https://t.me/nopaywall 27 ноября 2017 г. James Marson, Nathan Hodge. Ahead of the Russian presidential vote next spring, the Kremlin has a fresh strategy to drive turnout—and the election’s authority. MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin has notched 17 years as Russia’s ruler by co-opting political opponents or keeping them off the ballot and out of public view. Ahead of the presidential election next spring, the Kremlin has a new strategy: putting some of his critics on television. For viewers used to monotonously…

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https://t.me/nopaywall 30 ноября 2017 г. Nathan Hodge. Foreign Minister Lavrov accused Washington of trying to push North Korea’s leader into “rash action”. MOSCOW—Russia’s top diplomat accused the U.S. on Thursday of trying to provoke North Korean leader Kim Jong Un into “rash action,” pushing back against a call by Washington for countries to increase pressure on Pyongyang after its latest intercontinental-ballistic-missile launch. The U.S. last week announced it is planning military drills with South Korea…

https://t.me/nopaywall 1 декабря 2017 г. James Romm. A definitive edition of the five contemporaneous works that chronicle the military campaigns of Julius Caesar. It’s astounding that so few fans of martial sagas like “The Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones” have found their way to the narratives of the Greek and Roman historians. In these works, too, one finds apocalyptic battles, ruthless political struggles and bizarre twists of fortune. They may lack dragons, but their intensity is amplified by the…

https://t.me/nopaywall 3 декабря 2017 г. Jesse M. Fried, Eugene Kontorovich. The American Studies Association boycotted the Jewish state. It wasn’t by popular demand. Emails unearthed in a federal lawsuit appear to show that the American Studies Association’s decision to boycott Israel was orchestrated by a small cadre of academics who infiltrated the ASA’s leadership to demonize the Jewish state. The ASA website says the scholarly group “promotes the development and dissemination of interdisciplinary research…