by Eglė Kesylytė-Alliks, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo. On the 11 March 2017 Lithuania will be counting 27 years since the declaration of its independence from the Soviet Union. This period produced a generation of citizens who were socialized within the newly re-established state. How then does this generation relate to…
by Giorgio Comai, PhD candidate at the Institute for International Conflict Resolution And Reconstruction, Dublin City University Presidential elections in Transnistria, a de facto independent state within the internationally recognised borders of Moldova, are scheduled for 11 December 2016. Out of a total of seven registered candidates, the two main contenders for the position are the…
By Donnacha Ó Beacháin (@Donnachakaz) Dead Man Talking The bar for Uzbekistan’s most surreal Independence Day was already very high but it was well-cleared yesterday. As the world pondered whether Karimov was dead or so near-death to make no difference, the presidential website issued a 1339 word congratulatory greeting from – you’ll never guess – the…
By Donnacha Ó Beacháin (@Donnachakaz) Stroke Politics The first and only President of Uzbekistan, the notorious dictator Islam Karimov, has had a stroke. In the opaque word of Central Asian politics this may mean that he is already dead and that the small inner circle around him is trying to figure out what to do. Those…
By Maryia Rohava, Marie Curie Fellow, University of Oslo[i] The results of the presidential election in Belarus on 11 October did not confound anyone. Some political analysts[i] and international newspapers[ii] pronounced Lukashenka the winner already before the election day, and even prior to the start of early voting. The only aspect that required some patience…
by Karolina Stefańczak, PhD candidate at the Institute for International Conflict Resolution And Reconstruction, Dublin City University Abkhazia, a small, de facto state in the southern Caucasus, has elected its fourth president. Raul Khadjimba, the leader of the Forum of National Unity and the former vice-president and prime minister, received 50.6% of the vote and secured victory…
