The Russian Language in the Former Soviet Space, 2026
This resource examines how the status of the Russian language and its speakers has changed across the former Soviet space from the fall of the…
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Estonia: From Colonized Land to Independent E-State
Estonia is a mostly flat, small country, two thirds of which is covered by forests and marshlands. Its strategic location on the northern Baltic coast…
Europe: Divisions and Unifications
The European continent is diverse. Many of its countries, though smaller than many US states, can be further broken into regions that differ from each…
Could the Baltic Crisis Lead to Wider Conflict?
Recent years have seen a hardening of relations between the United States/NATO and Russia. Russian actions in Ukraine—especially the…
Languages in Conflict: The Case of Russia and Estonia
On a park bench in Moscow, I befriended a lively group of young actors from Tallinn, Estonia. They had come to Russia three years earlier…