Erica Marat

The Military and the State in Central Asia
From Red Army to Independence

 

Freedom House, 2008
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CACI&ISDP, January 2008
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Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, Vol. 6, No. 7, 2007.
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Jane's Intelligence Review, May 17 2007

2009
Bakiyev Pleases Moscow, Seeks to Oust U.S. Military Base
Bakiyev Stifles Small and Medium Businesses, Further Angers the Public
Bakiyev Strengthens Control over Armed Forces Ahead of Opposition Revolts

2008
Kyrgyz Opposition Plans Spring Revolt
Need for More Transparency in Kyrgyz and Tajik Energy Sectors to Avoid Future Crises
Bakiyev Anticipates a Harsh Winter and an Energy Crisis, Further Restricts Free Speech
Russia Drums Up Support for Its Airbase in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Opposition Presents Its Program to the President, Sets Conditions
Hydroelectricity or Irrigation: a Central Asian Dilemma
Kyrgyz Opposition Splits, Seeks Alternative Ways To Fight Regime
Energy Crisis Splits Ruling Party in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Government Reduces Rights of Religious Groups
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN KYRGYZSTAN CONTINUES TO BE CUT BACK
PROTESTS AGAINST U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE HELD IN BISHKEK
BAKIYEV LOSES SUPPORTERS, APPOINTS CRONIES
KYRGYZ LOCAL ELECTIONS HELD AMID CONTROVERSY
SCANDAL ERUPTS OVER KYRGYZ CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION DAYS BEFORE LOCAL ELECTIONS
CORRUPTION IN THE HYDRO-ENERGY SECTOR BECOMES CLEARER IN KYRGYZSTAN
FIERCE COMPETITION OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN
RUSSIA OFFERS SUPPORT AMID KYRGYZSTAN’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
CSTO SUMMIT DISAPPOINTS MOSCOW, UNITES CENTRAL ASIA
CAN NAZARBAYEV HELP KYRGYZSTAN ESCAPE MOSCOW’S PRESSURE?
KYRGYZ NGOS REJECT GOVERNMENT’S CRITICISM
CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA CONFUSES KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF CIS SUMMIT
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT CONFISCATES WEAPONS FROM U.S. CITIZENS, FUELS SCANDAL
KYRGYZ NGOS REJECT GOVERNMENT’S CRITICISM
KYRGYZ MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONTINUES PROMOTING LEGALIZATION OF POLYGAMY
RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES IN KYRGYZSTAN PLAY POLITICS
PUBLIC DEBATES ON HYDROPOWER SECTOR MANAGEMENT INTENSIFY IN KYRGYZSTAN
CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS AGREE TO BOOST COOPERATION IN AIR DEFENSE
EU STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA: ONE YEAR LATER
KHOROG RESIDENTS PROTEST AGAINST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT REFUSE TO PROLONG CONTRACT WITH CANADIAN GOLD COMPANY
U.S. CITIZEN ARRESTED IN KYRGYZSTAN, RECEIVES UNFAIR TREATMENT
PRIVATIZATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR INTENSIFIES COMPETITION BETWEEN KYRGYZ RULING ELITES
POLICE FACED WITH NEW KYRGYZ “THIEF IN LAW” AFTER A TWO-YEAR BREAK
PRIVATIZATION OF KYRGYZSTAN’S HYDROPOWER SECTOR TAKES PLACE AMID UNCERTAINTY
TAJIK GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BUILD ROGUN HYDROPOWER STATION
BAKIYEV SUPPRESSES PROTESTS AGAINST BORDER CONCESSIONS TO KAZAKHSTAN
KARIMOV, BAKIYEV REACT DIFFERENTLY TO NAZARBAYEV'S CENTRAL ASIA UNION
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT VOTES TO PRIVATIZE KEY ECONOMIC SITES
EU IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT COOPERATION WITH TURKMENISTAN
NATIONALIST MOODS RISE IN KYRGYZSTAN AS KAZAKHSTAN INCREASES ECONOMIC PRESENCE
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT INCREASES HYDROPOWER PRICES AMID HIGH INFLATION
KYRGYZSTAN MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF TULIP REVOLUTION, BUT WITHOUT BAKIYEV
CRACKDOWN IN TIBET WILL BOOST ROLE OF SCO
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION FORMS SHADOW PARLIAMENT
TURKMEN LEADER PLANS TO ADOPT NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE
CHINESE MIGRANTS FACE DISCRIMINATION IN KYRGYZSTAN
WINTER SHOWS NEED FOR CENTRAL ASIA ENERGY COORDINATION
KYRGYZ PUBLIC CONDEMNS RUSSIAN SKINHEADS, SUPPORTS MOSCOW
FEARING MASS PROTESTS, KYRGYZ REGIME PLANS TO BAN PUBLIC PRAYERS
GAZPROM MIGHT BUY KYRGYZGAZ IN COMING MONTHS
TAJIKISTAN EXPERIENCES ROLLING BLACKOUTS AMID FREEZING WINTER TEMPERATURES
NEW KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT DOMINATED BY BAKIYEV FAMILY, CRONIES
SAME OLD FACES DOMINATE NEW KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT


2007
RIGGED ELECTIONS DRAW FIRE FROM KYRGYZ OPPOSITION
BAISALOV FACES PROSECUTION AHEAD OF KYRGYZ ELECTIONS
BAKIYEV SEEKS REMOVAL OF OPPONENTS BEFORE ELECTIONS
COMPETITION INTENSIFIES AHEAD OF KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
KYRGYZ POLITICAL PARTIES SHOW RAPID DEVELOPMENT
UZBEK REGIME OPTS FOR SHORT-TERM STABILITY OVER POLITICAL REFORM
UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WILL TEST POLITICAL PARTIES IN KYRGYZSTAN
NEW KYRGYZ CONSTITUTION FAILS TO ADDRESS OLD PROBLEMS
POLITICAL FORCES COUNT DOWN TO KYRGYZ CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
UPCOMING REFERENDUM SINKS KYRGYZSTAN DEEPER INTO CRISIS
KYRGYZSTAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SET FOR OCTOBER 21
PARTIES MOBILIZE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN
PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT FIGHT OVER CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN
POLITICAL CRISIS LOOMS AS INFLATION GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN FACES RAMPANT INFLATION FOR FOOD PRODUCTS
SCO SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY COOPERATION
NEW STATE IDEOLOGY BOUND TO FAIL IN KYRGYZSTAN
TOKYO INVESTS IN STRONG TIES WITH BISHKEK
TURKEY’S CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC PRESENCE GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK NEUTRALIZES OPPONENTS WITH DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS
KAZAKH-KYRGYZ ECONOMIC RELATIONS RECEIVE NEW BOOST
KULOV CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE RUSSIAN-KYRGYZ CONFEDERATION
SCO’S INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE SURGES AS IRAN, TURKMENISTAN WISH TO JOIN
DESPITE CORRUPTION CONCERNS, KYRGYZSTAN’S ENERGY SECTOR WILL BE PRIVATIZED
AS SCO SUMMIT APPROACHES, KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT CAUGHT BETWEEN RUSSIA, U.S.
GATES VISITS BISHKEK, BUT PRO-MOSCOW MOOD PREVAILS IN KYRGYZSTAN
PREPARATIONS FOR SCO SUMMIT AFFECT KYRGYZSTAN'S RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.
KYRGYZ OFFICIALS, CITIZENS OPPOSE U.S. BASE
PUBLIC ANGER AGAINST U.S. MILITARY BASE GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN
RAHMON PROMISES ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN TAJIKISTAN
NAZARBAYEV PROMISES ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, URGES POLITICAL STABILITY IN KYRGYZSTAN
BAKIYEV-KULOV CONFLICT RESUMES DESPITE GOVERNMENT’S CRACKDOWN
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT BRINGS VIOLENT END TO OPPOSITION RALLIES
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT SPLITS OVER LOYALTY TO BAKIYEV, PLUNGING COUNTRY DEEPER INTO CHAOS
KULOV MODERATES HIS DEMANDS AGAINST PRESIDENT, BUT BISHKEK STILL TENSE
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT REFUSE TO NEGOTIATE TO PREVENT MASS DEMONSTRATIONS
BAKIYEV TRIES TO SAVE HIS PRESIDENCY BUT OPPOSITION PREVAILS
OPPOSITION NOT CONVINCED BY BAKIYEV’S ABOUT-FACE
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION UNITES FOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN APRIL
KYRGYZSTAN PREPARES TO HOLD SCO SUMMIT THIS SUMMER
KULOV DETERMINED TO UNDERMINE BAKIYEV’S GOVERNMENT
WITH KULOV GONE, BAKIYEV DUMPS HIPC INITIATIVE
KULOV JOINS KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, BUT CAN HE BEAT BAKIYEV?
BAKIYEV’S NEW GOVERNMENT FOSTERS LARGE-SCALE CORRUPTION
KYRGYZ POWER STRUGGLE PROPELS ISABEKOV INTO PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
MOSCOW CONDEMNS HIPC INITIATIVE IN KYRGYZSTAN
BAKIYEV MANEUVERS TO STAY ON TOP IN KYRGYZSTAN
PARLIAMENTARY REELECTIONS LOOMING AS ANOTHER NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN KYRGYZSTAN

2006
KYRGYZ PROTEST GROWING WESTERN INFLUENCE AT HOME
RUSSIAN MASS MEDIA SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION IN KYRGYZSTAN
WILL POLITICAL CHANGES IN KYRGYZSTAN AFFECT U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE?
KYRGYZSTAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION PROMISES SUBSTANTIAL, LONG-TERM CHANGES
OPPOSITION CELEBRATES AS NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN KYRGYZSTAN
BAKIYEV WALKS IN AKAYEV’S SHOES AS OPPOSITION WANTS TO REPLAY TULIP REVOLUTION
KYRGYZSTAN POISED FOR NEW POLITICAL TUMULT AS OPPOSITION PRESSES BAKIYEV
TAJIKISTAN’S BILL ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS CURTAILS POLITICAL OPPOSITION
UZBEKISTAN WELCOMES COOPERATION WITH KYRGYZSTAN DESPITE FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENTS
TAJIK OPPOSITION REMAINS QUIET AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
KYRGYZSTAN’S ENERGY SECTOR LOSES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO CORRUPTION
TAJIK PRESIDENT USES NATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO LAUNCH HIS RE-ELECTION BID
TOP KYRGYZ OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING AGAINST OPPOSITION LEADER
KYRGYZ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB-UT-TAHRIR
TAJIKISTAN: CORRUPTION MOUNTS AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NEAR
KYRGYZ-UZBEK SECURITY RELATIONS: SIMILAR PROBLEMS, DIFFERENT POLICIES
BAKIYEV RELIES ON RUSSIA IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT RISKS RELATIONS WITH U.S. BEFORE G-8 SUMMIT
KYRGYZ NGOS WARN ABOUT RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROBLEM
KYRGYZ POLITICIANS BEGIN TO BREAK TIES TO CRIMINAL WORLD
BISHKEK BECOMES SCENE OF CONTINUOUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS
KYRGYZSTAN FIGHTS ONE-DAY WAR WITH UNKNOWN BANDITS
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION SETS DEADLINE FOR BAKIYEV TO FIGHT CORRUPTION, ORGANIZED CRIME
BISHKEK WELCOMES EXPANDED RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN
LEADING KYRGYZ ACTIVIST ATTACKED
KYRGYZ NGOS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME
KYRGYZSTAN MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF TULIP REVOLUTION
BAKIYEV FACES STRONG, MATURING OPPOSITION IN KYRGYZSTAN
TRAGEDY AT MOSCOW MARKET REVEALS XENOPHOBIA AMONG RUSSIAN PUBLIC
BAKIYEV WINS BATTLE AGAINST PARLIAMENT LEADER, BUT LOSES PUBLIC SUPPORT IN THE PROCESS
IRAN, TAJIKISTAN STRENGTHEN COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
IS BAKIYEV LOSING LEGITIMACY?
WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM STALLED, BAKIYEV OPTS FOR REFERENDUM
YRGYZ GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO REGULATE CROSSINGS ALONG BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN

2005
KYRGYZ JOURNALISTS CLAIM GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES FREE SPEECH
HIGH-RANKING KYRGYZ OFFICIAL PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL IDEOLOGY
FEARING COLOR REVOLUTIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS, KAZAKHSTAN SHUTS BORDER WITH KYRGYZSTAN
OTUNBAYEVA LOSES LAST CHANCE TO REMAIN IN KYRGYZ POLITICS
CLANS, CRIME, AND POWER IN KYRGYZSTAN
NGOS WANT KYRGYZ TO BE THE SOLE STATE LANGUAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN
AS BAKIYEV LOOSES SUPPORT, KULOV GAINS POPULARITY
BAKIYEV-KULOV POLITICAL UNION ENDANGERED BY CRIMINALS
ASSASSINATION OF KYRGYZ LAWMAKER REVEALS LINKS BETWEEN POLITICS AND CRIME
WILL RE-PRIVATIZATION OF KYRGYZ MEDIA QUIET OPPOSITION VOICES?
KYRGYZ, UZBEK LEADERS CHOOSE COLD PEACE OVER OPEN CONFRONTATION
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT REJECTS FEMALE CABINET NOMINEES, INCLUDING OTUNBAYEVA
ERKINBAYEV'S ASSASSINATION PROVOKES CONTROVERSY IN KYRGYZSTAN
KARIMOV ACCUSES KYRGYZSTAN OF ASSISTING TERRORISTS
KULOV OPTIMISTIC ON EFFORTS TO DELINATE DIVISION OF POWERS BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
AS WINTER APPROACHES, KYRGYZSTAN FACES TOUGH CHOICES IN ITS ENERGY SECTOR
BAKIYEV'S CABINET CRITICIZED FOR CORRUPT CADRE POLITICS
KYRGYZSTAN, UN DISAGREE OVER REMAINING ANDIJAN REFUGEES
BISHKEK RESISTING TASHKENT'S PRESSURE TO RETURN ANDIJAN REFUGEES
KYRGYZ EXPERTS OPPOSE BISHKEK'S DECISION TO LIMIT U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE
BAKIYEV WINS PRESIDENCY IN ONE ROUND -- HOW LONG WILL THE HONEYMOON LAST?
TENSIONS RISING AHEAD OF KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
ANDIJAN REFUGEES BECOME INTERNATIONAL ISSUE FOR BISHKEK
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT BLAMES AKAYEV FOR COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY UPRISING IN BISHKEK
OSH STILL TENSE, BUT SITUATION BECOMING CLEARER
INSTABILITIES IN SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN BURDEN GOVERNMENT WITH MORE PROBLEMS
KYRGYZSTAN ADOPTS GEORGIAN MODEL TO FIGHT CORRUPTION
KYRGYZ INTERIM GOVERNMENT ATTACKED BY PREVIOUS REGIME, SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
REPORTS SUGGEST MOSCOW WANTS NEW BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN EXTENDS RELUCTANT WELCOME TO UZBEK REFUGEES
CITING NEED FOR STABILITY, KYRGYZ LEADERS FORM POLITICAL UNION
KYRGYZ INTERIM GOVERNMENT STILL CLEANING UP PROBLEMS LEFT BY AKAYEV
KYRGYZSTAN'S NORTH-SOUTH AXIS SHIFTS AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
EXTENT OF AKAYEV REGIME CORRUPTION BECOMING CLEARER
KYRGYZ INTERIM GOVERNMENT CRITICIZED FOR POLICIES, LACK OF ACTION
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT STRIPS AKAYEV OF PRIVILEGES
AKAYEV OFFICIALLY RESIGNS WHILE KULOV DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT
TULIPS BLOOM IN KYRGYZSTAN BRINGING HOPES FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
CROWD SEIZES GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN BISHKEK
KYRGYZ CRISIS REACHES BISHKEK -- RUMORS SUGGEST AKAYEV HAS FLED COUNTRY
MASS PROTESTS, LITTLE CHANGE AFTER KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFF

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Guest editor: Erica Marat: Editor's Note

Content:

1. Kazakhstan’s Partnership with NATO: Strengths, Limits and Prognosis, Roger N. McDermott
   
2. The Modernization Drive of the PLA and the New Defense White Paper, Jagannath P. Panda
   
3. China’s Relations with Azerbaijan, Fariz Ismailzade
4. Post-Soviet Military-Political Integration: The Collective Security Treaty Organization and its Relations with the EU and NATO, Alexander I. Nikitin
5. Russia’s Opposition to Georgia’s Quest for NATO Membership, Kakha Jibladze
6. Civil-Military Relations and the 2007 Elections in Pakistan: Impact on the Regional Security Environment, Talat Masood
7. International Factors Stopping Security Sector Reform: The Uzbek Case, Peter K. Forster
8. Changes in Uzbekistan’s Military Policy after the Andijan Events, Rustam Burnashev and Irina Chernykh
9. The Russian Defense Reform, Irina Isakova
10. Soviet Military Legacy and Regional Security Cooperation in Central Asia, Erica Marat
11. Nationalists, Muslim Warlords, and the “Great Northwestern Development” in Pre-Communist China, Hsiao-ting Lin

Caucaz Europenews, March 3, 2007

Jane's Intelligence Review, February 7, 2007
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The Jamestown Foundation and Brookings Institute, Washington, DC, November 2006

CACI&SRSP, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, & Uppsala University, October 2006

Impact of Drug Trade and Organized Crime on State Functioning in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
China - Eurasia Forum Quarterly, CACI&SRSP, February 2007

• THE SCO AND FOREIGN POWERS IN CENTRAL ASIA: SINO-RUSSIAN DIFFERENCES, May 28, 2008
  
• IS EMOMALI RAKHMON LOSING SUPPORT? May 28, 2008
• EU-TURKMENISTAN TALKS: BRUSSLES SEEKS COMMON CENTRAL ASIA POLICY, April 30, 2008
• KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, GOVERNMENT SPLIT PUBLIC SUPPORT, April 16, 2008
• THE 'TULIP REVOLUTION' THREE YEARS AFTER: KYRGYZSTAN'S PYRRHIC VICTORY, April 2, 2008
• USENOV'S PROJECT TO USE CHILD LABOR OPPOSED BY CIVIL SOCIETY, March 5, 2008
• THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF STATE-CRIME RELATIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN, Feb 20, 2008
  
• RUSSIA DECREASES IMMIGRATION QUOTA THREEFOLD IN 2008, Jan 9, 2008
• BRANDING NEW NATIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTH CAUCASUS, Nov 14, 2007
  
• THE CSTO SEEKS TO BUILD NEW SUB-STRUCTURES, Oct 3, 2007
  
• ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOOMS IN KYRGYZSTAN, Sept 19, 2007
  
• THE SCO SEEKS ENERGY COOPERATION, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN, Aug 21, 2007
  
• REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKIC NATIONS DISCUSS THE ROLE OF POLITICIANS IN STATE-BUILDING, July 25, 2007
  
• SCO SEEKS TO EXPAND, CONSOLIDATE AFTER BISHKEK SUMMIT, July 11, 2007
  
• U.S. URGES KYRGYZSTAN TO CONTINUE BILATERAL RELATIONS AGAINST TERRORISM, June 13, 2007
  
• NAZARBAYEV PREVAILS OVER POLITICAL COMPETITORS, FAMILY MEMBERS, May 30, 2007
  
• NATIONALIZATION OF KUMTOR GOLD MINE SPARKS CONTROVERSY IN KYRGYZSTAN, May 16, 2007
  
• NAZARBAYEV INCREASES KAZAKHSTAN'S ENGAGEMENT IN KYRGYZSTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, May 2, 2007
  
• POLITICAL POPULISM IN POST-MARCH  24 KYRGYZSTAN, April 19, 2007
  
• RUSSIA AND CHINA UNITE FORCES IN PEACE MISSION 2007, April 4, 2007
  
• CELEBRATING NOVRUZ IN CENTRAL ASIA, March 21, 2007
  
• KYRGYZ MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, PARLIAMENT WANT TO LEGALIZE POLYGAMY, March 7, 2007
• HIPC IN KYRGYZSTAN IS DOOMED TO FAIL, February 7, 2007
  
• PROSPECTIVE JOINING OF HIPC PROVOKES FIERCE DEBATES IN KYRGYZSTAN, December 13, 2006
• “I LIKE! YOU LIKE?”: BRITISH COMEDIAN CHEERS, DISGUSTS KAZAKHSTANIS, October 18, 2006
• WAR IN LEBANON STIRS IDENTITY ISSUES IN CENTRAL ASIAN STATES,  September 06, 2006
• PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TAJIKISTAN: NOT A STRUGGLE FOR REGIME SURVIVAL, July 26, 2006
• CENTRAL ASIAN YOUTH ENCOUNTERS REVIVAL OF AGE-DISCRIMINATING TRADITIONS, June 28, 2006
• KNOWN MAFIA BOSS MURDERED IN KYRGYZSTAN, May 17, 2006
• MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS FROM POST-SOVIET STATES IN EUROPE: COMMUNITY BUILDING ALONG RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES, April 19, 2006
• CHECHEN AND INGUSH COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA: TROUBLED PAST, UNCERTAIN FUTURE? March 08, 2006
• KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO PRODUCE NEW NATIONAL IDEOLOGY, February 22, 2006
• TEENAGE FIGHT SPARKS VIOLENCE BETWEEN DUNGAN AND KYRGYZ VILLAGERS, February 08, 2006
• THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN POST-MARCH 24 KYRGYZSTAN, January 25, 2006
• RUMSFELD IN KYRGYZSTAN: HALTING AMERICA’S FALTERING POSITION IN CENTRAL ASIA, July 27, 2005
  
• KYRGYZSTAN HOSTS THOUSANDS OF UZBEK REFUGEES AFTER VIOLENT RIOTS IN ANDIJAN, May 18, 2005
• UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN: BREAKTHROUGH OR SHEER RITUAL? February 23, 2005
• DOMESTIC TERRORISM ACCUMULATES NATIONALIST INTOLERANCE AMONG RUSSIAN PUBLIC, September 22, 2004
• CSTO’S ANTITERRORIST EXERCISES “RUBEZH-2004”SCORE HIGH RATING AMONG MEMBER-STATES, August 25, 2004
• IMPACT OF MILITARY SECTOR ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TAJIKISTAN, May 19, 2004
• “SKINHEAD” MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA’S CITIES: PERSPECTIVE FROM TAJIKISTAN, March 10, 2004
• THE ERK PROTEST SETS OUT A PRECEDENT FOR KARIMOV TO REVISE RELATIONS WITH POLITICAL OPPOSITION, November 05, 2003

Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition
by Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes, in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Summer 2006.

KYRGYZSTAN: MICROCREDIT LENDING ENCOUNTERS SUCCESS IN CENTRAL ASIA, June 8, 2008
UZBEKISTAN HOLDS ELECTIONS – WITHOUT OPPOSITION, December 23, 2004
UZBEK DE-MINING PLEDGE STRIVES TO MOLLIFY NEIGHBORS (together with Said Dilovarov), June 15, 2004

• Syncretic and 'Synthetic' Islam in Central Asia, December 28, 2006
• Nationalism and Russian Skinhead Movements, June 22, 2006