Paul Goble

Paul Goble, a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious issues in Eurasia, currently prepares daily reports on developments in that region for his blog, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com. He worked earlier at the Central Intelligence Agency, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, as Special Assistant for Soviet Nationalities and Special Advisor for Soviet Nationality and Baltic Affairs at the US Department of State, director of research and director of communications and technology at Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has taught at the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Georgetown University, the University of Tartu, and Audentes University in Tallinn. Trained at Miami University and the University of Chicago, he is the editor of nine volumes on ethnic and religious issues in Eurasia and has written numerous articles, chapters, and opeds on these topics. He currently lives in Staunton, Virginia. His email address is paul.goble@gmail.com

Analysis, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Window On EurasiaAugust 23, 2016<August 23, 2016

Hitler-Stalin Pact Still Casts a Shadow Over Europe 77 Years On

Seventy-seven years ago, Hitler and Stalin reached the agreement on the division of Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, an agreement known as the…

Russia, Window On EurasiaJuly 14, 2016<July 14, 2016

Kremlin Propaganda Exploiting Five American Vulnerabilities: Kirillova

One of the most damning indications of this was the discovery by historian and diplomat Romuald Misiunas in the library of KGB materials…

Analysis, Feature, Russia, Window On EurasiaJune 25, 2016<June 25, 2016

Brexit Puts NATO at Risk Too, Putin Ally Says

Many in both Moscow and the West believe, happily or unhappily, that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will spark similar referenda in other…

Analysis, Estonia, Feature, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Window On EurasiaMay 31, 2016<May 31, 2016

Moscow Creating Military Units It Would Need to Invade Baltic Countries, Shtepa Says

It is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the…

Analysis, Russia, Window On EurasiaMay 10, 2016<May 10, 2016

Victory Cult Intended to Keep Russian Federation’s Non-Russians within an Empire and Former Soviet Republics Together: Ukrainian Commentator

Many Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is about the legitimation of the Soviet…

Analysis, Viewpoint, Window On EurasiaMay 4, 2016<May 4, 2016

Moscow May Soon Blame Extraterrestrials for Boeing Catastrophe, Russian Aviation Expert Says

It would be entirely consistent with the Russian approach since the shooting down of the Boeing airliner over the Donbas for Moscow soon to…

Analysis, Russia, Window On EurasiaMarch 30, 2016<March 30, 2016

Numerically Small Indigenous Peoples of The Russian North an Ever Bigger Problem for Moscow

When people in Moscow or the West talk about “nationality problems” in Russia, they typically focus on ethnic groups which, because of their large…

Analysis, Finland, RussiaDecember 30, 2015<December 30, 2015

Petrozavodsk Mayor’s Firing May Backfire on Republic Head and United Russia, Experts Say

The vote last week by the city council of Petrozavodsk to fire Galina Shirshina as mayor could be reversed by the courts because the…

Analysis, Feature, Latvia, RussiaDecember 14, 2015<December 14, 2015

Russian Special Services, Ever More Active in Latvia, Threaten that Baltic Country’s National Security, Riga Says

Russia’s special services are increasingly active in Latvia, not only in gathering intelligence, but also in carrying out influence operations intended to split the…

Analysis, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, RussiaNovember 9, 2015<November 9, 2015

Putin Will Invade Baltics Only If He Faces Collapse of His Regime, Kasparov Says

Staunton – Only if he is facing the complete collapse of his regime, Garri Kasparov says, will Putin consider invading the Baltic countries because…