Kyrgyzstan: the absence of mercy

Natalia Leshchenko and David Hayes 16 June 2010
The humanitarian crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan fits all the requirements for international intervention. So why is it not happening, ask Natalia Leshchenko & David Hayes.

Kyrgyzstan failing, and an arc of crisis

Vicken Cheterian 15 June 2010
The violent descent of parts of Kyrgyzstan into communal conflict since the overthrow of its president in April 2010 leaves a security vacuum whose dangerous effects could be felt across central Asia, says Vicken Cheterian. 

Why are Kyrgyzstan’s slum dwellers so angry?

Balihar Sanghera 15 June 2010
If you want to understand what has motivated the uprising of Kyrgyzstan’s poor, you need look no further than the package of neo-liberal economic reforms imposed on the country by the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organisation, comments Balihar Sanghera

Violence escalates in southern Kyrgyzstan

Laura Hilger 14 June 2010
Violence escalates in southernKyrgyzstan, killing 114. Israel launches flotilla inquiry. 15 killed, 45 wounded in Baghdad blast. Colombian military officials rescued after 12 years. All this and more, in today's security update.

US ‘disappointed’ with Turkey on Iran sanctions

Oliver Scanlan 11 June 2010
The US Secretary of Defence voices disappointment over Turkey. A terrorist strike hits Kandahar. Scores are dead in Kyrgyzstan clashes. A bomb attack hits an Algerian police barracks. All this and more, in today’s security briefing…

Out of Asia

Ángel Gómez de Ágreda 4 June 2010
The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation could hail a realignment of power politics in Asia, argues Ángel Gómez-de-Ágreda

Curfews across Thailand anticipate further unrest

Josephine Whitaker 20 May 2010
Curfew extended in Bangkok after Red Shirts dispersed. International investigation reports South Korean Cheonan sunk by North Korean torpedo. State of emergency imposed in southern Kygyzstan. Pakistan prepares for offensive in North Waziristan. Maoist attacks prompt strategy rethink in India. All this and more in today's briefing.

Kickstarting the Kyrgyz economy

Baktybek Abdrisaev, Alexey Semyonov, and Robert Livingston 12 May 2010
On 8 April 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced its second revolution in five years. The corrupt regime of President Bakiev fell as citizens rebelled after government troops opened fire on protesters, killing more than 80 people and wounding 1500. The new interim government is now preparing elections.

Iran accuses US of nuclear threats

Andrea Glioti 20 April 2010
Tehran criticises US' nuclear threats. Victory likely for Bashir after controversial Sudanese elections. Peshawar stuck by twin suicide attacks. Ethnic violence threatens Kyrgyz interim government. All this and more in today's update.

Breaking point: why the Kyrgyz lost their patience

Madeleine Reeves 19 April 2010
Kyrgyzstan is suffering from a crisis of governance, reports Madeleine Reeves. But an analysis of the problems that limits itself to “state failure” is missing the point. What brought the Kyrgyz on to the streets was inequality and economic misery, muffled for years by the New Great Game.

Kyrgyzstan: what is to be done?

David Coombes 19 April 2010
The ineptitude of policies championed by the USA is to blame for the political violence in Kyrgyzstan which overthrew the government. Only a long-term vision of radical political change could make amends. David Coombes lays out key priorities

The Kyrgyz catastrophe

Sureyya Yigit 15 April 2010
Bishkek’s bloody regime-change reflects the aborted hopes of the brief political flowering in 2005. But a key question of external agency remains, says Sureyya Yigit.

Ambitious goals set at nuclear summit

Rukeyya Khan 14 April 2010
Nuclear summit sets lofty goals for member nations. Interim Kyrgyz government asserts its authority. Fighting displaces 100,000 in Mogadishu, says UN. Thai red shirt protesters refuse talks. Mexico's drug violence kills 23,000. Hostilities erupt in southern Philippine island. All this and more in today’s security briefing.

Outrage in Kandahar after deadly NATO attack on Afghan bus

Dries Belet 13 April 2010
NATO killings of Afghan civilians spark street protests in Kandahar. Obama presses Hu to collaborate on Iran sanctions. Kyrgyzstan’s defiant president ordered to yield. Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant near Gaza border. All this and more in today's security briefing.

Kyrgyzstan: fractured, but not broken

John Heathershaw 12 April 2010
Kyrgyzstan’s government has fallen, its provisional rulers are untested, and there is as yet no sign of a lasting political settlement. Yet that does not mean it will automatically follow the example of neighbour Tajikistan and descend into civil war, writes John Heathershaw

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Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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