Tag
Soviet Union
May 18, 2021
US Withdrawal From Afghanistan: Another Long Goodbye?
By Catherine Putz
It’s worth revisiting the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, in light of the United States’ current withdrawal plan.
January 29, 2020
The Rich Merchant and the Young Bukharans
By Catherine Putz
The Diplomat’s Catherine Putz paid a visit to the old houses of two pivotal Bukharan figures: Fayzulla and Usmon Khodjaev.
April 02, 2019
5 Reasons Why China Is Not the Soviet Union
By Jin Kai
Construing China as a threat to the United States in the model of the old USSR overlooks important differences.
January 22, 2019
Sarah Cameron: Famine and Unimaginable Sorrow in Soviet Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
A discussion of Soviet policy, a devastating famine, and the making of Kazakhstan.
October 01, 2018
Chiang Ching-kuo’s Russian Odyssey
By James Baron
The future leader of Taiwan spent formative years as a passionate communist in the Soviet Union.
March 29, 2017
Dealing With Central Asia's Poisonous Nuclear Legacy
By Catherine Putz
Soviet-era uranium mining and waste facilities spread across Central Asia remain a serious public and environmental risk.
February 03, 2017
Did Gorbachev Ever Have a Shot At Saving the USSR?
By Casey Michel
What factors were tying Gorbachev's hands in the final months of the Soviet Union?
January 31, 2017
A Soviet Legacy: Solving the Problem of Nationalities
By Catherine Putz
Modern Central Asian states, like their Soviet predecessor, like to overemphasize ethnic harmony.
December 28, 2016
The Geopolitics of India and Russia’s Disparate Interests
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
How much do Indian and Russian interests converge in the 21st century?
November 24, 2016
Khrushchev’s Fate and China’s Future
By Joseph Torigian
What Xi Jinping can learn from Khrushchev's struggles with reform in the Soviet Union.
July 09, 2016
The Mysterious Sale of Mongolia's Erdenet Mine
By Lkhagva Erdene and Sergey Radchenko
The sale of Russia's stake in one of the world's largest copper mines raised unanswered questions.
June 29, 2016
Pointing to Perestroika: Explaining Social Unrest in Tajikistan
By Catherine Putz
The glasnost–democratization–nationalism argument for unrest in newly-independent Tajikistan leaves out economic factors.
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