Winning in Afghanistan is a vital U.S. national interest, and since 2001, Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan has been critical to this effort. Manas moves some 500 tons of cargo and 15,000 people per month into and out of Afghanistan.[1] In addition, there are reports that the United… Read more
The bloody ethnic clashes occurring in southern Kyrgyzstan are the worst violence in the Fergana Valley, the heart of Central Asia, since 1990, when hundreds died in another outpouring of mutual hatred. The tragedy is that the current conflict, which risks turning the country into a failed state and tipping… Read more
Ariel Cohen discusses the Kyrgyz leadership crisis. … Read more
The United States' administration's deference to the Kremlin in resolving Kyrgyzstan's current ethnic cleansing ignores...… Read more
As violent unrest and ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan worsen, there is one notable absentee from the crisis: the European...… Read more
The Obama administration has been caught flat-footed once again—this time in Kyrgyzstan. The administration didn't...… Read more
Despite a harsh economic downturn, Moscow is continuing down the road of solidifying its positions in the post-Soviet...… Read more