New laws pose threat to Kyrgyzstan's civil society

Kyrgyzstan civil society threatened as Bishkek starts mirroring Russia on 'gay propaganda' and 'foreign agents'

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Russia's FSB will benefit from instability

Russia's powerful Federal Security Service will benefit from instability and Kremlin's growing paranoia.

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Knowing an overt military assault will invoke NATO's Article 5, Russia will increase Baltic covert interference

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Prime minister has strong support among the Macedonian majority that he may use to survive the latest scandal

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Russia's military intervention, while unlikely at present, is influencing the Belarusian president's views on defence

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The much-feared SNB is Uzbekistan's most powerful security body and will be key for the post-Karimov succession

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Succession issue and need to maintain an increasingly shaky status quo will empower security services further

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A focus on administrative costs allows the Pentagon to pursue near- and long-term priorities, but politics may intervene

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Russian Spetsnaz will form core to future professionalised military and would be vanguard of any Baltic destabilisation

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The president's political style is causing growing alarm even inside his own party, but no one can confront him

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