Kyrgyzstan Rejects U.S. Humanitarian Aid

... Kyrgyzstan has been the U.S. outpost for humanitarian and political activities in Central Asia. And it was the Bishkek office of USAID that received the most generous allocations in the region. As such, the money worked. Just remember the myriad Western NGOs and educational and publishing projects, as well as their part in the coups that have shaken the country. With geopolitical competition on the rise everywhere and in Central Asia, which is Russia’s foreign policy priority, the threat of political destabilization from the outside is also rising. Kyrgyzstan seems to be first in line, as it understandably has irritated Washington after the closing of the Manas ...