Featured topics in this issue: Central Asia, the Great Depression and Russia’s Economic Crisis

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The “Great Game” is over
Interview with Frederick Starr, a Research Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is the founding chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program. Starr is the author of 20 books and more than 200 articles on Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia.

The Reincarnation of the “New Deal”
Nations around the world are attempting to resolve the economic crisis in the same way: they are spending enormous budgetary funds in support of their national economies.

The Chronology of the Great Depression
The Great Depression of the 1920-1930's in many ways resembles the current economic crisis.
Ironically, one of its results was the emergence of a bipolar world. One of these poles became the United States.

The Depression Debate
The economic crisis afflicting the world economy in 2008 has been often compared to the Great Depression. Ironically, the causes of the Great Depression are still not entirely understood and to this day are actively debated by economists and historians. The outcome of the debate could have a profound effect on the way governments deal with the current economic crisis.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan
President Barack Obama proposed a major program of economic assistance designed to bring the U.S. economy out of the economic crisis.