Reid Standish
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 06:50
Kerry’s trip to all five Central Asian countries, which wrapped up this week, highlighted how the struggle since has grown even more tense — in large part due to poor security in Afghanistan and Washington’s fraying relations with Russia.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 05:42
The Islamic State provides “an additional lever of pressure to convince regional governments to join Russia-led multilateral organizations and ensure that the region stays solidly within Russia’s sphere of influence."
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 06:36
“There has never been a consistent U.S. foreign policy in Central Asia,” Sarah Kendzior, an independent Central Asia expert, told FP. “Not only is it hard to maintain meaningful relationships with the region’s autocratic regimes, but American inconsistency gives the impression to local governments that Washington doesn’t care about Central Asia on its own, only as a means to an end.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:06
As in the aftermath of the Tulip Revolution in 2005 that saw President Askar Akayev, Bakiyev’s predecessor, removed through popular protests, the new leadership has largely failed to deliver on promises to reduce corruption. The rickety interim government that tried to fill the vacuum after Bakiyev’s ouster passed a new constitution and moved the country to a mixed presidential-parliamentary system — an effort to prevent another leader from amassing too much power.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 08:19
The White House announced a new program to train 750 Ukrainian troops in the western city of Yavoriv near the Polish border.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 05:02
One day after announcing that Chuck Hagel is being dismissed as defense secretary, his greatest foreign-policy legacy -- relations with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government -- seems to be evaporating. Egypt's interior minister warned on Tuesday, Nov. 25, that police will not hesitate to use deadly force against Islamist protesters during a planned demonstration on Friday, which represents the first serious challenge to Sisi's government since elections in June.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 13:38
Anti-drug trafficking strategy has not changed much since the 2000s, with the majority of assistance going towards law enforcement and material assistance, but this strategy is incomplete and has consequently failed.