Andrew Wachtel

Andrew Wachtel is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the President of the American University of Central Asia between 2010 and 2018.

Amid warning signs, the future of Kyrgyzstan’s politics is wide open

After the post-election street contest has died down in Kyrgyzstan, the country looks to the near future - with a chance for open political competition or the suppression of democratic institutions.

By Andrew Wachtel

/ 29 Oct 2020

Amid warning signs, the future of Kyrgyzstan’s politics is wide open

What next for Kyrgyzstan?

After a week of manoeuvring amid post-election chaos in Kyrgyzstan, have those who made the revolution already lost out?

By Andrew Wachtel

/ 12 Oct 2020

Just what is happening in Kyrgyzstan?

In the wake of a dubious election in Kyrgyzstan, people have taken to the streets across the country in an attempt to force the political system to change. What will happen next?

By Andrew Wachtel

/ 7 Oct 2020

Will Catalonia secede?

The independentist inclinations of Catalonia, Scotland or Flanders define a dominant political zeitgeist in Europe – the dismantling of large territorial units. And this is why they will ultimately succeed.

By Andrew Wachtel

/ 6 Nov 2012

The western Balkan outlook: beyond 2005

If the current situation in the western Balkans were to be described using the vocabulary of a weather forecaster, the word unsettled would come immediately to mind. While at first

By Andrew Wachtel

/ 9 Nov 2005