Does Oil Lead to International Conflict?
Exploring the connection between energy and international conflict. by Robert Orttung The importance of oil for international politics and markets is obvious to everyone, but political scientists have…
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Quick Comment — Unrest in Russia
Among the various actors involved with the recent Moscow demonstrations (soccer fans, right-wing groups, the Kremlin, Russian power structures, ethnic minorities), who is controlling whom? Or is this just…
Abkhazia and South Ossetia: “Asymmetric Sovereignty”?
On August 25, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies held a seminar on the implications of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, in which some innovative discussion was devoted…
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…