The Central Asia Program and SIPRI North America have the pleasure to invite you to the Second Central Asia Fellowship Seminar. The seminar will be followed by a reception. With Sardar Bagishbekov,… Continue reading The Second Central Asia Fellowship Seminar
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Understanding Conflict and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
with Neil Melvin, Director of Program Armed Conflict and Conflict Management, SIPRI Over the last two decades, Kyrgyzstan has experienced two major outbreaks of violence involving the main ethnic communities in the country:… Continue reading Understanding Conflict and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 10, June 2013 By Eric McGlinchey Factors that produce democracy can produce violence. Drivers of reform are also drivers of radicalism. Predictable indeterminacy is the surprising suddenness of protest… Continue reading Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air
If Only It Was Only Water… The Strained Relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Central Asia Policy Brief No. 9, May 2013 By Volker Jacoby In spite of ongoing brinkmanship from the two presidents, tensions between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are unlikely to escalate into large-scale violence. External intervention… Continue reading If Only It Was Only Water… The Strained Relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan