Erica Marat
20 Jun 2019
(Monkey Cage blog) It’s a conflict familiar in post-Soviet nations: Democratic expectations meet unreformed police forces. After Kazakhstan voted for president on June 9, police arrested thousands of protesters who believed the regime falsified the results. Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan...
PONARS Eurasia
20 Jun 2019
(usrussiarelations.org) Cyber disruptions. Military encounters. Geopolitical instability. Economic sanctions. Even the risk of nuclear annihilation. How did we get here? Today the increasingly fraught U.S.-Russia relationship has entered a dangerous era of confrontation. Tapping a distinguished...
Pavel Baev
19 Jun 2019
(EDM) Something quite extraordinary happened in Russia last week: a loud public outcry forced the authorities to set free Ivan Golunov, an investigative journalist crudely framed by the police for drug possession. Neither the motley crowd of activists who joined ranks in protest against this...
PONARS Eurasia
18 Jun 2019
(Forbes) It’s probably safe to say that few would equate Kazakhstan (KZ) with the kind of modernity akin to something straight out of a science fiction novel. Two years ago, following their hosting of the World Fair dedicated to Future Energy in the capital Astana (renamed Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan...
Mariya Omelicheva
14 Jun 2019
(CSCE) The Kremlin actively seeks to present Russia as a global leader in the practice of counterterrorism and countering extremism. However, Moscow’s policies and practices in this area may be problematic at best and counterproductive at worst.
Witnesses—Mariya Omelicheva, Rachel Denber, and...
Jason Strakes
12 Jun 2019
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) As one of the most intractable and tendentious issues in post-Soviet affairs, the enduring rivalry between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh subregion presents scholars of international relations with a certain challenge. It is widely recognized...
PONARS Eurasia
11 Jun 2019
Point & Counterpoint is a non-ideological, online forum for all who want to know more about Russia and the region. It gives the floor to experts to share their insights into the most important political, social, economic, and cultural developments. This includes in-depth analyses, interviews,...
PONARS Eurasia
11 Jun 2019
(Eurasianet) The results of Kazakhstan’s presidential election pose a puzzle. Both for the government and its opponents.
As anticipated, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ran away with the vote. Preliminary results announced on the morning of June 10 showed him getting 70.8 percent of ballots cast. His nearest...
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