Latest posts by Nathan Hamm from December, 2006
Kyrgyzstan: Clans and Democracy
Registan.net writes about the role of clans in last month's anti-government protests and the implications of clans for democratization in Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan: Uzbek Gas
Yulia discusses Kyrgyzstan's options for responding to Uzbekistan raising prices for natural gas.
Armenia: Rules of the Road
Zarchka reports on the transition to new traffic rules for vans that serve as public transportation that requires them to stop only at bus stops. After some chaos, she says that some sort of order has been restored, but that there have been unintended consequences.