Carnegie Moscow Center
Mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States, China, and other countries is essential for overcoming the challenges facing the nonproliferation regime.
As Kyrgyzstan prepares for its upcoming parliamentary election, it faces a number of pressing concerns, including launching an international investigation into the causes of the June violence, easing ethnic tensions, and addressing allegations of human rights abuses.
Recent developments in Russia's foreign policy reflect the country's struggle to preserve its status as a “great power” through modernization.
After the New START reduced U.S. and Russian deployments of strategic nuclear arms, Russia has decided to rely even more on relatively fast-flying ground-launched missiles to deliver the strategic nuclear weapons that remain.
Following the June violence, Kyrgyzstan remains gripped by uncertainty surrounding rebuilding in the South and the upcoming parliamentary election. There is a strong potential for continued conflict in the country if these issues are not addressed.
Central Asia has significant importance to U.S. national interests and the Obama administration has a role to play in promoting human rights in the region.
The future for Kyrgyzstan remains unclear and the nature of the political systems in other Central Asian states creates the risk that conflicts such as those recently seen in Kyrgyzstan could break out in neighboring countries.
The financial crisis has exposed the weaknesses in a number of national and international financial institutions. It has also created the opportunity to develop an integrated regulatory framework for the global financial sector.
The role of Uzbekistan’s parliament has expanded significantly, but the transition from totalitarian regime to secular democracy will require further steps toward the decentralization of power.
Roza Otunbayeva, chairman of the interim government of the Kyrgyz Republic, discussed the recent upheaval in Kyrgyzstan and prospects for the country's political future and relations with the United States, Russia, China, and Europe.