Eric Walbergis known worldwide as a journalist specializing
in the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia. A graduate of University of
Toronto and Cambridge in economics, he has been writing on East-
West relations since the 1980s, He has lived i both the Soviet Union
and Russia, and then Uzbekistan, as a UN adviser, writer, translator and
lecturer. Presently a writer for the foremost Cairo newspaper, Al
Ahram, he is also a regular contributor to Counterpunch, Global Research, and Al-Jazeerah. His articles also appear in Russian, Spanish, German and Arabic. Read More Read Less