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	<description>Can we learn from experience?</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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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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		<title>Georgia, Two Years after the War with Russia</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/georgia-two-years-after-the-war-with-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Matlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article by Ahto Lobjakas of the RFE/RL research unit shows how far Georgian policy is from the sort of concessions that Dmitri Trenin recommended. (See previous post.) Instead of engaging with the populations of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/georgia-two-years-after-the-war-with-russia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Matlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article in the Moscow Times, Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Center in Moscow, offered some wise advice which could solve the &#8220;frozen conflicts&#8221; of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.  Trenin points out that the current situation is &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/geogia-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>False Labels: What Does “Conservative” Mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Matlock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former ambassador Dennis Jett published a thoughtful op-ed Sunday about the media entertainers and politicians who call themselves &#8220;conservatives&#8221; these days.  I consider them propagandists for an ideology which is, in many respects, the opposite of conservative as the word &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/false-labels-what-does-conservative-mean/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable Energy: Portugal’s Achievement</title>
		<link>http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/renewable-energy-portugals-achievement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Matlock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t miss the article today in the New York Times on the rapid increase in the proportion of renewable energy in Portugal&#8217;s economy.  Several points should be emphasized: (1) The rapidity of the increase in the proportion of renewable energy &#8230; <a href="http://jackmatlock.com/2010/08/renewable-energy-portugals-achievement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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