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07-10 Transitions online ‘War on Drugs’ Turns Bloody A shootout in Ashgabat could signal the rise of drug gangs in Turkmenistan and a growing threat to the region.
06-10 Transitions online Doing Business Better Corruption remains rife, but Baku’s steps to mollify investors are a promising sign.
06-10 Transitions online Slim Pickings A disappointing wheat harvest dashes Kazakhstan’s hopes of becoming a top exporter and could leave some dependent neighbors even worse off. From EurasiaNet.
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03-10 Transitions online Clothed in Shame Uzbekistan has always shooed away critics of forced child labor, but now faces the massed ranks of major retailers.
03-10 Transitions online ‘Our Own Place’ Very little has changed in Abkhazia since the Russian-Georgian war, but leaders are promoting a “new era.” From EurasiaNet.
02-10 Transitions online Getting it Right, Eventually The Hungarian and other new NATO members’ Afghan development projects are often inept, but even so vitally needed.
02-10 Transitions online Garbage Collectors The Transdniester standoff owes as much to the Moldovan leader’s upbringing as his contempt for Smirnov, a Russian analyst writes.
01-10 Transitions online Poison from the Pulpit A fiery priest has built his empire on ultra-conservative, xenophobic rhetoric. It’s time to pull the plug.
01-10 Transitions online Do You See What I See? Two groups of observers seem to have witnessed very different elections in Belarus.
30-09 Transitions online No Easy Courtship There are positive signs in the budding relationship between Armenia and Turkey. But don’t expect too much too soon.
30-09 Transitions online Melting Glaciers Threaten Livelihoods Experts fear half or more of Kyrgyzstan’s economically vital glaciers could disappear.
29-09 Transitions online The Shadowy Hand of Uncle Sam A recent commentary warns that some U.S. conservatives have a plan to dismember the Russian Federation.
29-09 Transitions online Doors Opening, Doors Slamming The shadow of the past is gradually lifting from Turkmen schools, but promised reforms are slow to arrive.
26-09 Transitions online Smell the Difference The Kyoto Protocol gave some of Europe’s most backward economies a windfall. They should spend it well.
25-09 Transitions online Performing Mosaics A mosaic artist conquers the world one nail, toothpick, or cork at a time.
25-09 Transitions online Shhh! Elections in Progress Minsk seems to be hoping that "quiet" parliamentary elections will lull the public, and international observers, to sleep.
25-09 Transitions online A Nation of Tough Guys A television competition offers a disturbing glimpse of how Russians view themselves.
24-09 Transitions online No Place to Go but the Polls Yushchenko’s only escape route from the tangled political mess may be to call early elections. Again.
24-09 Transitions online Presidential Call to Reflect on Islamic Heritage Tajik experts mull president's initiative to honor a great Islamic jurist.
23-09 Transitions online Another War Casualty? Georgia’s media, and people, are in no mood yet to ask hard questions about the lost war with Russia. From EurasiaNet.
22-09 Transitions online Georgian MPs Slam Burjanadze The woman seen by many as Saakashvili’s biggest political threat says she warned him against going to war.
22-09 Transitions online A Bad Week on the Bear’s Markets Russia’s resource-based economy is not immune from the spreading global financial syndrome.
19-09 Transitions online The East Bloc Russia and China are fast becoming the UN’s main arbiters of human rights issues at Europe’s expense.
18-09 Transitions online A Not So Sweet Aftertaste TV and the press come off worst in the the latest sordid Czech political affair.
18-09 Transitions online Long, Hot Summer But now comes the autumn of Bulgarians’ unanswered questions.
17-09 Transitions online Balancing Potentials After meeting his Russian counterpart, the Polish foreign minister spoke on Russia, America, and his delicate relationship with Lech Kaczynski.
16-09 Transitions online The Dark Days Return The Kyrgyz government is rationing electricity as its water reserve dwindles. The causes go well beyond borders.
16-09 Transitions online Flaws Found in Tbilisi’s War Planning Georgian soldiers say they were overwhelmed by an enemy force their commanders did not see coming. From EurasiaNet.
15-09 Transitions online Time to Solve the Dayton Puzzle Bosnian politicians and European Parliament members talk about how to escape the constitutional maze imposed by the Dayton accords.
15-09 Transitions online Peak Performer One woman is helping to change the face of disability in Serbia.
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12-09 Transitions online Radical Shakeup A hardline Serbian party leader got too friendly with the EU, so his party ditched him.
12-09 Transitions online Poland Was Right The need is greater than ever for the EU to embrace Warsaw’s Eastern Partnership.
11-09 Transitions online They Killed South Park! Toilet humor? Absolutely. Extremist? Hardly.
11-09 Transitions online The Enemy of My Friend Isolated Armenia plays a careful diplomatic dance with Georgia and Russia. From EurasiaNet.
10-09 Transitions online Mountain of Troubles Small business could aid a Romanian village’s recovery from a crippling dispute over mining.
10-09 Transitions online A Stick-and-Carrot Approach for Russia Analysts offer tactics on dealing with the Kremlin. Demurring isn’t one of them.
09-09 Transitions online Reliving History, Again Russians and Poles still have a long way to go to overcome their mutual suspicions.
09-09 Transitions online Land of Plenty Ashgabat finds its mark on the compass as the world’s big energy buyers come courting.
09-09 Transitions online Reliving History, Again Russians and Poles still have a long way to go to overcome their mutual suspicions.
09-09 Transitions online Land of Plenty Ashgabat finds its mark on the compass as the world’s big energy buyers come courting.
08-09 Transitions online You Get What You Pay For Kosovo wants to reward its best, most qualified teachers, if it can figure out who they are.
08-09 Transitions online Ray of Light on Terrorist Prisons? A secret memo finally forces Polish officials to open up the question of CIA interrogation centers on their territory.
08-09 Transitions online You Get What You Pay For Kosovo wants to reward its best, most qualified teachers, if it can figure out who they are.
08-09 Transitions online Ray of Light on Terrorist Prisons? A secret memo finally forces Polish officials to open up the question of CIA interrogation centers on their territory.
05-09 Transitions online Collateral Damage As travelers fled Ajara during hostilities with Russia, this Black Sea tourist mecca learned the cost of war.
05-09 Transitions online Soccer Diplomacy An unprecedented mingling of sport and diplomacy could make victors of both Turkey and Armenia.
05-09 Transitions online Soccer Diplomacy An unprecedented mingling of sport and diplomacy could make victors of both Turkey and Armenia.
05-09 Transitions online Collateral Damage As travelers fled Ajara during hostilities with Russia, this Black Sea tourist mecca learned the cost of war.