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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...

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Kyrgyzstan: 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...

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Ukraine 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...

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Turkey: 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...

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Number 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...

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Turkey’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...

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Mounting 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

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Georgia: 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...

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Azerbaijan: 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...

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Putin 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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