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Eric Walberg is Canadian and journalist specializing in Middle East, Central Asia and Russia since 1980. ..

rebuilding afghanistan – asia sentinel

Great Game Central Asia opposing the US to Russia and China could, in this perspective, could prevent Afghanistan from reaping the benefits of trade with China and hinder its development.. ... Iran and Soviet republics of Central Asia should be included in this joint..

muslim views on morality

Muslims Central Asia with six-in-ten or more taking this position in all the countries surveyed in the regions except Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. In all countries surveyed Southern and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, roughly half or more of..

the world’s muslims: unity and diversity

It's important to keep in mind, however, that despite lower levels of commitment on some measures, majorities of Muslims across most of Central Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe nonetheless subscribe to core tenets of Islam, such pillars of the faith as fasting during Ramadan and annual..

russia: stop draft law on ‘undesirable’ groups

Several of these organizations chose to shut down rather said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia at Human Rights Watch... We urge Russian to reconsider and scrap this draconian draft law, said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International for Europe and Central Asia. . ..

london: confronting a world at war conference

Millions of people believe Britain needs policy u-turn 14 years of the War on Terror have caused carnage and chaos in Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and beyond. ... The War on Terror has fact spread violence and instability across arc from Central Asia through..

table of contents - april 2, 2015

Ahmed Rashid is the author of Pakistan on Brink The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and several books on Afghanistan and Central Asia, including The Resurgence of Central Asia, Islam or Nationalism. ..

table of contents - august 15, 2013

Central Asia and Afghanistan Insulation on Silk Road, Between Eurasia and Heart of Asia report by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh. ... Ahmed Rashid is the author of Pakistan on Brink The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and several books on Afghanistan and Central..

religious persecution in uzbekistan

Its aims are restoration of Caliphate, or Islamic rule, Central Asia and other traditionally Muslim lands, and the practice of Islamic piety, as the group interprets it. The USA, watching the unprecedented spread of Islam Central Asia, specifically the movements to..

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