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National Security Journal on MSN8h
What if Ukraine Had Kept Its Nuclear Weapons?
It may be counterfactual history, but it is worth examining closer. I’m referring to the following question – what if Ukraine ...
Kyiv Post18h
‘Packing Our Bags’ – Exodus of Ethnic Russians Continues from Central Asia
Russians made up about a fifth of Central Asia’s population before the Soviet collapse. The figure is now five percent, with ...
The Astana Times1d
New Book Reveals Stories and Compositions of Overlooked Kazakh Composer Who Fought WWII
ASTANA – Turash Abuov is one of Kazakhstan’s few composers who fought in World War II, using his music to capture both the darkness of war and the resilience of bravery. He continued to compose ...
The Diplomat1d
With Successful Summit, the EU and Central Asia Take Tentative Steps Closer
The EU and Central Asia have agreed to upgrade their relationship to the level of a Strategic Partnership. Details of the ...
The Forward4d
Unwieldy, unnerving, and a masterpiece — the last great Yiddish novel has arrived
The esteemed critic Harold Bloom, a native speaker of Yiddish, called Chaim Grade one of the four greatest writers in the ...
The Architect’s Newspaper5d
A local preservation movement championed by international architects gains momentum in Uzbekistan’s capital city
AN traveled to the Central Asian capital city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to see the important preservation projects underway ...
IFLScience6d
The “Green Run”: The US’s Secret Nuclear Experiment That Went Disastrously Wrong
The tests may have been carried out with good intentions but the reality represented some significant oversights, gaffs, and ...