What do Paddy Ashdown and Richard Holbrooke have in common? If you said "Serbophobia" that would be correct, though entirely too o...

Commenting on a recent incident in Serbia, where several hooligans attacked a young lady at volleyball practice and broke her arms (!), a Se...

In these dark times, just as I think the world can sink no further into depravity and decadence, something usually happens that proves me wr...

Most Albanians today will tell you they are direct descendants of Illyrians, an ancient people that inhabited the Balkans in pre-Roman times...

The reason for my protracted absence is that I'm traveling, in places where reliable 'net connections are scarce. Look for my return...

Asia Times ' columnist Spengler argues that championing the cause of Ukraine and Georgia is futile, for in less than 50 years Georgians...

One thing I've been talking about a lot lately is that the Empire is all about perception management: it doesn't matter what happens...

In my column on Antiwar.com today, I argue that: It is difficult, perhaps even impossible, to communicate with someone so obsessed with man...

So, Russia has decided to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as expected. Also as expected, the Empire is screaming bloody murder, threat...

Ignacy Nowopolski, editor of Polska Panorama , sent a comment the other day asking me to publish one of his essays here. Now, as a general r...

I haven't written a whole lot about the upcoming elections for the Emperor, partly because I believe their outcome won't matter a wh...

Well, can you? Or are you happy to listen to the insipid drivel served to you by the mass media on government orders? If you want to believe...

The Washington Post can always be counted on to provide all the necessary calories in a balanced Russophobe's diet; nothing coming from...

Carl Bildt, ex-viceroy of Bosnia and currently the Swedish FM, writes on his blog that the Georgian affair is "about principles fundam...

I planned to post a semi-humorous piece about the Olympics, given as how they started today. Even had the perfect setup for it, with this Re...

Just the other day I quoted Brendan O'Neill about how the hysterical Imperial propaganda about Bosnia fueled the jihad . Today I presen...

"Hero to Some, Butcher to Others" is how New York Times' Dan Bilefsky describes Gen. Ratko Mladic. Good versus evil, black-an...

Legendary Soviet dissident and exile, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , died on August 3 in Moscow. He was 89. Solzhenitsyn is best known for his Nob...

After some struggling and contemplation, I wrapped up last week's column for Antiwar.com with the following passage: There is something...

Officially, Radovan Karadzic was arrested on Monday, July 21. Except there are multiple reports indicating the arrest actually took place on...