Economic Crisis
G8, Emerging Economy Leaders Gather For Summit
July 08, 2009The world's most powerful leaders are in Italy for a Group of Eight (G8) summit set to be dominated by the economic crisis, climate change, and Iran's postelection turmoil. The summit is to begin with G8 leaders charting their latest moves in tackling...
Soviet Veterans Ask Medvedev to Ban ‘Partisan’ Toilet Paper
June 19, 2009By Paul Goble Soviet veterans have appealed to the Kremlin to overrule local officials and ban the use of a picture of a monument to World War II partisans on packages of toilet paper, saying that they are offended “to the point of tears...
Central Europe’s Emerging Far-Right
June 12, 2009By Eva M. Blaszczynski & Peter B. Doran, Analysts at the Center for European Policy Analysis Executive Summary The June 2009 European Parliamentary (EP) elections highlighted a worrisome trend in Central European politics. Alarmed by the global...
Economic Crisis Leads Moscow to Cut Back on 2010 Census Plans
May 28, 2009By Paul Goble The economic crisis is forcing Moscow to cut back on the number of questions they will ask and languages they will use in the census scheduled for October 2010, reductions that will mean officials and scholars will have significantly...
Moscow‘s Use of Witch Hunts to Deflect Popular Anger May Backfire
March 20, 2009by Paul Goble As the economic crisis deepens, Moscow is seeking to redirect public anger away from itself onto enemies real or, if need be, imagined in order to consolidate society on its side and to reduce the likelihood that the government...
