for Afghanistan
| According to the Washington Post, some White House foreign-policy hands may be willing to call it a day in Afghanistan if the U.S. military can beat the Taliban down into something that resembles H...more |
2009-10-14
In the Crosshairs of the Syrian-Iranian Axis
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The South Lebanon border area is what Robert D. Kaplan calls a "shatter zone," a region where government authority is either diluted or non-existent and where conflict is therefore all the more lik...more |
2009-10-12
Cult of Personality
| So Barack Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Why? He hasn't done anything yet. Apparently he was nominated for it as early as February when he had only been president for a couple of weeks.I...more |
2009-10-09
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