Ian Kummer

People tend to view the term “public relations” as a normal and even good thing, while “propaganda” is considered bad and almost synonymous with lying, the greatly feared “disinformation” we keep hearing about. But why? In truth, propaganda is not good or bad, it is the concept of public relations that is new, and insidious.

All the sentiment of “freezing” the conflict in Ukraine flies in the face of conventional wisdom and is popular now only because western countries want to perpetuate the war in Ukraine.

Everyone just argues about how many forces Russia has available and that is the wrong way to frame this question. What we should be asking is “Does Ukraine have the forces to defend Kharkov?” The vast majority of commentators and even so-called experts fail to understand that a battle space is an eco system with a maximum capacity. Just … Read more

The major downside to going right now is that there are no flights in or out, you have to go by train, car, or bus from mainland Russia, which is time consuming if visiting from abroad. Over the last two weeks I saw Sevastopol, Yalta, and Kerch, and there is much more to see if/when … Read more