Kyrgyzstan: Proposals for Post-Manas “Transit Hub” Lack Air Under Wings
Copyright show: No When Turkish Airlines started transiting through Bishkek on its new thrice-weekly flights from Istanbul to Ulaanbaatar in mid-2012, the move was hailed in Kyrgyzstan as the start of...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Striving to Protect Snow Leopards
Copyright show: No “It’s more than just tying a camera to a rock,” said Koustubh Sharma, instructing conservationists in Kyrgyzstan how to monitor snow leopards with motion-triggered photo and video...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis Puts Strain on Turkey-Russia Ties
Copyright show: No The deepening Ukrainian crisis is placing Turkey in a difficult diplomatic position. At stake for officials in Ankara are Turkey's commitments to its Western allies and its cultural...
View ArticleTurkey: Striving to Realize Energy Dream
Copyright show: No With Ukraine and the Middle East currently engulfed in turmoil, Turkey is trying to play a new energy-export card and, in the process, strengthen its position as a regional energy...
View ArticleNumber of Russian Asylum Seekers to U.S. Spikes in Wake of 'Antigay' Law
Copyright show: No WASHINGTON -- U.S. asylum applications from Russian nationals have jumped 15 percent for the second straight year, a rise that asylum seekers and attorneys attribute to Russians...
View ArticleTurkey’s Kurdish Fears Encourage Inaction against Islamic State
Copyright show: No For weeks, idle Turkish tanks have been watching from the hills in southeastern Turkey as Islamic State forces pound the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, just a few hundred meters...
View ArticleMounting Russia-West 'Close Encounters...Ripe with Escalation Potential'
Copyright show: No A new report says the number and gravity of "close military encounters" between Russia and the West has increased visibly amid tension over Ukraine. read more
View ArticleGeorgia: Political Crisis Prompts Speculation About Ivanishvili’s Political...
Copyright show: No The government crisis that erupted in Georgia earlier in November was originally cast as a struggle over the country’s geopolitical orientation. But as time passes, it seems the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Rights Activists on the Brink
Copyright show: No EurasiaNet Commentary When Azerbaijan served as chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, it scoffed at the spirit and purpose of the organization and moved...
View ArticlePutin Assails West, Hails Crimea as 'Sacred' Russian Land in Address
Copyright show: No President Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to destroy Russia, drawing a parallel with Hitler's invasion, and said Moscow will never bend to the will of foreigners, talking...
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