Generational Change in Central Asia about More Than Just Leaders (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45736&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=212e256ee92d0f69c834bc309968a268#.V9AynFuLTIU

Moscow ‘Bypassing’ Armenia to Reach Azerbaijan, Iran and India (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Perhaps the most important geopolitical development of mid-July 2016 was not the continuing conflict in the South China Sea, the failed coup in Turkey, or terrorist violence in France—all of which attracted considerable international attention—but rather the quiet signing, in Moscow, of an agreement by Russian, Iranian, Azerbaijani and Indian officials to open a north-south rail line in the Caucasus. That accord will not only link those three countries, but ultimately tie together rail systems from India, by ship to Iran (see EDM, December 4, 2015), and on to Europe, via Azerbaijan and Russia. This will have profound consequences for the states and territories along its route. However, the country most immediately and negatively affected by this new rail system will be Armenia, which is not a party to these arrangements (Rusarminfo.ru, July 11).

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45647&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=314beddbad1fe3dbb2805de0d5f07ee6#.V4-NBtKLTIU

Orthodox World Heading Toward A New Schism (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/14062016-orthodox-world-heading-toward-a-new-schism-oped/

Migration Flows—and Not Just Russian Flight—a Problem for Kazakhstan (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Almost all discussions about migration to and from Kazakhstan focus on the departure of ethnic Russians and other Russian speakers since 1991. This emigration wave has increased the dominance of the titular nationality there. But while the Russian exodus has cost Kazakhstan some of its more highly educated specialists, it has generally not created the difficulties, including outright violence, sometimes associated with other kinds of migration. Indeed, the return of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, illegal immigration by various groups the state has been unable to control, and increasingly large migration flows within the country have left some regions without the necessary workforce and imposed untenable burdens on others

http://jamestownfoundation.blogspot.it/2016/05/migration-flowsand-not-just-russian.html

Piontkovsky Says Russia In Midst Of Third Post-Stalin Succession Struggle (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

Russia has entered the third post-Stalin succession struggle, Andrey Piontkovsky says, and just like the two earlier ones, the struggle has begun even though the man to be replaced has not physically departed the scene and even though he like his predecessors has the resources to remain in place for some time to come.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/03052016-piontkovsky-says-russia-in-midst-of-third-post-stalin-succession-struggle-oped/

Experts Claim Ethnic Russian Muslims Increasing Problem for Moscow (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

In one of the longest, most closely researched and heavily footnoted studied published to date, Rais Suleymanov says that ethnic Russian Muslims have become “a significant factor in the Islamic community of Russia” and a major source of terrorist activists in part because they can more easily pass unnoticed in Russian cities.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/25022016-experts-claim-ethnic-russian-muslims-increasing-problem-for-moscow-oped/

(Istituto fondamentale - Russia) Restoration Of USSR Would Be Death Knell For Russia And Russians (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/11082015-restoration-of-ussr-would-be-death-knell-for-russia-and-russians-analysis/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Turkmenistan Most Likely Islamic State Target In Central Asia, Moscow Analyst Says (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/02082015-turkmenistan-most-likely-islamic-state-target-in-central-asia-moscow-analyst-says-oped/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Economic Crisis, Uncertainty About Future Pushing Russian Birthrate Down (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30072015-economic-crisis-uncertainty-about-future-pushing-russian-birthrate-down-oped/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Methods Moscow Has Chosen To Fight Economic Crisis Will Only Deepen It, Analyst Says (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/28072015-methods-moscow-has-chosen-to-fight-economic-crisis-will-only-deepen-it-analyst-says-oped/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Having Launched A ‘Hybrid’ War, Russia Now Has A ‘Hybrid’ Army (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24072015-having-launched-a-hybrid-war-russia-now-has-a-hybrid-army-oped/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Russian Attitudes And Policies Behind Rise In Mongolia’s Influence In Buryatia (Paul Globe, Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/20072015-russian-attitudes-and-policies-behind-rise-in-mongolias-influence-in-buryatia-oped/