Kyrgyzstan: A Russian Revolution? -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
The US is on the back foot in Central Asia after Vladimir Putin appears to be winning a round in the new Great Game.
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin moved quickly today to recognise the new powers-that-be in Kyrgyzstan while disavowing any role in the overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's regime. "Neither Russia, nor your humble servant, nor Russian officials have any links whatsoever to these events," Putin said in a typically sardonic statement that invited disbelief. As far as he was concerned, he said, opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva was "the new head of government".
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
How Kyrgyzstan Violence Could Impact U.S. -- Owen Matthews
Obama's jihad on 'jihad' -- Washington Times editorial
The trouble with 'no-nukes-palooza' -- Peter Brookes, New York Post
Preemptive Disarmament -- Claudia Rosett, Forbes
Interlocking crises strangle Mid-East -- Gilles Kepel, The Australian
If You Can't Retaliate, You Weren't Attacked (South Korea) -- Andrei Lankov, New York Times
Reinventing the Taliban -- Rafia Zakaria, DAWN
Obama’s Karzai Miscalculation -- Abe Greenwald, Commentary Magazine
It's war, dammit! -- New York post editorial
It's a Global Century, not an Asian Century -- Guy Sorman, Japan Times
China faces its biggest foe -- Kent Ewing, Asia Times
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