#USSR

Amy Webb

amywebb

Journalists, hello! Have you noticed a lot of people referring to themselves as futurists lately? It's true -- this is a thing. But interestingly, it's not the first time in

Taylor R. Genovese

trgenovese

For this week's edition of #SovietSpaceSundays, I'm going to do a short list of some of my favorite monolithic spaceflight monuments in the USSR!Enable my research!http://patreon.com/trgenovese http://paypal.me/trgenovese 1/ The fir

Delirious

ExtaticT

The conflict in #NagornoKarabakh has complex legal and historical background, but #Azerbaijan has been referring to #UNSC resolutions to back its claims and justify military action... So I researched a

Indradeep Khan

IndradeepKhan

Part 4In 1991, Gorbachev sent a 3word message to John Major, UK PM & then head G7"Dear John, Help"The West sympathised, gave lectures on freedom & did jack shitUSSR disintegrated

倪明达 (Ni Mingda)

NiMingda_GG

1/Western elites often talk about a "rules-based international order" and how China has defied it.But what exactly is this "order"? And why do Western elites feel so threatened by China

FARISJAMALFJ-ikansadinmknorang

FarisJamalFJ

Pesawat paling besar atas planet ni bukanlah buatan Amerika tapi dibina oleh Kesatuan Soviet.Sempena menghilangkan bosan PKP+ Ini adalah bebenang Antonov An225 Myria (NATO reporting name : Cossack) yg singgah

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Reflecting on Marshall Plan, it strikes me that distasteful as it might seem to both sides, Blue America needs to craft a Marshall unPlan for Red America to avert a

Emma Kinema ⭐

EmmaKinema

Not enough people understand that the West didn't defeat the Nazis. The West *absorbed* the Nazis.https://twitter.com/Karen09944730/status/1298998026485334016 After WWII, in West Germany a huge portion of Nazi leaders, officials, and bu

Bazaar of Ideas 🌹

OdinsProphecy

Meet Dr. PK Mahanandia.A dalit born in the eastern jungles of India. When he started school, his teachers told him that he wasn't allowed to sit next to other students.The

Adam Casey

adam_e_casey

A decree was signed Monday by Putin to establish a political department in the National Guard (Росгвардия). /1 This is in addition to the political directorate established within the regular

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Flowers, binding detail, Arabic Prayerbook, A.H. 1150 / 1738 C.E. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquered papier maché binding Garden of Words, Illuminations from a Book of Hours,

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Here's the thing about the "foreign interference" narrative that bugs me: it seems undeniable that Russian state elements (and quasi-state elements like "patriotic hackers") interfered in the 2016 election It's

Nitin A. Gokhale

nitingokhale

As the world battles the pandemic unleashed by the Chinese virus, and nations increasingly seek accountability from Xi Jingping, internal unease and murmurs in the CCP is manifesting itself in

Anti-Fascism & Far Right 🥤

FFRAFAction

THREAD Varieties of FascismSee definitions of fascism in our pinned TweetCommon theme is classic interwar regime fascism was *syncretic* - it borrowed from both left & right.Postwar fascism has

Abdi 🇺🇸

AbdiPopulist

Here's a story of how Communism/Socialism destroyed Somalia.A country blessed with a tropical weather, an endless coastline and a proud enterprising people.It should have been a success story.[Kindly RT and

Le cueilleur

LCueilleur

Small service - big tasks#threadLuxembourg played an active role in the Cold War. For the Soviet bloc it was an important gateway for intelligence operations. The State Intelligence Service #SRE