Thursday, February 26, 2015

Amid Escalating Russian Tensions, Lithuania Initiates Civilian Plan of Action

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By Natalia Kopytnik When Putin swiftly snatched Crimea from a bewildered Ukraine in early 2014, a collective shudder passed through t...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Another Wave of Pan-Turkism Allegedly on the Rise in Central Asia

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By Paul Goble Pan-Turkism, the doctrine that all the Turkic peoples of the world should unite in a common state or union to defend th...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Land Privatization Failures Driving Extremism Among Balkars, Moscow Expert Says

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By Paul Goble Research conducted in the North Caucasus has shown that almost all conflicts in the region are in some way related to d...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Surprising Results of Russian Public Opinion Poll on War in Ukraine

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By Richard Arnold The results of Russian public opinion center VTsIOM’s recent poll , published on February 2,  concerning the war in...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Saami Doing Much Better in Norway Than Across the Border in Russia

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By Paul Goble Members of the Saami nationality living in northern Norway are doing far better than their co-ethnics living on the oth...
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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Russian Internet Freedom Still Threatened, Despite Government Claims

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By Risa Chubinsky   Two weeks ago, an anonymous federal source stated that an upcoming meeting of the Security Council was planni...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Water Dispute Heats up on the Dagestan-Azerbaijan Border

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By Paul Goble The Dagestan-Azerbaijan border has been a troubled one since 1991 because it divided communities that had long been uni...
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