For the casual observer, tyrants like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping appear to be possessed with irresistible superpower qualities. In reality, they are constantly overwhelmed by cataclysmic fears, bordering on paralyzing cowardice.…
Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi From a historical perspective, appeasement of tyrannical regimes ended, without exceptions, in personal, national, regional, or global catastrophes. From the expansions of the antediluvian Egyptian and…
Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi The Hungarian joke about the light bulb goes like this: How many Hungarians does it take to change a light bulb? The answer: Two. One to…
Once again, the European continent is being shaped by a global power struggle between NATO and a gradually declining – yet militarily stubbornly assertive – Russia with renewed imperialistic ambitions. …
The skyjacking of the four passenger planes by nineteen Al- Qaeda terrorists in the early morning hours of September 11, 2001, should have been looked upon as a wake-up call…
As a general in the Union Army and “the first modern general” according to B.H. Liddell Hart, William Tecumseh Sherman opined that war is too serious a matter to leave…
By Miklos K. Radvanyi Historically, the fate of what has been called only since the last decade of the 20th century the sovereign state of Ukraine has been depended mostly…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Like the supernatural firebird of ancient civilizations, Barack Hussein Obama, an obscure state senator from Illinois, burst into the troubled firmament of American politics in…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi History is the never-ending quest of men for the attainment of determinative powers. In a democracy, however, the powers of elected officials are limited; presidents,…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi The People’s Republic of China appears to be a normal nation-state on the surface. Yet, alarmingly close to this tranquil surface, society is in a…
by Dr. Miklós K. Radványi Regardless of their shades, dictatorships universally worship might. For this fundamental reason, the precarious existence of every revolutionary regime rests on two essential criteria –…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi From its genesis until its overthrow on February 12, 1912, imperial China was driven throughout its history by a permanent tension between the despotic state’s…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi More often than men would like it, history has the annoying habit of repeating itself. Thus, already in 1985, the Sudanese people had a disappointing…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi On January 20, 2013, the United States of America will either have Barack Hussein Obama for four more years or will have a new president, the…
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Whoever strives to attain absolute powers is condemned to eternal insecurity. The rulers of Egypt were and are no exceptions. For this reason, the country’s…