Initially posted December 8, 2014. Original text below:
“I think we’ve forgotten many important lessons of the
Cold war,” says human-rights activist and former World Chess
Champion Garry
Kasparov. Especially when it comes to dealing with Russian
leader Vladimir Putin: “You cannot project weakness….Putin’s game
is [not chess but] poker. And he knows how to bluff.”
As the leader of United
Civil Front and chairman of the Human Rights Foundation,
Kasparov also worries that business and political leaders in what
used to be called “the Free World” are no longer interested in
backing large, transformative projects similar to landing a man on
the Moon and the creation of the Internet.
“It is very …read more
Source: Reason.com
