The Master of Arts in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (REECA) is a two-year program that offers advanced training in the history, politics, culture, society, and languages of this region.
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The moment is ripe for the Central Asian governments to develop a strategic vision and reach formal agreements on energy, water, and climate at a regional level. What will that take?
Yasha Klots founded Tamizdat Project, a nonprofit public scholarship and charity initiative devoted to the study of banned books from the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
Central Asian countries should capitalize on accessible Chinese resources in their pursuit of a clean energy transition, while continuing to diversify their renewable energy markets.
"Under Georgia's current electoral system, outcomes have led to a dangerous democratic decay," write Stephen Jones and Natalie Sabanadze in Eurasianet.
"In what language do you think?" I’m often asked during readings and literary events. "Is it Russian? English? Both?" I reply, honestly, that in a sense it does not matter for the creative outcome.
"Everyone wants this war to end. But calls for Ukraine to cede seized territory to Russia are misguided," writes Alexandra Vacroux in The Boston Globe.