UW-Madison Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia

 

THE REVOLUTION IN KYRGYZSTAN

A briefing held Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

To listen to an audio recording of this briefing, click here.

Introduction: ULI SCHAMILOGLU (Chair of Central Asian Studies)
Analysis: AMY FORSTER ROTHBART (Kyrgyz Parliamentary Election Observer)
Commentary: NORMA JO BAKER (International Academic Programs)
DENIZ BALGAMIS (History)
MICHEL GUILLOT (Sociology)
PETER BLOCH (Land Tenure Center)

Background Information

CIA World Factbook - Kyrgyzstan
Detailed background information and statistics about Kyrgyz economic, politics, geography and much more.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kg.html

Eurasianet.org: Revolution in Kyrgyzstan
News stories about events in Kyrgyzstan-a good resource for recent information.
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kyrgyzstan/revolution.shtml

Wikipedia - Kyrgyzstan
Background information on the history of Kyrgyzstan and other facts about the country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan

Government of Kyrgyzstan

Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Washington, D.C.
http://www.kyrgyzstan.org/ 

Politics of Kyrgyzstan

"Kyrgyzstan's new leaders."  BBC News.  4 April 2005.
Concise background information on five of Kyrgyzstan's new political leaders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4370925.stm

"Profile of Askar Akayev."  BBC News.  4 April 2005.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4371819.stm 

Kyrgyz Press

Kyrgyz National News Agency (also in Russian and Kyrgyz)
http://www.kabar.kg/eng/

Press Articles

"Q&A:  Kyrgyzstan's Rebellion."  The New York Times.  25 March 2005.
Informative discussion by the Council on Foreign Relations of Kyrgyzstan's recent rebellion, as well as earlier history, international relations, economy and more.
http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/international/slot2_032505.html?

"How Do You Say 'Kyrgyzstan?'"  Slate.  25 March 2005. 
http://www.slate.com/id/2115294/

"A tulip revolution."  The Economist.  24 March 2005.
Concise coverage and analysis of the rebellion and the situation in Kyrgyzstan.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3785139 

Central Asia Watchdog:  "A Critical View of the West's Activities in Central Asia."
Contributors are academics, journalists, staff from international organizations, experts, diplomats, whistleblowers - all people who work on/in Central Asia.
http://www.centralasiawatchdog.com/ 

"Kyrgyzstan's friendly revolution."  BBC News.  26 March 2005.
The BBC's article on the rebellion and recent political events.         http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4384499.stm


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