Stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from June, 2007
Armenia: Traffic Accidents
Nazarian says that since Armenian traffic police started using mobile patrols, the number of reported traffic accidents has increased. He is quick to remind that corelation is not causation.
Afghanistan: Female Journalists Murdered
Afghan Lord reports on the murder of two female journalists in Afghanistan.
Tajikistan: The Problem with Corruption
Andrea Dall'Olio explains what's wrong with bribes even when it becomes a widely accepted way of doing business using Tajikistan as an illustrative example.
Tajikistan: Melting Glaciers
Vadim reports on Tajikistan's melting glaciers.
Afghanistan: Disease Eradication
Bonnie Boyd reports on efforts to eradicate various diseases in Afghanistan.
Armenia: National Glue
At Blogrel, Harmick wonders whether or not a shared sense of pain resulting from the experience of genocide is the glue that gives Armenians around the world a shared sense of identity, and worries whether or not that sense of shared identity would vanish if the community decided to put...
Georgia: Swine Fever
Cuttino's Georgian Life covers the outbreak of African swine fever in Georgia and says that this threatens a centerpiece of Georgian cuisine.
Azerbaijan: Missile Defense & Cooperation
neweurasia and Non Pon say that Vladimir Putin's proposal for the US to put a missile defense system in Azerbaijan is a rare opportunity for cooperation in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Kyrgyzstan: Armwrestling
CXW notes that in Kyrgyzstan, competitive armwrestling is being impacted by the high cost of protein.
Kazakhstan: Aliev Intrigue
Bonnie Boyd reports on some of the business-related intrigue in the conflict between Kazakhstan's president and his son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev.
Tajikistan: Hyatt Dushanbe
Vadim reports on the announcement that Hyatt will be opening a hotel in Dushanbe, and he says that he hopes this will encourage local hoteliers to improve their services.
Armenia: Football Victory
Blogrel writes about Armenia's surprising victory over Poland in the Euro 2008 football qualifiers.
Caucasus: Tourism Index
Social Science in the Caucasus summarizes how the Caucasus states fare on the World Economic Forum's new tourism index.
Afghanistan: RAWA's History
Ronin says a fellow blogger has it wrong on RAWA, and corrects the record.
Russia: “The Azeri Option”
Sean's Russia Blog reports that at the G8 Summit, Bush and Putin “appeared to come to some agreement over the placing of missile defense systems in East Europe” – thanks to the surprise “Azeri option.”
Armenia: Katuner Concert Photos
Follow The Way posts photos from a recent Yerevan concert by the band Katuner.
Kazakhstan: Election Changes
At neweurasia, Adam says that recent changes to election laws are a step in the wrong direction for Kazakhstan.
Kyrgyzstan: Visit from SecDef
Kyrgyz Report reports on the meetings in Bishkek between Kyrgyzstan's president and the US defense secretary in which the status of the US airbase in the country was discussed.
Tajikistan: Panj Bridges
Are bridges across the Panj River to Afghanistan good or bad for Tajikistan? Vadim of neweurasia examines the issue.
Kazakhstan: Extraditing Aliev
With Rakhat Aliev, the son-in-law of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev, having been arrested in Austria and released on bail awaiting extradition to Kazakhstan to face kidnapping and other criminal charges, Bonnie Boyd examines some of the possible outcomes of his extradition hearing and what they might mean for relations between...
Afghanistan: Heroes of Afghanistan
SunLeaf discusses some non-Afghan champions of Afghanistan.
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