Category Archives: Ukraine

Sanctioning Russian Oil Exports

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russian Oil Exports to Europe, China, and the US The oil scene in round numbers is that the World is about to use 100 million barrels per day (mbpd), where a barrel is 42 gallons and makes 19.2 gallons of … Continue reading →

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Saving Gas Money in Face of Gas Price Rises

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Saving Gas Money in the Face of Gas Price Rise Update, March 10, a poll by AAA on American’s how and when they are planning to adapt to the rising gas prices.  With the price of gas greater than $4 … Continue reading →

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The International Democracy Survey of 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

For most countries, there are few changes from the Survey of 2021, which we recently put up.  The 2022 survey includes events through 2021.  The 2022 Survey is at V-dem.org.  It is a compilation of ratings from 0 to 1 … Continue reading →

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The Spread of Authoritarians and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Spread of Authoritarianism and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine freedomhouse.org had a seminar this morning presenting their new Freedom in the World 2022 ratings, which I reported on with current focus in the previous blog post.  I’m partly reporting on … Continue reading →

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The Democracy Index 2021 Summary

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Democracy Index 2021 Summary This is produced yearly by The Economist Intelligence Unit, based on 60 indicators in 5 categories.  Each category is rated 0-10, and then the overall score is their average.  We focus on those by size … Continue reading →

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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and China with the Olympic Games

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and China with the Olympics These are just my opinions and speculations, not based on any inside knowledge. Update February 22nd.  Czar Putin has ruled that the previous Ukraine provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk should … Continue reading →

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The International Democracy Survey of 2021

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The International Democracy Survey Evaluation of governments for 2021 shows continual decrease in Democratic ratings.  They use 3,500 scholars and country experts to evaluate 179 countries on hundreds of attributes.  The 2021 report is at V-Dem.org.  In general, the global … Continue reading →

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A Day of Rememberance

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This is a day when cumulative stories are all pointing to how we are going backwards on equity, gender, and Democracy.  Rather than the usual morality arguments on why all of them have bad sides, I need only present them … Continue reading →

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