Hello everyone,
Welcome to my podcast - Eyes on Eurasia with Glen Howard. Today’s podcast marks our 14th episode and I wanted to thank everyone for listening. I am grateful to those of you who support these interviews by becoming paid subscribers.
For our episode today, it is a great privilege to have Paul Goble joining us. Paul is a legendary American expert on Russian/Soviet nationalities questions – whose experience dates back more than five decades. And if ever there was anyone who could be considered a true national treasure in terms of his wealth of knowledge of Russia and its nationalities, it would be Paul Goble.
For those of you listening who are not familiar with Paul Goble, he is a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious questions – first on the Soviet Union and later on Eurasia. He currently writes a fortnightly blog called Windows on Eurasia that is circulated bi-weekly and consists of 50 items related to Russia and Eurasia in each issue. During his long distinguished career, he served in a variety of capacities in the U.S. government, ranging from the US State Department, to the Central Intelligence Agency, and finally at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Paul will be discussing the future of the Russian Empire and its remaining nationalities which continue to make up one third of the Russian population and the role of Prometheanism in undermining Russian control over its nationalities - first championed by the Polish stateman Josef Pilsudski in the 1930s and now embraced by the new heirs of Promethianism inside Ukraine.
Throughout his distinguished career, Paul has been decorated by the governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for his work in promoting Baltic independence and remains one of the leading American experts on Russia and the nationalities of the post-Soviet space, as well as its remaining captive nations which currently make up one-third of the Russian population.
Enjoy!
Glen
**For more information on Ukraine’s role as the new heir of promoting Promethianism inside Russia please check out Paul Goble’s recent analysis for The Saratoga Foundation at the link below.
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