Since 2001, the most visible U.S. military presence in Central Asia has been a U.S. Air Force base in Kyrgyzstan, formally called the Transit Center at Manas. Since then the base has been the source of extensive diplomatic wrangling between the two countries, and now – with the pullout of U.S. forces in Afghanistan looming – the Kyrgyzstan government is making strong suggestions that it wants the base out.
In May, on a 91-5 vote, Kyrgyzstan's parliament ...
On July 9, 2013, the Stimson Center’s Future of Peace Operations program, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Mali Watch, and NDU’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies hosted an event on “What Mali Can Teach Us: A Discussion on the Primacy of Civil Authority in Rebuilding the Security Sector.” According to the ...
Recently, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Moscow would be sending a substantial package of military aid to the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan by the end of this year.
Amidst the ensuing media confusion, the question of whether to suspend or continue the delivery of U.S. assistance to Egypt hangs in the balance because of a U.S. law that prohibits most direct assistance to countries whose militaries depose elected heads of state
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the MENA region over the last week
A round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the last week