Shairbek Juraev

Turbulence in Kyrgyzstan: a hijacked revolution or business as usual?

(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

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

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

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

On June 20, 2013, the Kyrgyz parliament voted 91-5 to cancel the U.S.-Kyrgyz agreements on the Transit Center at Manas airport to be effective one year from now in July…

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Politics of Gold or a Failed Revolution in Kyrgyzstan?

A wave of unrest hit Kyrgyzstan last week, creating two “hot” zones, one in northern Issykkul and another in southern Jalalabad. The events turned dramatic, illustrated by the president decreeing…

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Bishkek Hosts Informal CSTO Summit

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

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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Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: No Progress; Sokh Still Sensitive

Over March 25-28, the Kyrgyz-Uzbek joint commission for delimitation and demarcation of state borders, chaired by deputy prime ministers Shamil Atakhanov of Kyrgyzstan and Rustam Azimov of Uzbekistan met in…

Central Asia’s Cold War? Water and Politics in Uzbek-Tajik Relations

At the end of 2011, Louise Arbour, head of the International Crisis Group (ICG), listed Central Asia among the top ten crisis areas in the world and a region that…

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Turbulence in Kyrgyzstan: a hijacked revolution or business as usual?

Kyrgyzstan – New Mayors Elected in Bishkek and Osh

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Rakhmon Haggles with Putin

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Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: No Progress; Sokh Still Sensitive

Central Asia’s Cold War? Water and Politics in Uzbek-Tajik Relations