Round Table on Eurasian Integration brings together scholars and policy-makers in St Petersburg
On 31st May and 1st June, Dr David Lewis and Dr Catherine Owen organised and presented at an international round […]
Archive: Aticles and pages tagged “Kyrgyzstan”
‘Friend’ or ‘foreign agent’? On the limits of field research in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Guest post by Philipp Lottholz and Joshua Meyer With the summer season and field trips to Kyrgyzstan and other Central […]
Workshop Report: New Perspectives on Conflict, Security and Peace in Eurasia
Between 3rd and 5th June, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosted an international conference organised jointly with UK-based researchers working […]
Everyday Corruption in the Bishkek-Moscow Train
By Catherine Owen In the last four years, I have twice had the privilege of travelling by train from Bishkek […]
Keeping the Sacred Secret: Pilgrims’ Voices at Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan
By Zemfira Inogamova Reprinted by permission of the Publishers from ‘”Keeping the Sacred Secret: Pilgrims” Voices at Sacred Sites in […]
Kyrgyzstan – the Forgotten Football Federation
This is a re-post. The original article was published on 20 October 2013 on the Futbolgrad website. On Tuesday 15th […]
Anna Matveeva speaks on the insecurities of border security regimes
Friday 24th January, 2-4 pm, Amory 143 Dr Anna Matveeva, Honorary Fellow, University of Exeter “Border Security or security of […]
Thieves of Honour
A friend of mine, Kent Mathieson, has written a novel. I have yet to read it (but will do this […]
Xi Jinping, Central Asia and Russia: Misguided Speculation over a New ‘Great Game’
Originally posted at: FutureForeignPolicy.com blog. Much attention has been paid to a series of visits undertaken by the new Chinese President […]
What do we know about local democracy in Kyrgyzstan?
Most people expect the main space of contestation in Kyrgyzstan to be found on the streets or with the use […]
Atambaev’s big bid to centralise power
Details are starting to emerge of some of the ‘substance’ behind the charges against Keldibekov, Omurkulov and others: В отношении […]