Is Turkmen society on the brink of major changes? After the 2006 death of “Turkmenbashi” Saparmurat Niyazov, new president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov abolished many aspects of his predecessor’s bizarre cult of rulership, but little seemed to change in the basic structures of power. In recent days, however, I’ve seen three articles which suggest major change [...]
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The Free Libya forces have gained some crucial international recognition: “Major western and regional powers said yesterday that they officially recognised the Libyan opposition as the legitimate representatives of the country in a move designed to convince Col Muammar Qaddafi that his 41 years in power are over… “The contact group, made up by [...] Several weeks ago I read David Crawford‘s Moroccan Households in the World Economy and decided I wanted to blog about it, but I was leaving town right afterward and am only now looking at it again with the details now far from my mind. Because of that, I apologize for some sketchiness in what [...] Camille Tawil provides a useful look at the status of the Libya War. After describing NATO’s success is degrading Qadhafi’s forces, she looks at key campaigns: “NATO attacks succeeded in reversing the situation on the ground in the rebels’ favor. In the east, opposition forces moved from Ajdabiya toward the oil port of Brega [...] The U.S. is building a military training center in Tajikistan’s capital: “U.S. and Tajik officials have marked the start of construction of a military training center near Dushanbe that is being funded by Washington, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports. “U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Ken Gross and Tajik National Guard Commander General Rajabali Rahmonali laid the [...] American media find it less important than Casey Anthony, but Hama has become a critical flashpoint in Syria’s uprising: “The death toll from the siege of Hama had by Wednesday night reached 28, with dozens more wounded, according to residents and activists. One resident told the Guardian he had counted 93 tanks on the [...] |
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