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Ukraine Lecture Slides
Dear Readers, Unfortunately, regular posting continues to be delayed due to other obligations. I do, however, hope to write a brief post on some of those “other obligations” later this week. Mostly,...
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Geopolitical Anomalies in the “Greater Middle East,” Part 2
(note: The introduction to this post is found in the post of April 1) Thus far we have examined a number of geopolitical anomalies in a sizable region of the world centered on Saudi Arabia. We have not...
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Final Maps on “Geopolitical Anomalies”
This post merely contains some of the additional maps that I prepared for my March 31 lecture on the history and geography of current global events. These maps, like those in the two preceding posts,...
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Customizable Maps of Russia for Downloading
The basic GeoCurrents customizable map of Russia has been divided into its 85 constituent units, which are officially knows as Russia’s federal subjects. This post is from GeoCurrents
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Mapping Regional Differences in Economic and Social Development in Russia—A...
Generalized indicators of economic and social/human development, such as GDP per capita or HDI, typically place Russia into a medium-high category. However, such ratings overlook regional differences...
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Mapping Russia’s Demographic Problems
[Note to readers: customizable maps of Russia are now available in Russian here.] Much has been written about Russia’s demographic problems, particularly in the 1990s and 2000s. The country as a whole...
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Mapping Crime and Substance Abuse in Russia
In the previous post, I examined regional differences in demographic issues across Russia. As many sources note, alcoholism is one of the biggest factors contributing to low life expectancy and high...
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Tatarstan: A “Hostage of Freezing Relations between Russia and Turkey”?
[Many thanks to Ekaterina Lyutikova for most helpful discussions of some of the issues discussed in this post, as well as for the photos, some of which are used as illustrations below. I’m also...
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Radicalization of Russia’s Muslims—Are Crimean Tatars Next? (Part 1)
[Thanks to Iryna Novosyolova for a helpful discussion of some of the issues discussed in this post.] A recent article in Foreign Affairs listed the use of the French language as the best predictor of...
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Radicalization of Russia’s Muslims—Are Crimean Tatars Next? (Part 2)
[Part 1 can be read here. Thanks to Iryna Novosyolova for a helpful discussion of some of the issues discussed in this post.] In 2014, the Russian Federation acquired another Muslim group that may...
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