tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post7536644900844077342..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: "The Russian Strategy for Empire"T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-47529706984481183872014-04-21T09:30:42.532-07:002014-04-21T09:30:42.532-07:00A quick pt on the Bruno piece, which i glanced at....A quick pt on the Bruno piece, which i glanced at. The situation he describes is not new: political appointees have dominated important US ambassadorships for at least the last several decades, i wd say, if not longer. Ditto, probably, for top layer of positions in State Dept.<br /><br />The fact that John Emerson, US amb to Germany, is an entertainment lawyer who speaks no German matters not so LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-55055823763945177462014-04-18T03:22:23.601-07:002014-04-18T03:22:23.601-07:00@LFC--
Schindler could no more write a kind sente...@LFC--<br /><br />Schindler could no more write a kind sentence kind sentence about someone he disagrees with than a mouse could catch a cat. He is combative to a degree that is both illogical and unchristian. This 'rant' is on his less extreme side. <br /><br />With that said, I actually do <i>not</i> think it is the think-tank crowd on the side lines that set him off. Had I to peg any T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-60150124955998475622014-04-14T20:39:44.841-07:002014-04-14T20:39:44.841-07:00I hadn't noticed Schindler's rant vs. IR s...I hadn't noticed Schindler's rant vs. IR since I don't read his blog (tho I have been there once or twice, i think).<br /><br />Of course he's right about the importance of languages and history, but IR is not just game theory, and any IR theorist of any seriousness knows that history is important. How IR theorists use history might not always be to historians' taste, but LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-88235248637936614262014-03-22T23:55:52.891-07:002014-03-22T23:55:52.891-07:00Even putting aside the historical legacy of the Ru...Even putting aside the historical legacy of the Russian empire...<br /><br />it's difficult for me to understand why Washington might suppose that Moscow would concede a NATO that includes Ukraine.<br /><br />When Hilary was Sec. of State she openly ridiculed any Eurasian Union.<br /><br />In other words, she opposed Russia in any endeavour at regional cooperation.<br /><br />Why wouldn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-1349843272240938862014-03-21T03:09:13.773-07:002014-03-21T03:09:13.773-07:00This is critique of our foreign policy talking hea...This is critique of our foreign policy talking heads is right on target.<br /><br />Very little else Mr. Schindler says is. Were I in his shoes I do not think I would have made the same predictions of war as he did--but then again, I don't make predictions.<br /><br /> I try not to fault experts for faulty predictions, for <a href="http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2014/01/T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-28892510389696471362014-03-21T03:06:55.876-07:002014-03-21T03:06:55.876-07:00@Spandrell-
1. I rarely agree with Dr. Schindler ...@Spandrell-<br /><br />1. I rarely agree with Dr. Schindler on anything. I did not think I would ever endorse anything he has to say actually. But I do agree with this:<br /><br /><i>"A related factor here surely is that the United States has groomed a whole generation of foreign policy wonks-in-training who lack any real understanding of how the world actually works. These T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-88720662677493460072014-03-20T23:48:50.241-07:002014-03-20T23:48:50.241-07:00Good stuff.
Yet I must point out that Mr. Schindl...Good stuff.<br /><br />Yet I must point out that Mr. Schindler was betting on Putin waging total war, yet it didn't happen. Momentum is dissipating so he's less likely to do so as time passes.<br /><br />I take it you read Peter Lee's last on the parallels between Ukraine and Taiwan? Now that's interesting.spandrellhttp://bloodyshovel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com