Following Trump’s erratic approach, Biden’s team of experienced pros are expected to try to reengage the region. Will they be able to? When Joe Biden becomes president of the United …
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No real opposition parties were permitted to run. Kazakhstan does elections by rote. The vote to pick members of a new parliament this weekend was no exception. But that might …
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In a country where presidents’ tenures often end with violent upheavals, Sadyr Japarov emerged victorious in a snap election set off by an uprising last fall. MOSCOW — A populist …
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Even though there is no danger of independent parties getting into parliament, authorities fear renewed protests. The political scene in Kazakhstan has long been cleared of actors critical of the …
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Prison-to-presidency populist Japarov expected to win Sunday as China watches Kyrgyzstangoes to the polls on Sunday for two votes that look likely to cement the Central Asian state’s dramatic political …
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The next president has been preordained. A contemporaneous referendum on his powers offers the only glimmer of intrigue. The run-up to presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan have come to follow a …
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In recent years, the security situation on the Eurasian continent has grown increasingly unstable. Great powers are less constrained by international norms and institutions, undermining peace and security from Crimea …
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Our regional editors offer their informed predictions for the year ahead. Caucasus 2020 was a historic year in the Caucasus, as Azerbaijan launched a war and successfully took back most …
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Confusion and intrigue have reigned in Kyrgyzstan since compromised parliamentary elections on October 4, 2020, sparked street protests that brought down the government and forced the president of the Central …
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Introduction On September 7, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered what is now regarded as a landmark speech that called for establishing a new “Silk Route Economic Belt” to become …
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