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Published in: oDRCentral Asia: the erupting volcanoThe West turned a blind eye to the potential volatility of Central Asia because it was convenient, in Carlo Ungaro's...
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Published in: oDRThe ethnicisation of violence in Southern KyrgyzstanMedia talk of ‘ethnic conflict’ in Kyrgyzstan is misleading, in that it takes ethnicity to be causal. This does not...
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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan: the absence of mercyThe humanitarian crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan fits all the requirements for international intervention. So why is...
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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan failing, and an arc of crisis
The violent descent of parts of Kyrgyzstan into communal conflict since the overthrow of its president in April 2010...
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Published in: oDRWhy are Kyrgyzstan’s slum dwellers so angry?
If you want to understand what has motivated the uprising of Kyrgyzstan’s poor, you need look no further than the...
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Published in: oDRTurkmenbashi is dead! Long live Turkmenbashi?A recently published book about President Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan confirms that the cult of personality is...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia's Muddled Elections
Does President Saakashvili really deserve international plaudits for his party’s decisive victory in Georgia’s...
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Published in: oDRRector takes on Ukranian Security ServicesOn May 18, the Ukrainian Security Services paid a strange visit to Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic...
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Published in: HomeUkraine: the immobile state
The electoral defeat of the figureheads of the “orange revolution” of 2004 raises profound questions over Ukraine’s...
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Published in: oDRBelarus gears up for electionAlyaksandr Lukashenka's support is waning — both domestically and from Russia — and he now looks the the most...
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Published in: oDRChildren in prison
The approach to juvenile lawbreakers in Russia and in England & Wales is more punitive than in other European...
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Published in: HomeUkraine: port of Russian illusions
Slavic reconciliation with "little brother Ukraine" has sent Russia starry-eyed, writes Andrei Kolesnikov. While...
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Published in: oDRRussia-Ukraine: bridge building?What was the upshot of the recent Kiev meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents? Will the bridge between...
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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan and Georgia: two very different countriesIn the run-up to municipal elections in Georgia, Ivan Sukhov points out that Tbilisi has a lot less in common with...
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Published in: oDRKickstarting the Kyrgyz economy
On 8 April 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced its second revolution in five years. The corrupt regime of President Bakiev...
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Published in: HomeArmenia deadlocked, landlocked
Despite President Obama’s best efforts on 12 April, negotiations between Armenia and Turkey remain deadlocked,...
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Published in: oDRWaiting for the word in Armenia
The WW1 massacre of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks remains a source of great contention, writes Ara...
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Published in: oDRRescuing Ukraine from NATO
President Yanukovich sees it as his mission to protect the country from NATO. That’s why he extended that lease...
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Published in: oDRGeorgian Overtures to Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
Georgia’s State Minister for Reintegration floats a proposition for building bridges with Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region
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Published in: oDRThe Shape of Europe's Future
In today's Europe, unlike that of the Cold War, the 'Finlandization' of the post-Soviet space does serve the...
