The wait is over! Christoph and I are back for another jam packed episode of Porkins Great Game. We begin by discussing the new direction that we will be taking the show in. Christoph and I explain why we will be focusing less on Central Asia and the Caucuses, and more on the the “global rimland.” We then move onto a discussion of the influential book The Unquiet Frontier by A Wess Mitchell and Jakub Grygiel. We talk about who Mitchell and Gryiel are, their careers at the Center for European Policy Analysis, and their current positions with in the State Department. Christoph and I then explore what is actually in The Unquiet Frontier and why it is such an important book. We talk about their theory of the global rimland and the policies that Mitchell and Gryiel lay out for the US empire. Next we talk about how these polices are quite identical to Trump’s foreign policy. We also touch on Trump’s recent foreign policy speech which appears to have been heavily influenced by The Unquiet Frontier.
Next Christoph and I talk about the recent political developments in Ukraine. We focus specifically on the recent assassination of Chechen fighter Timur Makhauri in Kiev. We talk about who Makhauri was and his complex history with Georgia and their security services. Christoph talks about the chaos that Ukraine has been plunged into since the US backed revolution. The two of us discuss how Kiev has been turned into a hot bed for Chechen terrorists, hitman, and all sorts of unsavory characters. Christoph also gives us his perspective as to what might be in store for Katharine in the near future.
We finish of the episode by turning to our favorite former Georgian Prime Minister Mikheil Saakashvilli, and his recent troubles in his adoptive home of Odessa. We chronicle Saakashvilli’s rise and fall as governor of the Odessa Oblast. We focus on his bombastic nature and his clashes with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Chistoph and I then move onto Saakashvilli’s insane arrest in Kiev, his escape from a police van, and his eventual re-arrest. We talk about what this means for Saakashvilli in the near future, and how his fate is identical to every other authoritarian leader who has aligned themselves with the US.
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Trump, Mitchell and “The Unquiet Frontier”
Biography A. Wess Mitchell
Jakub Grygiel on the State Department Policy Planning Staff
CEPA – How We Are Funded
Central European Security After Crimea: The Case for Strengthening NATO’s Eastern Defenses
Predators on the Frontier
“The Unquiet Frontier”
McMaster Review: Probing for Weakness
McMaster NSS Preview feat. “The Unquiet Frontier”
Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS)
Saudi video shows kingdom’s troops as ‘liberators’ of Tehran
U.S. looks to Germany to stop Baltic undersea Russian gas pipeline
Chechen “Freedom Fighters” Killed in Ukraine:
A Chechen Fighter Was Killed In A Kyiv Car Bombing. Who Was He?
Islamic Battalions, Stocked With Chechens, Aid Ukraine in War With Rebels
Chechen Jihadis Leave Syria, Join the Fight in Ukraine
Requiem for a Hit Man
Russia blamed for attack on Chechen pair who fought with Ukrainians
Saakashvili vs. Poroshenko:
Mikheil Saakashvili quits as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region
Ukraine president strips one-time ally Saakashvili of citizenship
Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili barges across Ukraine border
Ex-Georgia president dragged away by masked special agents in Kiev – video
Supporters free ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili from Ukrainian police amid chaotic scenes
Protesters gather in Kiev after police recapture ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili
Thousands of Saakashvili supporters stage protest against Ukraine president
Ukrainian judge frees Saakashvili from detention
Saakashvili expects deportation amid New Year holidays (Video)
Saakashvili has documents allowing him to go to Netherlands – media
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