Paul Goble is a Professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Mr. Goble was formerly an Assistant Director at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, based in Washington, D.C. Earlier, he served as a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, special advisor for Soviet nationality problems and Baltic affairs at the State Department, director of research at Radio Liberty, and special assistant for Soviet nationalities in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Trained at Miami University and the University of Chicago, he is the editor of four volumes on ethnic problems in the former Soviet Union and has published more than 150 articles on ethnic and nationality questions.