Reflections on the situation in eastern Ukraine-a 2017 perspective
There are perhaps two key myths about Ukraine that need to be challenged and pushed back on: Firstly, that 2013 saw a sudden turn by Ukraine towards the EU, and…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
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FPC Briefing – The Coming Storm: US-China Relations Under Trump
Dr Chris Ogden sets out some of the political and strategic challenges facing US-China relations ahead of the coming Trump Presidency. According to Dr Ogden both during and after the…
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FPC Briefing: Why Burma’s political transition should be viewed with caution
John Harley Breen examines the challenges Burma/Myanmar faces as it attempts to transition to a more open political structure after decades of military and colonial domination. It looks at the…
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No Shelter: Executive summary
This publication shows how repressive regimes from the former Soviet Union, most notably Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan operate outside their borders to challenge dissenting voices. The exiles and…
No Shelter Introduction: The harassment of activists abroad by intelligence services from the former Soviet Union
The repressive nature of many governments in the former Soviet Union and how that they repress those who attempt to challenge these systems has been repeatedly and well documented, including…
‘RepressIntern’: Russian security cooperation with fellow authoritarians
Under Vladimir Putin, Moscow has assiduously sought to retain its authority over the states of former-Soviet Eurasia (with the grudging exception of the Baltics), through a combination of political connection,…
Chechnya – Repression without borders
You are the ones who are hurting yourselves. Someday, in five-ten years, you will have to return, or your parents will tell that it is time for you to come…
Practices and patterns of extraterritorial security: Introducing the Central Asian Political Exiles (CAPE) database
As political opposition, free press and civil society have disappeared from much of Central Asia they have moved into exile. There are none more aware of this shift than the…
The situation of the Uzbek refugees: New threats and methods of pressure
It wasn’t very long ago that citizens of Uzbekistan were confident that living abroad and having refugee status meant safety. They were sure that emigration was a panacea for them…
Big brother and his middlemen are always watching you
For some Azerbaijanis living abroad, Baku’s official decision issued on April 30th 2015 introducing a compulsory registration of its citizens living abroad with Azerbaijan’s diplomatic missions in the countries where…