Monday, October 8, 2018
Paul Goble
Staunton, October 8 – There are three reasons why the Russian Federation is unlikely to fall apart in the near future, Ukrainian political analyst Vitaly Portnikov says. First among them is that while Russia hasn’t been able to establish a contemporary political nation, it has created “a certain imperial Russian nation which is the basis of the Kremlin’s ‘Russian world.’” Read more
Concluding Remarks and Recommendations of the First International Circassian Conference
Nuremberg, Germany
September 21st and 22nd 2018
الأربعاء 26 سبتمبر/أيلول 2018
يقع اللوم على القوى الغربية والنخب الشركسية بشأن عام 1864، كما يقول مؤرخ في معهد موسكو الحكومي للعلاقات الدولية
بول غوبل (Paul Goble)
ترجمة: عادل بشقوي
27 سبتمبر/أيلول 2018
ستاونتون، 25 سبتمبر/أيلول — في ما قد يصبح موضوعًا جديدًا للدعاية المضلّلة الروسية، يقول مؤرخ في معهد موسكو الحكومي للعلاقات الدولية (MGIMO)، فلاديمير ديغوييف (Vladimir Degoyev) إن رحيل مئات الآلاف من الشركس من شمال القوقاز إلى الإمبراطورية العثمانية كان نتيجة للعبة الكُبْرى بين روسيا والغرب في القرن التاسع عشر وكذلك لأوجه قصور النُّخب الشركسية.
في مقال في العدد الجديد من نشرة إستعراض جنوب روسيا (Yuzhnorossiiskoye obozreniye)، يهاجم ديغوييف ما يصفه بأنه التبسيط المفرط من قبل النشطاء الشركس لما حدث قبل 150 عامًا بعد الاحتلال الروسي للأجزاء الشركسية من شمال القوقاز
(kavkazoved.info/images/myfls/2018/ap2018-97.pdf pp. 84-91). Read more
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Western Powers, Circassian Elites to Blame for 1864, MGIMO Historian Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, September 25 – In what may become a new theme for Russian propaganda, MGIMO historian Vladimir Degoyev says that the departure of hundreds of thousands of Circassians from the North Caucasus to the Ottoman Empire was the result of the Great Game between Russia and the West in the 19th century and of the shortcomings of Circassian elites.
In an article in the new issue of Yuzhnorossiiskoye obozreniye, Degoyev attacks what he describes as the politicized oversimplification by Circassian activists of what happened 150 years ago following the Russian occupation of the Circassian portions of the North Caucasus (kavkazoved.info/images/myfls/2018/ap2018-97.pdf pp. 84-91). Read more
Monday, September 24, 2018
Setting the North Caucasus Ablaze is Easy; Putting Out the Flames is Hard
Paul Goble
Staunton, September 23 – Because of its earlier bitter experience, Moscow’s policy in the North Caucasus over the last decade has been to use subsidies and force to make sure that ethnic and religious conflicts do not break out in the region since setting the North Caucasus ablaze is easy – there is a lot of “dry tinder” around – but putting out the conflagration is hard.
That makes some of Moscow’s recent actions, including both intentional moves and failures, surprising and has led some to ask this week “why did the powers that be allow the outburst of the Kabardino-Balkar conflict?” (onkavkaz.com/news/2403-v-kbr-promorgali-konflikt-pochemu-vlasti-dopustili-vspyshku-kabardino-balkarskogo-protivostojan.html). Read more