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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan: reform starts with educationKyrgyzstan could be the first Central Asian parliamentary democracy. But the southern region has first to be...
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Published in: oDRKyrgyz elections: the birth of democracy?Recent parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan were declared free and fair, but Russia and its Central Asian...
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Published in: openSecurityCritical AfPak border crossing reopens to Nato convoysPakistan reopens critical border crossing to Nato convoys. Heir-apparent and new missiles appear at North Korean...
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Published in: oDRThe background to Osh: stories of conflict and coexistenceReporting of the ethnic clashes that took place in the Kyrgyz city of Osh this summer has tended to spotlight the...
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Published in: oDRWanted: Economic Equality to Mend Kyrgyzstan
Media reports of disturbances in Kyrgyzstan’s two main cities Bishkek and Osh focused on human rights and ethnicity....
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Published in: oDRBeware of meddling in Kyrgyzstan!Despite deep fissures in Kyrgyz society in the aftermath of the upheavals, external intervention would be...
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Published in: openSecurityAl-Shabab renew offensive in Mogadishu
More attacks in Mogadishu, as Al-Shabab steps up its campaign against African Union troops. Convicted Islamists...
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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan’s referendum brings a flicker of hopeThe new constitution which the Kyrgyz people voted in on 27 June 2010 seeks to break the presidential pattern of...
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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan’s flawed referendum
The political atmosphere that surrounded the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan shows that the country’s crisis...
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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan: components of crisis
The explosion of violence in southern Kyrgyzstan is the result of social pressures, economic hardship and political...
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Published in: openSecurityObama sacks top Afghan war commander, General Stanley McChrystal
Obama sacks top Afghan war commander, General Stanley McChrystal. Southeast European countries denounce Israeli...
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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan’s angel of death
The explosion of terrifying violence in southern Kyrgyzstan reveals deep-rooted problems in this central Asian...
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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 mercy
The 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: openSecurityViolence escalates in southern Kyrgyzstan
Violence escalates in southernKyrgyzstan, killing 114. Israel launches flotilla inquiry. 15 killed, 45 wounded in...
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Published in: openSecurityUS ‘disappointed’ with Turkey on Iran sanctions
The US Secretary of Defence voices disappointment over Turkey. A terrorist strike hits Kandahar. Scores are dead in...
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Published in: openSecurityOut of AsiaThe meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation could hail a realignment of power politics in Asia, argues...
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Published in: openSecurityCurfews across Thailand anticipate further unrest
Curfew extended in Bangkok after Red Shirts dispersed. International investigation reports South Korean Cheonan sunk...
