Cooley and Kassenova on Nazarbayev’s reelection
(NYTimes) Voters in Kazakhstan were set to re-elect an incumbent on Sunday who has ruled the country since the Soviet Union collapsed, in an election that could have only one outcome. Nursultan…
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Cooley: Tsipras is playing to his base; Putin is cultivating the impression that Greece might be friendly
(CNBC) Fear is running amok yet again that the cash-strapped Greek government will default on its loans to its European partners and the International Monetary Fund. While its fate is still…
Cooley, Peyrouse: China has succeeded in imposing itself as one of Central Asia’s main energy partners
(South China Morning Post) China is upstaging Russia as the most influential player in Central Asia, but the mainland's huge trade and investment in the resource-rich region faces challenges in terms…
Scripts of Sovereignty: The Freezing of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis And Dilemmas Of Governance In Eurasia
(CGI Report) With a possible frozen conflict developing in eastern Ukraine, Russia has begun to consolidate neighboring breakaway territories into a distinct group of semi-sovereign entities that frustrate Western efforts…
Cooley: The CSTO bargain is exclusive client state loyalty for backing in local conflicts
(The Moscow Times) While top Russian officials and pro-Kremlin politicians continue to paint NATO as an existential threat to Russia and even an instigator of the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has been working to strengthen the legitimacy of its own security…
Cooley: Kyrgyzstan is entering a new era as a Russian client state
(The Guardian) While Russia’s relationship with Ukraine has been grabbing the headlines, Moscow has been steadily strengthening its foothold in another of the post-Soviet states – Kyrgyzstan. In the past…
Cooley: Both Euromaidan and the Kremlin have given Uzbekistan something to fear
(Eurasianet) Russia’s aggressive actions toward Ukraine are vexing Central Asian states. First, officials in Kazakhstan were chagrined to hear comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, during a recent town-hall-style meeting…
Cooley: Russia’s Eurovision alternative fits with Putin’s cultural diplomacy agenda
(Newsweek) When Conchita Wurst raised her microphone-shaped winner’s trophy at the Eurovision Song Contest in May, she smashed through a lavender ceiling. Boy George described her victory as “a vote…
Cooley: Scholar Sodiqov released; Central Asia thrives on conspiracy theories
(Eurasianet) As news trickled out of Taijkistan on July 22 that the government was releasing, albeit with some restrictions, international scholar Alexander Sodiqov after five weeks in jail, a group…
Nazarbayev invites Turkey to be a member of the Eurasian Economic Union
(Today's Zaman) (Alexander Cooley quoted) According to a statement released by the Kazakh presidential office on Friday, Nazarbayev said Turkey should be a member of the EaEU during the fourth…