Kevork Oskanian
@drkevorko.bsky.social
IR, International (Dis)Order, Eurasian Politics. Lecturer at @uniexeter.bsky.social. Onetime Liberal. Enemy of Pigeonholes. X refugee. Personal views, Repost ≠ 'Like'. Cosmopolitan mutt: roots in 🇦🇲🇬🇷🇩🇪🇱🇧🇧🇪🇬🇧.
Your interesting read for today: Russia through the eyes of its women. -- apple.news/A_WlQpW03Tw2...
Russia through the eyes of its women — The Times and The Sunday Times
Iulia Ioffe was seven in 1990 when her family left Moscow for America, done in by the dysfunction and antisemitism of the Soviet system. Her sour teacher gave her a book as a farewell gift. “Don’t for...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Your interesting read for today: Russia through the eyes of its women. -- apple.news/A_WlQpW03Tw2...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Fortunately for us all, I don’t think no-spine Starmer will be in post beyond May’s local elections.
The UK cannot afford a Prime Minister with the spine of a jellyfish.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Fortunately for us all, I don’t think no-spine Starmer will be in post beyond May’s local elections.
The UK cannot afford a Prime Minister with the spine of a jellyfish.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The UK cannot afford a Prime Minister with the spine of a jellyfish.
John Bolton and James Coney are welcome to apply on this side of the Atlantic.
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
John Bolton and James Coney are welcome to apply on this side of the Atlantic.
Maybe time to ask whether the UK wants to be a sovereign nation, or a vassal state.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Maybe time to ask whether the UK wants to be a sovereign nation, or a vassal state.
A Soviet propaganda documentary directed against...China (in German) -- Nacht über China - Sowjetischer Propagandafilm gegen den Maoismus (1971) youtu.be/XcYQ2C_tXio?... 😳
Nacht über China - Sowjetischer Propagandafilm gegen den Maoismus (1971)
YouTube video by CHRONOS-MEDIA History
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November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A Soviet propaganda documentary directed against...China (in German) -- Nacht über China - Sowjetischer Propagandafilm gegen den Maoismus (1971) youtu.be/XcYQ2C_tXio?... 😳
Trump: 'Venezuela is an evil communist dictatorship'.
Also Trump: 'Venezuelans don't deserve protection and can be deported immediately'.
Also Trump: 'Venezuelans don't deserve protection and can be deported immediately'.
Rodríguez, 30, is among the more than 600,000 Venezuelans who have, as of Friday, lost temporary protected status, or TPS — a designation that shielded them from deportation and allowed many to work and live in the United States. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday. Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump: 'Venezuela is an evil communist dictatorship'.
Also Trump: 'Venezuelans don't deserve protection and can be deported immediately'.
Also Trump: 'Venezuelans don't deserve protection and can be deported immediately'.
Countries that put their citizenships up for sale without residence requirements should be sanctioned.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Countries that put their citizenships up for sale without residence requirements should be sanctioned.
Always had great respect for this serial slayer of Empires.
Assistant professor of political theory Kevin D Pham argues that Vietnam’s potent and storied anticolonialism is founded upon a unique sense of national shame. Read his insightful Aeon Essay to learn more buff.ly/fcz4CWV
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Always had great respect for this serial slayer of Empires.
Very much enjoyed watching it, and reading this correctives- (and spoilers-) filled review below.
By popular demand (read: maybe three people asked me) — some thoughts on Kathryn Bigelow's new film, "A House of Dynamite." TOTAL SPOILER ZONE, you have been warned! doomsdaymachines.net/p/bolt-out-o...
Bolt out of the blue
Kathryn Bigelow's "A House of Dynamite"
doomsdaymachines.net
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Very much enjoyed watching it, and reading this correctives- (and spoilers-) filled review below.
Wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy!'.
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy!'.
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
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Choose your own adventure.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Choose your own adventure.
If you think democracy will survive the emergence of trillionaires, you are dreaming.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If you think democracy will survive the emergence of trillionaires, you are dreaming.
NYC basically telling the billionaire oligarchy to get stuffed. — Mamdani seals remarkable victory - but real challenges await www.bbc.com/news/article...
Zohran Mamdani seals remarkable victory - but real challenges await
After entering the race largely unnoticed, the new mayor of New York City can expect to face serious scrutiny in office.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
NYC basically telling the billionaire oligarchy to get stuffed. — Mamdani seals remarkable victory - but real challenges await www.bbc.com/news/article...
Welcome to the Age of Stupid.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Welcome to the Age of Stupid.
'The Only Democracy in the Middle East'.*
*Terms and Conditions Apply.
*Terms and Conditions Apply.
"Freed Palestinian prisoners recount beatings and abuse in Israeli jails" - on.ft.com/4hulOA2 via @financialtimes.com free access for the first few click.
Freed Palestinian prisoners recount beatings and abuse in Israeli jails
Testimonies from former detainees spotlight worsening conditions since October 7 2023 attack
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'The Only Democracy in the Middle East'.*
*Terms and Conditions Apply.
*Terms and Conditions Apply.
More than just a hint of delusions of grandeur. Maybe wake up to the fact that times have changed? www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The New Eurasian Order
America must link its Atlantic and Pacific strategies.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More than just a hint of delusions of grandeur. Maybe wake up to the fact that times have changed? www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Utterly grim reading. www.ft.com/content/1377...
The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Utterly grim reading. www.ft.com/content/1377...
I'm sorry, but sheepishly stating that 'this is just the way things are' in the face of dependence on US cloud services like Amazon is just not good enough.
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I'm sorry, but sheepishly stating that 'this is just the way things are' in the face of dependence on US cloud services like Amazon is just not good enough.
The reason POTUS makes scatographic videos is the simple fact that his head is filled with that stuff.
Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?
MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The reason POTUS makes scatographic videos is the simple fact that his head is filled with that stuff.
The materialism, transactionalism and hypocrisy in the "Prosperity Gospel" - a perfect fit for MAGA and the Trump era.
October 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The materialism, transactionalism and hypocrisy in the "Prosperity Gospel" - a perfect fit for MAGA and the Trump era.
For those of you for whom it's not all Greek, here's a small quote from me on Trump's Tomahawk prevarications in Greece's To Vima.
www.tovima.gr/print/world/...
www.tovima.gr/print/world/...
Tomahawk: Τσεκούρι του πολέμου ή πίπα της ειρήνης;
Ειδικοί αναλύουν στο «Βήμα» κατά πόσο οι Tomahawk που υπόσχεται να δώσει στην Ουκρανία ο Ντόναλντ Τραμπ μπορούν να αλλάξουν την έκβαση του πολέμου ή αν αποτελούν μέσο πίεσης στον Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν ώστε...
www.tovima.gr
October 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For those of you for whom it's not all Greek, here's a small quote from me on Trump's Tomahawk prevarications in Greece's To Vima.
www.tovima.gr/print/world/...
www.tovima.gr/print/world/...
And when I say 'the most brazenly corrupt administration in US history', this is what I mean.
Definitely not bribery.
on.ft.com/4omXW3F How dozens of Trump’s donors have benefited from his second term
on.ft.com/4omXW3F How dozens of Trump’s donors have benefited from his second term
How dozens of Trump’s donors have benefited from his second term
While previous presidents have introduced policies that have helped supporters, such incidents are now more common and overt
on.ft.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
And when I say 'the most brazenly corrupt administration in US history', this is what I mean.