I am surprised by the reference to CoCom as an example of alleged effectiveness. During the CoCom era the Soviets were able to acquire the following supposedly closely guarded marvels of technology:
1. From the US: Convex vector minisupercomputers - nice to simulate nuclear explosions and submarine hydraulics.
2. From the UK: Inmos Transputers - an advanced parallel architecture.
3. From Japan: Steppers and other semiconductor manufacturing equipment for their foundries in Zelenograd. For the very same Mikron and Angstem fabs which are under sanctions these days and cannot get anything from the West.
I am not even talking about the fact that the USSR was able to clone DEC PDP-8, PDP-11, VAX-11, HP-2000, Intel-8080, 8086, 8048, 8051, IBM 360/370, Cray-1 (Elektronika SS BIS), AMD 2900 et cetera. During CoCom in action.
And by the way, the Kiev School of Economics should know it because cloning of Intel 8080 and certain models of DEC PDP-11 and IBM 360 was done in Kiev. Those places are closed now thanks to the talentless Ukrainian government, not to the US sanctions.
EU is not 10 times richer than Russia. 5 times at most. You need to compare not by nominal GDP, but by GDP PPP. Ruble was severely undervalued during the last 10 years, it is obvious by comparing hotel and restaurant prices in Moscow back in 2013 and 2019.
I observe the same when it comes to winning, it never seems an all out effort to end anything in a definitive win. If an all out effort were made in any war we would be a bunch of gaping holes in the earth, perhaps. Finding the right measure of war seems on one hand, a fairer fight but also complete insanity in any situation one could convince by aggression that might equals right. I thinks also no one wants to really engage with Russia. They don’t have rules of war, I’ve only heard. I’m baffled as well.
Biden would be smart to have you as his Russian/Ukraine special advisor.
Sanctions are complicated, and Mike McFaul proves that point. Meanwhile, Russia is now seizing assets: https://www.dw.com/en/russian-court-orders-asset-seizures-for-2-major-german-banks/a-69121815
I am surprised by the reference to CoCom as an example of alleged effectiveness. During the CoCom era the Soviets were able to acquire the following supposedly closely guarded marvels of technology:
1. From the US: Convex vector minisupercomputers - nice to simulate nuclear explosions and submarine hydraulics.
2. From the UK: Inmos Transputers - an advanced parallel architecture.
3. From Japan: Steppers and other semiconductor manufacturing equipment for their foundries in Zelenograd. For the very same Mikron and Angstem fabs which are under sanctions these days and cannot get anything from the West.
I am not even talking about the fact that the USSR was able to clone DEC PDP-8, PDP-11, VAX-11, HP-2000, Intel-8080, 8086, 8048, 8051, IBM 360/370, Cray-1 (Elektronika SS BIS), AMD 2900 et cetera. During CoCom in action.
And by the way, the Kiev School of Economics should know it because cloning of Intel 8080 and certain models of DEC PDP-11 and IBM 360 was done in Kiev. Those places are closed now thanks to the talentless Ukrainian government, not to the US sanctions.
Why don’t you be President and Biden can be your advisor…
EU is not 10 times richer than Russia. 5 times at most. You need to compare not by nominal GDP, but by GDP PPP. Ruble was severely undervalued during the last 10 years, it is obvious by comparing hotel and restaurant prices in Moscow back in 2013 and 2019.
I observe the same when it comes to winning, it never seems an all out effort to end anything in a definitive win. If an all out effort were made in any war we would be a bunch of gaping holes in the earth, perhaps. Finding the right measure of war seems on one hand, a fairer fight but also complete insanity in any situation one could convince by aggression that might equals right. I thinks also no one wants to really engage with Russia. They don’t have rules of war, I’ve only heard. I’m baffled as well.