Monday, January 31

One millimeter at a time

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Pundita has been asked to comment on the "win" that the relatively smooth Iraq election represents for Bush policy on Iraq. Any c...

The OK Corral is thataway

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"Thank you for introducing me to Peter Lavelle's writings. It's a lot to absorb. From what I'm learning it's evident th...
Saturday, January 29

Senator Kennedy's Eurocrat Party

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"Pundita! Will you get your mind off Russia and Ukraine long enough to comment on the war? Also, are you going to comment about Condi...

Strike up the band! Pundita discovers Yukos hired BKSH & Associates

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Take a gander at this: BKSH & Associates has been hired by Yukos Oil, the Russian oil giant whose former head, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is ...
Friday, January 28

The Plot Thickens: Putin takes on OPEC

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Peter Lavelle's article OPEC Dethroned, Putin's "KremPEC" Arrives was published online in August 2004 but it's not ...
Thursday, January 27

Pundita stumbles across Meddlers, Inc., aka New Atlantic Initiative

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Stop the presses! Somebody notify Dr. Cohen! We've found the source of the US position on meddling in Ukraine and 93.5% of the weirdne...
Wednesday, January 26

Is that the end of the world I hear approaching? No, it's only the UN trying to influence the choice for the next World Bank president.

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Or more likely China instigating the G77 to set up a howl, as if they need a push. Boiled down, the wailing is a preemptive strike on th...
Tuesday, January 25

The Seven O'clock Intelligence Briefing

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"Pundita, I don't know which upset me more, the Friday State Department briefing about Ukraine or Jamie Glazov's symposium ...
Monday, January 24

The American Century, at last

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"Pundita, Until I read your Saturday post I tried for more than two years to figure out what Bush is talking about. You're right, h...
Saturday, January 22

Bush Democracy Doctrine, simply explained

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"Dear Pundita, I liked Bush's speech at the inaugural but I'm a little confused by it. I wonder if he's talking in general...
Friday, January 21

Is it do-able?

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"What do you mean Americans are practical-minded people? Bush's speech yesterday was more proof that Americans are crazy to listen...
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Thursday, January 20

"America, by what right do you lecture us on democracy?"

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If you think the American government practices a double standard in dealings with undemocratic governments, that's a situation you can...
Wednesday, January 19

The Second Rule of Foreign Policy

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"Dear Pundita: Isn't the World Bank's PALll project (Ukraine) and similar projects correcting the type of mistakes you no...
Tuesday, January 18

Pundita contests William Safire's counsel to the "quality" news media

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Dear Mr. Safire: Re your observations, "America's quality [news] media are now wading through the Slough of Despond. Our self-fl...
Monday, January 17

The UN's Paper Sword

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In late December Claudia Rosett updated John's audience on Kofi Annan's stonewalling. She pointed out that the history of Kofi's...

Why Eliot Spitzer is the Man for the Job

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Pundita has been asked to explain her nomination of Eliot Spitzer for the next World Bank president. I pick Spitzer because the challen...
Sunday, January 16

Here's a useful website for Americans who would like to avert World War V

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"Pundita! Please stick your head out of your cave once in a while! Eliot Spitzer wants to run for governor of NY. He wouldn't ta...
Friday, January 14

System Failure: The Democracy Stage Show, Part II

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The following exchange took place in 2000 during a Q&A session at a BBC-sponsored forum on the World Bank. "My question is re...
Thursday, January 13

No Chopped Liver

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Pundita is shocked at the names on the list of candidates being tossed around for the post of President of the World Bank after Mr. Wolfen...

In search of where we are now

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"I tried to figure out your political affiliation by reading your old posts. I gave up. Can you tell me which party you favor? Caesa...