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	<description>Can we learn from experience?</description>
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		<title>Romney: Wrong on Russia</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2012/04/romney-wrong-on-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When President Obama was overheard telling Russian president Dmitri Medvedev that he could be “more flexible” in negotiations on missile defense following the election, Governor Mitt Romney was quick to pounce, calling Russia America’s “Number one geopolitical foe.” The New &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2012/04/romney-wrong-on-russia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Russian Election: Watch Mikhail Prokhorov</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most observers assume that Vladimir Putin will win on the first ballot in Sunday&#8217;s election. That is as close to certain as anything in the future can be, but the interesting question will be whether extensive fraud will be required &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2012/03/the-russian-election-watch-mikhail-prokhorov/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The GOP Presidential Primary Circus: Radical is Not Conservative</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Friedman has a column in today’s New York Times that really hits home. Entitled “We Need a Second Party,” he bewails the absence of any evidence that the politicians competing for the Republican nomination for president have a clue &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2012/02/the-gop-presidential-primary-circus-radical-is-not-conservative/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Demonstrations in Moscow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will find an eyewitness description of the demonstrations in Moscow yesterday here. You will also find a very interesting discussion of the charges by Prime Minister Putin that the United States has been trying to create an &#8220;Orange Revolution&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2012/02/demonstrations-in-moscow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gorbachev&#8217;s Achievements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oxford Professor Archie Brown, who has written several insightful studies of Gorbachev and, most recently, a much acclaimed  The Rise and Fall of Communism, summarized in a recent posting what he considers Gorbachev&#8217;s twelve most significant achievements.  He points out that the list is &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2011/03/gorbachevs-achievements/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mikhail Gorbachev&#8217;s 80th Birthday</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2011/03/mikhail-gorbachevs-80th-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, will turn 80 on March 2. It is remarkable to me that so many of his compatriots fail to recognize his contribution to some of the most momentous changes in world politics. &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2011/03/mikhail-gorbachevs-80th-birthday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Upside of Wikileaks</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2010/12/the-upside-of-wikileaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Matlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s New York Times has an article that points up a positive aspect of Wikileaks&#8230; the opportunity for the public to appreciate the cogent analysis and creative writing of the U.S. Foreign Service. But perhaps the future impact of the &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/12/the-upside-of-wikileaks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2010/10/russia-georgia-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sofia, Bulgaria, October 7, 2010  I was asked to speak on problems in the Caucasus at the New Political Forum organized by the Gorbachev Foundation in Sofia.  Although I am by no means an expert on the Caucasus, I tried &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/10/russia-georgia-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bomb Iran? Craziest Idea of the Century (So Far)</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/bomb-iran-craziest-idea-of-the-century-so-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Matlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Booneville Those of us spending our August out in the boonies may have missed the blog frenzy emanating from Washington the past few weeks predicting that Israel is insisting on bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities to remove an “existential threat.”  If &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/bomb-iran-craziest-idea-of-the-century-so-far/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russia: Meaning of &#8220;Reset&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/russia-meaning-of-reset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Matlock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Booneville, Tennessee A friend has called my attention to an article in the August 12 issue of the Washington Times. The article strikes me as more propaganda than analysis.  I&#8217;ll explain why as I quote the article, which follows: Russian Actions &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/russia-meaning-of-reset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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