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Playing the wrong game and losing the right one

Playing the wrong game and losing the right one

It is not an exaggeration to say that the global geopolitical scene is changing at a speed and with a violence that we have not seen since the early 1990s. In eras past, people were fortunate to see one landscape-changing redrawing of the global order in a lifetime,...
The Neo-Tsar’s gambit

The Neo-Tsar’s gambit

For those of you paying attention to global politics at the moment, you may be at least vaguely aware of some sort of “peace summit” that will take place in Switzerland, starting tomorrow. The idea behind it was to gather various Western and Global South...
Poking the bear was always a losing game

Poking the bear was always a losing game

Fresh off the news that the FUSA has just launched a raft of new SANSHUNS!!!!, which inevitably will WERK REEL GUDDER ‘N’ SHIET!!!!!!!!, the Russians have responded with an almighty shrug of their shoulders. The Central Bank of Russia simply announced that...
Didactic Mind, Ep 117: The Burning of Rome

Didactic Mind, Ep 117: The Burning of Rome

The Didactic Mind podcast is FINALLY back, after a long hiatus due to… well, sheer laziness, mostly, and a real lack of desire to talk about much of the craziness around us. Nonetheless, recent events in the West and Russia have made a podcast necessary to...
The CIA just validated the Special Military Operation

The CIA just validated the Special Military Operation

Let’s just get one thing out of the way: The New York F***ing Slimes IS NOT an honest broker of the news. It has not been for many, many years. It is in fact a bought-and-paid-for arm of the Deep State, and its army of presstitutes and media whores ABSOLUTELY...
The death of the “rules-based international order”

The death of the “rules-based international order”

Exactly two years ago today, we all woke up to discover the Russian Federation, under the orders of President Vladimir Putin, had launched a powerful invasion of its much smaller neighbour, Ukraine. It was a dark and terrible day, one that I will forever remember...
The fall of the Citadel

The fall of the Citadel

The news has been streaming in since late last night that Ukraine’s military high command has ordered the full evacuation of the “Ukrainian” – that is to say, temporarily occupied – large township of Avdeevka, to the northwest of Donetsk...
The ark of civilisation

The ark of civilisation

The extraordinarily effective spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova (Мария Захарова), sat down for a fascinating interview recently, in which she pointed out some very powerful truths about what Russia is nowadays: Ms Zakharova is an excellent...
The not at all secret Putin Plan

The not at all secret Putin Plan

About a week ago, the Neo-Tsar held a marathon, and magisterial, four-hour press conference in which he addressed both the Russian and international press, and also answered a wide range of questions from his own citizens. The point of this event was to provide a...
Domain Query: Ask Didact Anything Day #3

Domain Query: Ask Didact Anything Day #3

Friends, the time has come for another Ask Didact Anything brain-dump. This instalment addresses a wide range of reader questions, starting with a fascinating article sent to me by a reader, and continuing on through various points of interest raised by members...