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<a href="http://www.icdiss.org/">icdiss.org</a> looks, at first glance, like your run-of-the-mill think tank website. Two recent articles, <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7252974">one</a> in The Economist and <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7258534">another</a> on economist.com, say that the <a href="http://www.icdiss.org/about.html">International Council for Democratic Institutions and State Sovereignty</a> is, in reality, geopolitical <a href="http://www.laits.utexas.edu/gov310/PIG/glossary.html">astroturf</a> for the Kremlin and the rulers of <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/T/TransDnst.asp">Transdniestria</a>. Both of these articles are by journalist <a href="http://www.thersa.org/events/speakerCloseUp.asp?speakerID=820">Edward Lucas</a> (his <a href="http://edwardlucas.blogspot.com/">blog</a>).<br>
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The organization even has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_for_Democratic_Institutions_and_State_Sovereignty">wikipedia entry</a>. The entry has a fascinating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:International_Council_for_Democratic_Institutions_and_State_Sovereignty">talk page</a>, with Edward Lucas contributing additional research he's done since the articles were published.<br>
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So... <a href="http://www.icdiss.org/contact.html">want to become a member</a>? Before deciding, maybe you want to read an <a href="http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/interviews/megan_stephenson_western_ngos_can_make_headway_when_governments_cant.html">interview with the program director</a>. It's in the Transdniestrian English-language publication <a href="http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/">The Tiraspol Times & Weekly Review</a> (slogans: "daily news, independent and objective" and "Get the Facts!").post:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:06:41 -0800KattullusdisinformationtransdniestriatransnistriageopoliticskremlinicdisstiraspolEdwardLucasBy: languagehat
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399066
Interesting stuff—thanks for the post! <small>Could have done without the paragraph breaks, though.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399066Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:27:16 -0800languagehatBy: nickyskye
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399097
Yes! I second Languagehat's interest. I have some learning to do about " the Rodney Dangerfield of countries because it just can't get any respect".comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399097Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:28:10 -0800nickyskyeBy: Meatbomb
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399110
<em>Its website is registered at a hotel address in Mexico, with a phone that does not answer, and operated from a server in Latvia.</em>
Wow, it sounds really international... hands across the water, uniting for cheesy beakaway kleptocracies!comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399110Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:38:35 -0800MeatbombBy: delmoi
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399133
How do you tell a Russian from a Ukranian? (I mean besides language)comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399133Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:07:48 -0800delmoiBy: maryh
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399138
Uh, in Russia, government kranes you?comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399138Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:12:26 -0800maryhBy: Slithy_Tove
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399211
This is "I Love Bees" for William Gibson's next novel, isn't it?comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399211Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:14:35 -0800Slithy_ToveBy: nyxxxx
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Come to beautiful Pridnestrovie where we have the cleanest prostitiutes in all of central Asia!comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399215Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:20:03 -0800nyxxxxBy: Cranberry
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399262
Can I respect the writings of a group that uses "seizes" instead of "ceases" ?comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399262Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:47:57 -0800CranberryBy: CCBC
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399610
Excellent post!comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399610Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:44:00 -0800CCBCBy: bhouston
http://www.metafilter.com/53801/I-C-DISSinformtion#1399700
Think tanks that serve the purposes of the people that fund them while still attempting to appear independent and scholarly? This is standard operating procedure for at least 75% of think tanks.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53801-1399700Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:59:58 -0800bhouston
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