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Shairbek Juraev

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Co-founder and President, Crossroads Central Asia; Associate Research Fellow, OSCE Academy in Bishkek
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Development in Post-Soviet Central Asia, Comparative Politics, Central Asia Water and Energy Issues
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What Drives Border Conflicts in Central Asia? Roots of the Deadly Violence on the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border

  • January 17, 2022
  • Shairbek Juraev and Eric McGlinchey
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In late April 2021, cross-border violence resulted in the deaths of 36 Kyrgyz and 19 Tajik citizens. The springtime violence represents the deadliest interstate conflict in…
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The Current Hostilities between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Commentary by Dzhuraev, McGlinchey, Markowitz, and Schatz

  • May 6, 2021
  • Shairbek Juraev, Eric McGlinchey, Lawrence P. Markowitz and Edward Schatz
Shairbek Dzhuraev, Crossroads Central Asia Peace is on the brink in Central Asia. The border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has reached a new bottom. The clashes of the past…
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Turbulence in Kyrgyzstan: a hijacked revolution or business as usual?

  • October 12, 2020
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(Crossroads Central Asia) Kyrgyzstan plunged into an acute political crisis following the 4 October 2020 parliamentary elections. The events exposed a complete bankruptcy of the country’s political establishment. For several…
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Kyrgyzstan – New Mayors Elected in Bishkek and Osh

  • January 15, 2014
  • Shairbek Juraev
This is a brief note on the mayoral elections in Bishkek and Osh. Both cities now have new mayors. Replaced were Bishkek’s hugely unpopular Isa Omurkukov and Osh’s enormously problematic…
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“Friday-the-13th” SCO Summit in Central Asia: Focus on Syria and Afghanistan

  • September 16, 2013
  • Shairbek Juraev
The 2013 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization once again revealed the member-states do a better job at developing a common rhetoric on international politics than agreeing amongst themelsves on…
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Rakhmon Haggles with Putin

  • August 6, 2013
  • Shairbek Juraev
On August 1, Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon paid a quick visit to Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Commentators agree the visit is essentially linked to the…
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Kyrgyz Parliament Votes to Close U.S. Transit Center at Manas

  • June 21, 2013
  • Shairbek Juraev
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Politics of Gold or a Failed Revolution in Kyrgyzstan?

  • June 5, 2013
  • Shairbek Juraev
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Bishkek Hosts Informal CSTO Summit

  • May 29, 2013
  • Shairbek Juraev
On May 28, 2013, Kyrgyzstan hosted an informal summit of the heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The summit discussed various issues related to regional security,…
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April in Kyrgyzstan

  • April 16, 2013
  • Shairbek Juraev
This month Kyrgyzstan celebrates the third anniversary of the overthrow of country’s second president, Kurmanbek Bakiev, which led to major changes in the country’s structure of governance. Three years on,…
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