Kazakhstan Intifada: Central Asia’s Full Circle
It took only four days of popular uprising for the 32 year-old regime of Nursultan Nazarbayev, in power since 1989, to collapse. Looking at the falling statues one cannot feel but owe and surprise. On the other hand, it was inevitable: political regimes that do not reform constantly while their societies evolve rapidly, harden and all of a sudden shatter like glass.
The modern history of Central Asia could have been different. In the late 1980’s as the Soviet Union moved from reforms to chaos... Читать дальше...