Dramatic Demographic Changes Threaten Stability In Kazakhstan – Analysis
The population of Kazakhstan will exceed 20 million people for the first time, and more than 70 percent of its
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Author: Paul Goble
Paul Goble is a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia. Most recently, he was director of research and publications at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Earlier, he served as vice dean for the social sciences and humanities at Audentes University in Tallinn and a senior research associate at the EuroCollege of the University of Tartu in Estonia. He has served in various capacities in the U.S. State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the International Broadcasting Bureau as well as at the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mr. Goble maintains the Window on Eurasia blog and can be contacted directly at [email protected] .
Website: http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/
Articles by Paul Goble :
Will Current Russian Emigration Matter? Maybe Yes, Maybe No – OpEd
A debate has broken out among Moscow commentators as to whether those Russians now living abroad will matter to the
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Moscow Closing Down Muslim Prayer Rooms, Potentially Triggering More Radicalism And Violent Protests – OpEd
The Russian capital has more than three million Muslims, but the Putin regime has refused to allow them to have
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Moscow’s Transfer Of Metropolitan Tikhon To Crimea Part Of Larger Russian Effort To Absorb Orthodox On Russian-Occupied Areas Of Ukraine – OpEd
The transfer of Metropolitan Tikhon from Pskov to Crimea reflects not only Patriarch Kirill’s desire to get Putin’s favorite hierarch
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Russian Officials Wrestling With Spread Of Increasingly Lethal Violence In Schools – OpEd
Tragically, the United States has been the site of increasing violence in its schools, the result of cultural changes and
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China Expands Its Political Influence In Russia East Of The Urals – Analysis
Beijing is increasing its political influence in Siberia and the Russian Far East to better support its expanding economic activities.
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Rising Tide Of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Sparking New Growth In Russia’s Extreme Right – OpEd
The police raid on a Muslim prayer room on October 20 and the impressment of Muslims into the Russian army
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Russia’s Demographic Decline Will Be Deeper, Last Longer, And Hurt More Than Expected – Analysis
On October 20, the Russian state statistical agency, Rosstat, issued a second report predicting that Russia’s population will continue to
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China Increasing Its Military Presence In Tajikistan – OpEd
Tajikistan has ratified an agreement with Beijing to increase the frequency of bilateral military exercises with China over the next
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Middle East War Has Reinforced Western Backing Of Ukraine Against Russia – OpEd
Many commentators suggested and some in Moscow may have hoped that the outbreak of violence in the Middle East would
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