Russia’s Fiscal Veto on CIS Integration
When the words "Russia" and "Near Abroad" emerge in the same sentence, they usually conjure up visions of imperialism and political subversion. In this brief, I argue that Russia has…
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In Its Own Image: Toward a Re-conceptualization of Central Asia
With the collapse of the USSR came the dislocation of the Soviet republics–not only from their former political and economic status within the former Soviet Union, but also from their…
Central Asia’s Border Woes & the Impact of International Assistance (New Report)
Over the last decade, the Central Asian republics have hosted a number of international programs designed to overhaul, equip, and reform the region’s border control practices aimed at making…
“The Great Game over Turkmen gas is thus only beginning”
Drawing on Russian and Western sources as well as fieldwork, PONARS Eurasia member Sebastien Peyrouse in his new book, Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development (M.E. Sharpe, 2012), examines…
Kyrgyzstan: Recovery and Reformation
PONARS Eurasia is pleased to release the Policy Perspectives volume, "Kyrgyzstan: Recovery and Reformation," August 2010 — With parliamentary elections scheduled for October, Kyrgyzstan is entering a new and highly…
In the News: Regime Change in Kyrgyzstan
Last week in Kyrgyzstan, supporters of former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev occupied government buildings in the south and clashed with government forces before the interim government restored authority. The incident, in…