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Charting Course for 2014 Elections, Taiwanese Opposition Debates China Policy
The leaders of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have spent the summer in discussion and negotiation over the Party's China policy, trying to establish a consensus on one of the central issues of Taiwanese politics. These negotiations, taking place in the party's newly-revived China Affairs... MORE
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Legal Reform in China: An Empty Ritual
The sensational trial of former Chongqing party secretary and Politburo member Bo Xilai—and growing speculation that former member of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) member Zhou Yongkang may be under investigation for corruption-related offences—has focused the world’s attention on Chinese-style rule of law. While senior... MORE
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Scholar Studies Relationship Between Religiosity and Extremist Behavior Among Dagestani Youth
In a study of the evolution of the Dagestani insurgency, Dagestani social scholar Zaid Abdulagatov explores the changing social landscape among young Dagestanis in relation to Islam and the state. Among the surprising findings of Abdulagatov, who based the study on extensive polling he conducted,... MORE
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Economic Slowdown Reveals Structural Problems in Zhanaozen-style Towns
One and a half years after the tragic events in western Kazakhstan’s Zhanaozen, where 16 striking oil workers died and over 110 were wounded in bloody clashes with riot police, the Kazakhstani government is once again reassessing the situation in this troubled town. On August... MORE
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Cossacks Now Patrol Half of Stavropol Krai: Police Adjuncts or Something More?
Cossack units are now patrolling the streets in 12 of the 26 districts of Stavropol krai as well as in Moscow and other Russian regions. Their presence suggests they are simultaneously, as they claim, adjuncts to the local police—street forces the authorities can deploy in... MORE
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Georgian Prime Minister Announces His Intention of Pre-Term Resignation
On September 2, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili released an eight-page “open letter to the public” in which he outlines the reasons for why he intends to leave the position of head of government before the expiration of his term. Ivanishvili said he needs to... MORE
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Russian Movement in Stavropol Calls for Creation of Russian Republic
A political movement in Stavropol region is gearing up for the establishment of a Russian republic in this ethnic Russian–majority territory, thereby emulating the ethnically non-Russian republics of the North Caucasus. The first conference of the Slavs of Stavropol, also known as the Russian People’s... MORE
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Neither the G20 Summit, Nor the Moscow Elections Went According to Putin’s Script
Hardly any feeling of political resolution exists in Russia after the two events that focused attention and expectations for the whole summer: the G20 summit in St. Petersburg and the mayoral elections in Moscow. Russia’s chairmanship in the fledgling G20 was supposed to demonstrate its... MORE
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Was Top Ingush Official Targeted by New Insurgent Leader?
On the morning of August 27, the secretary of Ingushetia’s Security Council, Akhmed Kotiev, was killed when unidentified attackers fired shots at his car in the vicinity of the town Nizhnie Achaluki as he was on his way to his office (https://www.infox.ru/accident/crime/2013/08/27/Ubit_syekryetar_Sovb.phtml). His driver was... MORE
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Holding Camp for Illegal Immigrants Hastily Opens in Moscow
On August 1, Russian police raided the “Sadoved” market in the Kapotny region of Moscow and arrested close to 1,000 people, primarily Vietnamese traders who were in the country illegally. The traders were detained in a camp in the Golovino region of eastern Moscow, which... MORE