If the Taliban came to your house in the night, fully armed, and demanded food, would you feed them? You may have no choice. This does not make you a combatant.
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Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, counterinsurgency, Erica Gaston, ISAF, NATO, night raids, Taliban, The Liaison Office, U.S. military
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After a deadly explosion killed more than 1,300 people in infamously repressive Turkmenistan, citizen journalism not only broke, but also challenged, the official version of the news.
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Two reports call attention to the failure of the United States to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite spending billions of taxpayer dollars.
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Despite President Obama's soaring promises of a new chapter in American diplomacy, are we in reality maintaining a traditional, short-sighted, interest-based approach in Central Asia?
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The police sector in Central Asia is in serious need of reform, but Western reform projects bring with them their own kinds of problems.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Central Asia, Cornelius Graubner, human rights, Kyrgyzstan, OSCE, police abuse, police reform, pretrial detention, Uzbekistan
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The detention of journalists for trying to provide an independent voice on security incidents undermines Western governments' otherwise positive efforts to support free media in Afghanistan in the past 10 years.
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Armenia offers a case in point in how social media is exerting quiet yet significant influence in broadening public discourse.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: Armenia, Khatchig Mouradian, social media, YouTube
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Independent media and human rights groups can do little to prevent cyberattacks, according to a recent report, and should instead focus on mitigating harm from attacks when they do occur.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: Becky Hogge, Burma, China, cyberattack, DDoS, Distributed Denial of Service, Egypt, Ethan Zuckerman, Internet, Iran, Kazakhstan, media independence, Russia, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Wikileaks
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The Digital Youth of Central Asia Forum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, looked at the growth of blogs, e-learning initiatives, and how to use open source software in crisis situations.
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After violence erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks this past June, many people questioned the role of the media in the conflict.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Media & Arts, Rights & Justice
Topics: interethnic violence, Kyrgyzstan, Marina Sivasheva, osh, Uzbekistan, video
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