The Specter of a "Colored Revolution"Kazakhstan's scheduled December 4, 2005 presidential election brings two major questions into focus for this Central Asian state.
Central Asia and the Caucasus, we are often told, are vital political and economic interests for the United States. This is, to put it mildly, a gross exaggeration.
With the dust settled from the Georgian conflict, it’s clear that Russia doesn’t have grandiose imperial ambitions. But Moscow does want a seat at the table.
Western commentators are focusing on the here and now of the Tbilisi-Moscow conflict. But it has deep roots in the nationalist polices of Georgia’s first post-independence president.
