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Did Russia Ever Start a Democratic Transition? Can It?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 July 2023

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.

Jihadist “Forever Wars” Don’t End Because Western Troops Are Withdrawn

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 March 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Shabab, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Bashar al-Assad, Bilal al-Sudani, China, Donald Trump, Global War on Terror, GWOT, Hashd al-Shabi, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Joe Biden, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Matt Gaetz, military intervention, NATO, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, PKK, realism, Republicans, Russia, scandal, SDF, Shi’a militias, Somalia, Suhayl Salim Abd al-Rahman, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Turkey, Usama bin Laden, War Powers Act, Yemen on March 28, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

What To Make of China “Brokering” the Saudi-Iran Deal

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 March 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Gulf States, Iran, Iran Deal and tagged Abqaiq attack, Abqaiq-Khurais attack, America, ARAMCO, Barack Obama, China, Donalt Trump, Egypt, hegemony, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Lebanon, maximum pressure, political warfare, proxy war, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shia militias, Soviet Union, subversion, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Yemen on March 14, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Turkey Tries to Exploit the Latest “Blasphemy” Controversy in Sweden

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 January 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Turkey and tagged active measures, AKP, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, blasphemy, Chang Frick, Christianity, Danish cartoons, European Committee for Prophet Honouring, Finland, Hard Line, Iran, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Jyllands-Posten, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Muslims, NATO, PKK, propaganda, Rasmus Paludan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, RT, Russia, Russia Today, Salman Rushdie, Saudi Arabia, secularism, Stram Kurs, Sweden, The Satanic Verses, theology, Turkey, Ukraine on January 22, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Afghanistan, China, and the Memory of Fallujah: The Propaganda Focus of the Islamic State

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abu al-Ghadiya, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Abu Anas al-Shami, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Omar al-Muhajir, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Badran al-Mazidi, Caliph, China, Christianity, Communism, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Fallujah, genocide, Hina Rabbani Khar, Hindu, Hinduism, India, Intelligence, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Mozambique, Nigeria, Omar Yousef Juma'a, paganism, Pakistan, Philippines, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, SDF, sectarianism, Sikhs, Somalia, spies, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taha Falaha, Taliban, Turkey, Uganda, Uighurs, Umar Yusef al-Juma, Umar Yusef Juma, Umar Yusef Jum’a, Uyghurs, Yemen on December 28, 2022 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.

Islamic State Announces That Caliph Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi Is Dead

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Abu Umar al-Muhajir Speeches, Syria, Turkey, Turkey and ISIS and tagged Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abd al-Raouf al-Muhajir, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abdulrahman al-Qaduli, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abu Abdallah al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdallah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdullah al-Hassani al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Atheer, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Muaz al-Iraqi, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ishaq, Abu Khattab al-Iraqi, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Ithawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Ubayda Abd al-Hakim, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Ta’i, Ahmad al-Tai, Ahmed Hamed Hussain al-Ithawi, al-Qaeda, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Amr al-Absi, Badr Corps, Bandar al-Shaalan, Bashar al-Sumaidai, Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, caliphate, CENTCOM, Dr. Wael al-Rawi, Fadel al-Hiyali, Free Syrian Army, FSA, Haji Bakr, Haji Zayd, Hamid al-Zawi, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Ibrahim al-Badri, Idlib, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Juma al-Badri, Juma Awad al-Badri, Kurdistan Workers Party, laconic phrase, Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, Makaram Taha Ali, Mujahideen Shura Council, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Nour Karim al-Matani, Nour Karim al-Matni, Nour Karim Al-Mutni, Nur Karim al-Matani, Nur Karim al-Matni, PKK, Professor Zayd, Rawa, Rawa Camp, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Samir al-Khlifawi, Sayf al-Baghdad, SDF, Shia militias, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Telegram, Turkey, Ustath Zayd, Wolf Brigade on November 30, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The Shah’s Perspective on the Islamic Revolution That Toppled Him

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 October 2022

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This entry was posted in History, Iran and tagged Abolhassan Banisadr, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Ali Khamene’i, Anthony Parsons, Anwar al-Sadat, Atatürk, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bolshevik coup, Bolshevik Revolution, Catherine the Great, China, Cold War, Communism, craze, Ebrahim Yazdi Ruhollah Khomeini, Ekaterina II, Fakhr Arai, French Revolution, Great Civilisation, Hizballah, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, human rights, Ibrahim Yazdi, Iran, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, Islam, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Kemalism, laik, Lebanon, Leonid Brezhnev, liberalisation, liberals, Liberation Movement of Iran, Libya, LMI, Mahsa Amini, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, mujahideen, Mustafa Kemal, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ngo Dinh Diem, Nicolae Ceausescu, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Parviz Sabeti, Persia, Peter the Great, PLO, propaganda, religion, Reza Khan, Reza Shah, Robert Huyser, Russian Revolution, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, SAVAK, secularism, Shah, Soviet Union, Sun King Louis XIV, terrorism, Tsar Pyotr I, Tudeh, Turkey, Westernisation, White Revolution, William Sullivan, women’s rights on October 30, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The Third Speech of Islamic State Spokesman Abu Umar al-Muhajir

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 September 2022

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This entry was posted in Abu Umar al-Muhajir Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahrar al-Sham, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Bangladesh, Bashar al-Assad, BREAKING THE WALLS, Christians, Communism, Crusaders, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, HAMAS, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hazaras, Hinduism, Houthis, HTS, India, Iran, Iraq, ISCAP, ISEAP, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Israel, ISWAP, Jews, Magians, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Pakistan, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, prison breaks, sectarianism, Sunnis, Syria, Taliban, Turkey, United Nations, Yemen, Zoroastrians on September 24, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Has Turkey Captured the Islamic State’s “Caliph”?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 September 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Turkey, Turkey and ISIS and tagged Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hamza al-Kurdi, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Abu Umar al-Shishani, Abu Zayd al-Iraqi, al-Naba, Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, caliphate, Delegated Committee, Haji Hamid, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Ismail al-Ithawi, Jamal al-Mashadani, MIT, National Intelligence Organisation, Professor Zayd, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Hussein, Sami Jassim al-Jaburi, Seda Dudarkaeva, Syria, Tarkhan Batirashvili, terrorism, Turkey, Ustath Zayd on September 9, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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