2019 6 - PONARS Eurasia

Transition Plans Gone Awry: Is the Downfall of Atambayev an Argument for Democracy?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In October 2017, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev oversaw a peaceful and orderly election and the installation of a new president, all in accordance with the constitution.…

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Russia’s Avoidable Epidemic of HIV/AIDS

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) After first exploding among people who inject drugs in the late 1990s, HIV/AIDS now presents a serious public health and social challenge in Russia. The threat…

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Why Authoritarianism Has Weak Chances in Ukraine

As the March 31 Ukrainian presidential elections approach, warfare continues in the east, and national reforms falter, analysts warn about the resurgence of old– and the emergence of new–authoritarian threats…

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Beyond Putin: Russia’s Generations Y and Z

Of Russia’s 146 million citizens (if we include those in Crimea), 63 million—or 43 percent—are under 34 years of age. Of these, 30 million belong to Generation Y (millennials in…

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Russia’s Strategy in Southeast Asia

To great fanfare, in May 2016, Russia hosted the third ASEAN-Russia Summit at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Russia’s acceptance as an ASEAN dialog…

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The Geopolitics of De Facto States

There are 193 states that are members of the United Nations, but sovereignty in some of them is contested by de facto states, anti-regime guerillas, and stateless nationalist movements. De…

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Quenching Fire with Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help to Resolve the Ukraine Crisis

A reaction to Jesse Driscoll’s PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo: “Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?” by Ivan Gomza. Since late 2013, Ukraine’s contentious political environment has…

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Ukraine’s “Type 4” Conflict: Why Is It Important To Study Terminology Before Changing It?

A reaction to Jesse Driscoll’s PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo: “Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?” In his February 2019 policy memo, Dr. Jesse Driscoll argues…

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The Health of the Nation—the Wealth of the Homeland! Turkmenistan’s Potemkin Healthcare System

On July 21, 2018, in an address to doctors, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov boasted that Turkmenistan had “strengthened its place in the world as a powerful state with highly developed medicine.” He claimed…

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Institutional Trust in Kazakhstan versus Kyrgyzstan: How Divergent Trajectories Matter

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) For the new countries that emerged after the collapse of the USSR, few tasks have been more important, or challenging, than building institutions of government that…

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Transition Plans Gone Awry: Is the Downfall of Atambayev an Argument for Democracy?

Russia’s Avoidable Epidemic of HIV/AIDS

Why Authoritarianism Has Weak Chances in Ukraine

Beyond Putin: Russia’s Generations Y and Z

Russia’s Strategy in Southeast Asia

The Geopolitics of De Facto States

Quenching Fire with Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help to Resolve the Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine’s “Type 4” Conflict: Why Is It Important To Study Terminology Before Changing It?

The Health of the Nation—the Wealth of the Homeland! Turkmenistan’s Potemkin Healthcare System

Institutional Trust in Kazakhstan versus Kyrgyzstan: How Divergent Trajectories Matter