Author Archives: Ron Pavellas

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About Ron Pavellas

reader, writer, a sometimes poet

The Black Sea

Traversed by Ancient and Modern Empires Here is about an area of the world that remains, for those of us oriented primarily toward North America and Europe, a historically complicated and geographically confusing mélange of ancient empires initially forged by … Continue reading

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World Powers Jockey for Position

The position they jockey for is ‘World Leadership’ or, at least, leadership in the world. A big part of ‘leadership’, maybe the biggest, is getting ‘followers.’ In simple barnyard terms, ‘the big lead the small.’ So, what is it to … Continue reading

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