Authoritarian governments continue to use the Covid-19 pandemic as cover to consolidate political control and restrict human rights. The 2021 Corruption Perceptions...
Tag - Kyrgyzstan
The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has been given a boost by its role in putting down protests in Kazakhstan. A state of emergency and curfew...
The 2020 sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 mockumentary about American culture through the eyes of a fictional Kazakh journalist was just as controversial as the first...
When a plane carrying CSTO forces arrived in Kazakhstan late on January 5, it was the first time that the alliance had deployed forces to intervene in a conflict in a...
Protests against high LPG prices throughout Kazakhstan have become increasingly political, prompting a violent government crackdown. Russian forces – under the...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Central Europe The European Union’s highest court on Thursday advised that a mechanism linking financial disbursements to respect for the rule of law is compatible with...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Central Europe Slovakia has imposed a strict lockdown, including a curfew, as it is struggling to curb one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks. The government...
On the environment and protecting our planet’s future, governments are better off sharing knowledge and collaborating on sustainable solutions. Long before COP26 drew to...
Money sent home by migrant workers accounts for more than a quarter of GDP in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Remittances sent home by migrant workers, a key source of income...
