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America Sold Out Taiwan Before Conceding to Red China

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 October 2023

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This entry was posted in History, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged Anatoly Dobrynin, Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Cambodia, CCP, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek, China lobby, Chinese Communist Party, Christianity, CIA, Cold War, COMINTERN, Communism, Containment Doctrine, Cultural Revolution, détente, Deng Xiaoping, Doctrine of Containment, Douglas MacArthur, France, French Revolution, Gang of Four, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Great Leap Forward, Guomindang, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh, ideology, Indochinese Communist Party, Israel, Joseph Stalin, journalists, KGB, Korean War, Kuomintang, Laos, Lyndon Johnson, Mao Zedong, Marvin Liebman, media, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Nazi Germany, Nelson Rockefeller, Nicolae Ceausescu, Nikita Khrushchev, North Vietnam, Protestantism, Red China, Republic of China, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Second World War, Sino-Soviet split, South Vietnam, Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Spiro Agnew, Taiwan, Tiananmen Square massacre, totalitarianism, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamization, William F. Buckley, Yom Kippur War, Zhou Enlai on October 1, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Remembering Korea: The First “Hot War” of the Cold War

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 September 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Adolf Hitler, Albania, Alger Hiss, Anthony Blunt, Antisemitism, atrocities, Australia, Baltics, Berlin Blockade, Britain, Brown Scare, Cambodia, Cambridge Five, Cambridge spies, CCP, Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Communist Party, Cold War, COMINTERN, Communism, Containment Doctrine, counter-intelligence, Czechoslovakia, Dean Acheson, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Doctrine of Containment, Donald Maclean, Doolittle Report, Douglas MacArthur, DPRK, Dwight Eisenhower, East Germany, Estonia, Ethel Rosenberg, Europe, FDR, Finland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Blake, Greece, Greek Civil War, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Guy Burgess, Harry Dexter White, Harry Hopkins, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, Holocaust, Hungary, ideology, Intelligence, Iran, Iron Curtain, Japan, Jews, John Cairncross, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Stalin, Jugoslavija, Julius Rosenberg, KGB, Kim Il Sung, Kim Philby, Klaus Fuchs, Korean War, Laos, Latvia, Laurence Duggan, Lee Beom-seok, Lithuania, Magnificent Five, MANHATTAN Project, Mao Zedong, Marshall Aid, Matthew Ridgway, McCarthyism, MGB, MI6, Nagasaki, National Security Agency, NATO, Nazis, NKVD, North Korea, NSA, Nuremberg Tribunal, Operation BARBAROSSA, Operation FIEND, Operation VALUABLE, Poland, Popular Front, Red Army, Red China, Republic of Korea, Second World War, Secret Intelligence Service, Shin Song-mo, SIS, South Korea, Soviet Union, Syngman Rhee, Turkey, United Nations, VALUABLE Project, VENONA, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Walton Walker, war crimes, William Weisband, Winston Churchill, Winter War, Workers’ Party of Korea, Yugoslavia on September 20, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The Devastation of South Africa is What Always Happens When a Soviet Asset Gets to Power

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 September 2023

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This entry was posted in History, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged African National Congress, ANC, Angola, assassination, Colonel Gaddafi, Communism, corruption, crime, Cuba, Cyril Ramaphosa, East Germany, Horst Kleinschmidt, ideology, Intelligence, KGB, Libya, MK, Moscow Centre, Muammar al-Qaddafi, murder, Nelson Mandela, racism, SACP, secret police, South Africa, South African Communist Party, Soviet Third World Strategy, Soviet Union, STASI, terrorism, Umkhonto we Sizwe on September 14, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Did Russia Ever Start a Democratic Transition? Can It?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 July 2023

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This entry was posted in History, Russia, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged absolute monarchy, Anglosphere, aristocracy, Atatürk, autocracy, black cash, Bolsheviks, Boris Yeltsin, Bulgaria, Captive Nations, Chechnya, Cheka, Cheka Day, Chekists, chinovnichestvo, Christianity, civil liberties, civil society, collectivisation, Communism, corruption, cyber-attacks, Czechoslovakia, dekulakisation, democracy, democratic transition, Dobrarmiya, Duma, East Germany, Ekaterina Schulmann, emancipation, espionage, Europe, far-Right terrorism, Federal Security Service, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Foreign Intelligence Service, FSB, Fundamental State Laws, Gennady Zyuganov, German Democratic Republic, Golden Horde, Homo Sovieticus, ideology, Imperialism, Joseph Stalin, Kievan Rus, liberalism, Mafia, Maria Snegovaya, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mongols, Mustafa Kemal, Narodniki, Narodniks, nationalism, Nichola II, nobility, October Manifesto, organised crime, Pereyaslav Agreement, Peter the Great, pluralism, Pyotr I, Red Army, religion, Right-wing extremism, Romania, Russia, Russian intelligentsia, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian terrorist-revolutionaries, Russian Whites, securocrats, serfdom, SIGINT, signals intelligence, siloviki, Socialist Commonwealth, Soviet Union, surveillance, SVR, Terror, terrorism, third wave of democratisation, Tsar, Turkey, Ukraine, Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, Volunteer Army, Yuri Kovalchuk on July 16, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Russian Terrorist-Revolutionaries: Ideology and Worldview

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 May 2023

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This entry was posted in History, Russia and tagged Aleksandr Nikitenko, Alexander Herzen, Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekov, Anton Denikin, apocalyptic, art, autocracy, Übermenschen, Baron August von Haxthausen, Bolsheviks, Boris Savinkov, Britain, capitalism, Christianity, cult of youth, culture, despotism, Edward Said, egalitarianism, emancipation, equality, equity, eschatological, February Revolution, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Tyutchev, Going to the People, ideology, intelligentsia, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Leon Trotsky, liberalism, literary criticism, Maquis de Custine, Marxism, messianism, Mikhail Gershenzon, Milestones, mir, Moscow Writers’ Union, Narkompros, Narodism, Narodnaya Volya, Narodnichestvo, Narodniks, New Man, Nicholas I, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Nikolai Dobrolyubov, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, obshchina, Orientalism, original sin, People’s Will, populism, progress, Provisional Government, Pyotr Lavrov, Pyotr Tkachev, Pyotr Tkachyov, reform, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Russia, Science, scientism, serfdom, Sergey Nechaev, Sergey Nechayev, slavery, Social Darwinism, Soviet Union, terrorism, terrorist-revolutionaries, The Russian Tradition, Tibor Szamuely, Tsardom, Vekhi, Vladimir Lenin, Volunteer Army, Wild West on May 13, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The Prevent Review: What Went Wrong in British Counter-Extremism Policy

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 March 2023

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This entry was posted in British Domestic Terrorism, Islamic Militancy and tagged Aafia Siddiqui, Abdullah Azzam, Abu Ala al-Mawdudi, Ahmadis, Ahmadiyya, Ahmed Hassan, Al-Hurraya, Al-Manaar, al-Qaeda, Albigensians, anarchism, ANTIFA, apostasy, As-Shifa mosque, Asad Fazil, Asad Shah, Behavioural Insights Team, blasphemy, Brexit, Britain, CAGE, Cageprisoners, Cathars, Channel, civil society organisations, Communism, conservatism, CONTEST, counter-extremism, counter-terrorism, David Duke, deceptive compliance, deradicalisation, Donald Trump, eco-terrorism, extreme Left, extreme Right-wing, far-Left, far-Right, Fishmongers’ Hall attack, foreign fighters, free speech, HAMAS, hate crimes, heresy, Hezbollah, Hizballah, ideology, IHRC, Imam Online, incels, Independent Review of Prevent, India, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Irfan Chishti, IRGC, ISI, ISIS, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamophobia, Ismail Haniyeh, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jalal Uddin, Jews, jihadism, Joe Rogan, Karimia Institute, Kashmir, Khalistan, Khalistanis, Khatme Nubuwwat movement, Ku Klux Klan, liberalism, London Bridge attack, MCB, Me and You Education, MEND, mental health, Musharraf Hussein, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, Muslim Engagement and Development, Muzaffar Shah Qadri, narwhal tusk, Nazism, NIIP, non-violent extremism, Nottingham Islam Information Point, online radicalisation, optimism bias, Pakistan, Palestinians, politicisation, PREVENT, Prophet Muhammad, radicalisation, rehabilitation, RICU, safeguarding, Sayyid Qutb, sectarianism, Shakeel Begg, Shaker Aamer, shari’a, Sikh, Sudesh Amman, Taliban, terrorism, The Beatles, United Kingdom, Usman Khan, violent extremism, vulnerability, white supremacism, William Shawcross, YouTube, Yvonne Ridley on March 16, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The World Cup in Qatar and “Personal Freedom” Make the Islamic State Very Angry

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abd al-Rahman al-Khorasani, Abdulrahman al-Khorasani, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ibrahim al-Khorasani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, al-Jazeera, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Al-Udeid Airbase, al-zanadiqa, Algeria, apostasy, Awakening, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Breaking the Walls campaign, Burkina Faso, Christianity, Christians, Crusaders, democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Diwan al-Dawa wal-Masajid, Diwan al-I’lam, Egypt, FIFA World Cup, freedom of religion, God, Gulf States, Hamid al-Zawi, Hashd al-Shabi, heretics, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, ISKP, Islam, Islamic State ISIS, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamists, Jews, jihad, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, liberalism, Mali, Mozambique, Nangarhar prison break, Niger, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Pakistan, personal freedom, PKK, Prophet Muhammad, Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Qatar, religion, Sahwa, Sahwat, Saudi Arabia, SDF, sectarianism, Shah Cheragh shrine, sharia, shari’a, Shi’ism, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taha Falaha, Taliban, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Africa, Westoxification, Wilayat al-Sahel, World Cup, Yemen, Yusuf al-Siddiq, zakat on December 4, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Christianity, the West, and Russia’s War on Ukraine

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Russia and tagged abortion, Aleksandr Dugin, autocracy, Azov Regiment, Bible, Bolsheviks, charity, China, Chinese Communist Party, Christianity, Communism, concentration camps, cults, Devil, divorce, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Fifth Project, genocide, GULAG, GUR, Holy See, holy war, Hungary, ideology, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, jihad, Joe Biden, Joseph Stalin, just war, Kyrylo Budanov, liberals, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Mikhail Vasiliev, Mitrokhin Archive, Muslims, NATO, NKVD, Novichok, Oleksiy Arestovych, Orthodox Christianity, Patriarch Kirill, philosophy, Poland, post-liberals, progressives, propaganda, Protestantism, Ramzan Kadyrov, Reform Baptists, religion, Roman Catholic Church, Russia, Russiagate, Russian Orthodox Church, Salisbury, Satan, secret police, sexual revolution, Soviet Union, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Uniates, Uyghurs, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Visegrád Group, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Volodymyr Zelensky, war crimes, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, woke, wokeness, Zionists on November 20, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Reviewing the Mystery of Jihadi Ideologue Abdullah Azzam’s Assassination Three Decades Later

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 August 2022

Abdullah Azzam [image source]

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This entry was posted in Afghanistan, History, Jihadi Biographies and tagged Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Abdullah Azzam, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Abu Qatada al-Filistini, Afghan Arabs, Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ahmad Shah Masud, al-Hazimiyya, Al-Jihad Magazine, al-Maktab al-Khadamat, al-Qaeda, al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya, America, Arab-Afghans, Armed Islamic Group, assassination, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Communism, Edmund McWilliams, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, EIJ, espionage, Farkhar massacre, George H.W. Bush, GIA, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, HAMAS, Hazimis, Hezbollah al-Hijaz, historiography, Hizb-i-Islami, Hizballah al-Hijaz, ideology, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, ISI, ISIS, Islamic Awakening, Islamic State, Israel, Issam al-Barqawi, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jamal Khashoggi, Jamiat-i-Islami, jihad, Jihadi-Salafism, Jordan, KGB, KHAD, Mikhail Gorbachev, MOSSAD, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, mujahideen, Muslim Brotherhood, Mustafa Hamid, Nasrullah Mansur, Omar Othman, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Territories, Palestinians, Peshawar, PLO, Rashid Ahmad, Red Army, Sab al-Layl Mosque, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, Services Bureau, Soviet Union, spies, State Intelligence Agency, takfir, theology, Thomas Hegghammer, Umar Othman, Usama bin Laden, Wahhabism on August 11, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Britain Won the Spy War with the Irish Republican Army

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 July 2022

An IRA parade in Belfast || Image source

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This entry was posted in British Politics, History and tagged Agent 3007, Agent CAROL, Airey Neave, Anthony McIntyre, Army Council, assassination, Belfast Agreement, Billy McKee, Black September, Bloody Sunday, Bogside, British, Catholic, Colonel Gaddafi, counter-intelligence, Denis Donaldson, Eamon Collins, espionage, Eva Martin, Fianna, Freddie Scappaticci, Garda, Gardai, General Headquarters, Gerry Adams, GHQ, Glenfada Park, Good Friday Agreement, Green Book, Hafez al-Assad, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Ian Gow, ideology, INFLICTION, Intelligence, Internal Security Unit, IRA, Iran, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, ISU, Jean McConville, Joe Buck, Joe Haughey, John Haughey, John Joe Magee, John Major, Kenneth Campbell, KGB, Kim Philby, Konstantin Volkov, Lebanon, Libya, Margaret Thatcher, Martin McGartland, Martin McGuinness, MI5, MI6, Michael Oatley, mole, Moscow Centre, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Northern Ireland, Nutting Squad, Official Irish Republican Army, OIRA, Operation BANNER, Operation KENOVA, Orange Lodge, Orange Order, Palestine Liberation Organization, Peter Flanagan, PIRA, PLO, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Princess Diana, Protestant, Provisional Irish Republican Army, provocation, Real IRA, Robert Bradford, Rossville Flats, Roy McShane, Royal Ulster Constabulary, RUC, Saville Inquiry, SBS, Sean O’Callaghan, Secret Intelligence Service, sectarianism, Section IX, Security Service, Sinn Fein, Sir Anthony Berry, SIS, Soviet Union, Special Boat Service, spies, Spy War, STAKEKNIFE, Syria, terrorism, The Cook Report, The Troubles, Thomas Murphy, Tony Blair, torture, touts, UDA, UDR, Ulster, Ulster Defence Association, Ulster Defence Regiment, wetwork, Willie Carlin on July 3, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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