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The Turkmenbashi Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan
With a personality cult to rival that of Kim Jong-un’s in North Korea, Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi has built a comprehensive system of secular adulation centered on his life and his teachings as embodied in his various proclamations, speeches, and writings, most famous among which is the Ruhnama. Having elevated himself to the position of secular god […]
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Is North Korea’s State Ideology, Juche(주체), a Religion?
According to Adherents.com, which tracks membership numbers among the world’s various religions, the 10th largest religious group in the world is the entire state of North Korea itself – namely, the Juche (주체) ideology coined by Eternal President Kim Il-sung and propagated through the DPRK’s propaganda machine. The Juche movement is much more overtly religious […]
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The People’s Republic of China Purchases Fleet of Advanced Tupolev Tu-22M3 Bombers from the Russian Federation
- January 21, 2013
- anti-access
- area-denial
- arms trade
- Asia
- ballistic missile
- Bomber
- bomber fleet
- China
- Cold War
- demonstration video
- East Asia
- H-10 bomber
- Military Power
- People's Repulic of China
- PLA H-10 bomber
- PRC
- Radugha Kh-22
- Russia
- Russian arms
- Russian bomber
- Russian Federation
- Russian weapons
- South China Sea
- Soviet weapons
- stealth bomber
- Tupolev
- Tupolev Tu-22M3
- United States Navy
- USN
A Tupolev Tu–22M3 bomber fleet is advanced enough to take on the best of the United States Navy in China’s bid to grow its military might. The People’s Liberation Army has reportedly purchased $1.5 billion worth of Tupolev Tu–22M3 bomber aircraft from Russia. When deployed by the PLA the aircraft will be known as the […]
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Russia Vows to Send Probe to the Moon by 2015
In order to fulfill a long-held national dream of reaching the moon, the head of Roskosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency), Vladimir Popovkin, announced yesterday, January 15. The luna-glob, or ‘moon-globe,’ will be the first thing to be blasted into space from Russia’s new space facility in the Amur region which was built to lessen the […]
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Documentary Video Inside North Korea – The World’s Most Secretive State
- September 25, 2012
- Asia
- Authoritarian regimes
- China
- Cold War
- Communism
- Dear Leader
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- dictator
- Dictatorship
- Documentary
- East Asia
- Juche
- Kim Il-sung
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- Korea
- Korean War
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Pyongyang
- Republic of Korea
- Supreme Leader
- Suryong
- Video
This documentary video takes the viewer inside of one of the world’s most repressive regimes. While internationally North Korea is known for bringing relations between it and the South to the brink, among human rights workers it is the most brutal regime on Earth. Individuality, freedom of expression, religion, or any basic human rights are […]
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Chinese Defense Strategist Li Xiaojun Urges Australia to Pick a ‘Godfather’
- May 16, 2012
- Alliance
- Allies
- ally
- Asia Pacific
- Australia
- balance of power
- Bob Carr
- China
- Cold War
- Defense
- Defense strategiest
- Defense strategy
- East Asia
- Foreign Minister
- Li Xiaojun
- Military
- military alliance
- military build up
- military strategy
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- United States
- United States of America
- US
Defense strategist Li Xiaojun advocated that Australia choose a ‘godfather’ between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, calling Australia’s close military alliance with the U.S. a throwback to the Cold War era. Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr met with his counterpart and future Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Australia to celebrate 40 […]
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The PRC’s Shenlong (‘Divine Dragon’) Space Plane and the Pentagon’s Assessment of China’s Military Space Program
- May 12, 2012
- Asia
- China
- China 2030
- China's Military
- China's Space Program
- Chinese Military Power
- Chinese Space Program
- Chinese Technology
- Cold War
- Communist Party of China
- Defense budget
- Department of Defense
- Divine Dragon
- East Asia
- H6-K
- Military of the People's Republic of China report
- Pentagon
- People's Liberation Army
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Rise of China
- Shenlong
- Soviet Military Report
- Space plane
- Space Program
- United States
The Pentagon produces an annual report about the People’s Republic of China’s military with regard to its capabilities in space. This report is similar to a Cold War-era document published by the Department of Defense titled Soviet Military Power (SMP), a mix of propaganda showing photographs and illustrations of future Soviet weaponry as well as a […]
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The Cold War: The Origins of the Conflict.
- April 1, 2012
- Allies
- Atomic Age
- Atomic Era
- Clement Atlee
- Cold War
- Communism
- Fallout Shelter
- Fight against Fascism
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Great Patriotic War
- Harry Truman
- History
- Joseph Stalin
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Nuclear Weapons
- Origins
- Potsdam Conference
- Russians
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Winston Churchill
- World War II
- Yalta Conference
The tensions of the Cold War are hard to imagine in the current era, even with the fear of ‘terror’ and living in what some call the ‘age of terrorism.’ For example, in the United States, Cold War paranoia reached untold heights, with secret bunkers and installations built across the country in case of nuclear […]
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The Cold War: The Marshall Plan (1947-1952)
The end of World War II and the devastation experienced by the nations of Europe left it fertile ground for revolution, particularly a communist revolution. The United States became concerned with the spread of communism in the former occupied nations of Europe and this led to the formation of the “Marshall Plan” for Europe’s postwar […]
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The Cold War: The Iron Curtain (1945-1947)
Winston Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent.” This now famous speech outlined what Churchill called the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe. Unlike after World War I, it was clear that the United States would not be allowed to languish in the […]
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