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August 03, 2007
Do you have a flag?
In it's continuing efforts to be a parody of a great power, Russia plants flag on North Pole seabed.
This really is an interesting bit of geopolitics, encapsulating as it does the intersection of a petroleum economy, global warming, and Russia's attempted resurgence as a viable nation. In many way's, it is reminiscent of the Cod Wars which did so much to prove the Democratic Peace Theory.
Nevertheless, I think Eddie Izzard sums it up:
Posted by Andrew at August 3, 2007 12:48 PM