with Neil Melvin, Director of Program Armed Conflict and Conflict Management, SIPRIOver the last two decades, Kyrgyzstan has experienced two major outbreaks of violence involving the main ethnic communities in the country: the Kyrgyz and the Uzbeks. These violent incidentshave generally been viewed as ethnic conflicts and much of the response to the violence from thegovernment, local communities,… Continue reading Understanding Conflict and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan