No, according to the Economist, which just published an article arguing that the costs of relaxing the organization’s democracy standards outweigh the benefits of drawing Kazakhstan further into the Western fold.
The sad truth is that …

Here is a figure from a recent article by Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative DC think tank, that has been circulating through econoblogs:

Hassett argues that democratic countries in the 20th century …

Dr. Johannes Linn of the Wolfensohn Center in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution was kind enough to share with neweurasia his thoughts on a diverse range of topics related to …

Since my last post on the topic when the news was just breaking, several experts have written some interesting and informative commentary that readers might be interested in.
First, I would point you in the direction …

When I quipped that Tajikistan President Rahmon was turning into a “Tajik-bashi” some time ago, citing several rather odd reforms of his, readers responded by detailing some of the logic behind those reforms not covered …

Relations between America and Russia have been rather tense lately – but I won’t recap the gory details here. Suffice to say that recent headlines have featured pointless knuckle rapping by both sides almost …

In the coming years, perhaps decades, Turkmenbashi will undoubtedly live on in the form a suffix tacked on to any Central Asian ruler who does something vaguely authoritarian and eccentric. A while back, Ian …

Event Report: Princeton History Professor Stephen Kotkin
Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History Professor and Director of Russian & Eurasian Studies at Princeton University, gave an excellent, and in many ways provocative, lecture at George Mason University …

Martha Brill Olcott of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was once again kind enough to be interviewed by neweurasia. Previously, we asked her about Carnegie’s new website Central Asian Voices. This time, …

Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey about minorities in Central Asia.
In a 21st century where nationalism, separatism, and multiculturalism are as strong as ever, it is easy to overlook the inherent …