Kyrgyzstan Rejects U.S. Humanitarian Aid
... Yakusheva The unilateral termination of the Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance seems to reflect the readiness of Kyrgyz rulers to positively limit Washington’s influence on domestic politics. Beginning in the 1990s, 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 ...