Kyrgyz Elections: #Шайлоо2015

Kyrgyzstan holds parliamentary elections on the 4th of October in the first test of the country’s new constitution adopted after the 2010 revolution. Despite corruption and voter eligibility scandals, expectations for change remain muted.

Moldova’s Billion Dollar Question

Moldova is facing its largest political protests since the end of the Soviet Union. What is behind it? Who is involved? And what does the future hold for this state on the frontier of Europe?

Critical Issues Facing Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Governance and Corruption

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Systemic corruption has long plagued economic growth and political legitimacy in former Soviet Republics; American Security Project’s John Bugnacki analyzes the interactive variables that shape corruption in these states and offers a clear path forward for Western policy.