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Controversial Osh Mayor's Fate Hinges On Election A EurasiaNet Partner Post from: The controversial mayor of Osh faces an uncertain future on March 4 as residents vote for a new city council. Mayor Melis Myrzakmatov, whose critics accuse him of doing little to prevent the deadly ethnic clashes in Osh two years ago, will have to resign if his National Unity party fails to win a majority of the council's 45 seats. Online Journals These are web links to free online journals on peacebuilding, conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and related topics which are produced by sources not associated with the U. S. Institute of Peace. American Diplomacy American Diplomacy is published in cooperation with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense and with the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. EDITOR: Csaba T. Chikes Announcements

Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs What is RSS? RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are files which can be loaded into RSS viewers, and automatically display new content from the Chatham House website. This allows you to keep up to date with news from Chatham House without having to view every section of the website. An RSS service (or channel) consists of a list of items, each of which contains a headline, a description, and a link back to a web page on the Chatham House site. geopolicity Geopolicity is a strategic advisory consulting firm with an international reputation for excellence in the area of political and economic intelligence. Through our extensive group of leading international associates, we offer world class intelligence and management consultancy services to public and private sector clients alike. We specialize in research, intelligence and analysis in emerging markets and less developed countries throughout the globe including countries in conflict. In essence, we assess and interpret the politics of international business. We offer macro analysis, such as regional trade studies or country economic diagnostic work, as well as micro level analysis including sector specific industry reports and market studies. We factor the political environment into all assessments to provide comprehensive and evidence based analysis; without bias or political preference.

Kyrgyz parliament approves new coalition government Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Friday to accept the structure of the new coalition government, which vowed to follow through on reforms designed to build parliamentary democracy in the country. Social Democratic Party leader Almazbek Atambayev, who told the parliament that his government would and put an end to the period of instability and disorder in the country, was appointed prime minister. The coalition government comprises Social Democrats, Ata Zhurt and Respublika, three of the five parties elected to parliament in the October elections. Atambayev pledged that first of all he would make an official visit to Moscow, which has "provided the greatest support to the republic." The new government will build good-neighborly relations with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China and Tajikistan, Atambayev said, adding that cooperation with the European Union, United States and Turkey will also be bolstered.

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The Reflection Cafe: On Faith (Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide) Book Review by Os Guinness Religion is the key to history, Lord Acton wrote. In today’s intellectual circles, however, it’s more like the skunk at the garden party. To many intellectuals, religion is a private matter at best, and most appropriately considered in terms of its functions rather than the significance of its beliefs, let alone its truth claims. At worst, it’s the main source of the world’s conflicts and violence—what Gore Vidal, in his Lowell Lecture at Harvard University in 1992, called “the great unmentionable evil” at the heart of our culture. .Such grim assessments are certainly debatable.

FRONTLINE/WORLD . Rough Cut . Northern Ireland: Uneasy Peace . Background Facts and Related Links Northern Ireland: A Profile Northern Ireland is the six counties that sit in the northeastern tip of the island of Ireland and it is ruled by Great Britain. The other 26 counties make up the Republic of Ireland, which succeeded from Great Britain in 1922. Outside Belfast and Londonderry, Northern Ireland is mostly rural, and its grasslands support dairy and beef operations that form the bulk of the agricultural economy. The country first became known for its shipbuilding and high quality linens. Kyrgyzstan: Widening Ethnic Divisions in the South Asia Report N°222 29 Mar 2012 Kyrgyzstan’s government has failed to calm ethnic tensions in the south, which continue to grow since the 2010 violence, largely because of the state’s neglect and southern leaders’ anti-Uzbek policies. Osh, the country’s second city, where more than 420 people died in ethnic clashes in June of that year, remains dominated by its powerful mayor, an ardent Kyrgyz nationalist who has made it clear that he pays little attention to leaders in the capital. While a superficial quiet has settled on the city, neither the Kyrgyz nor Uzbek community feels it can hold.

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