Thinking-East is ... well... still alive. We are going to re-launch fairly soon, with a new weblog and fresh material. After neglecting this website for more than a year, we are thrilled to see that so many comments have been made. All annoying spam comments have been deleted and shouldn't resurface due to a new plugin. A few of our articles are linked on Wikipedia and have been read by more than 10,000 people.


Also, neweurasia is online, with most country blogs operational


Read this issue's editorial message by Olesya
Extra: Imran Khan: The scourge of terrorism in Pakistan


Marianna and Katy analysed Azeri-American exchange programs
Austin Kilroy finds a spirit of change amidst uncertainty in Georgia
Marianna's ongoing coverage of the upcoming elections in Azerbaijan


Olesya Ryzhova questions Western strategy in Uzbekistan
Bruno de Cordier dismantles a common myth on Islam in Central Asia


Anjelika Mamytova finds no women participation in Kyrgyz politics
Florence Hodous compares agriculture in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan


Daniel Rathwell sheds some light at Qibla Cola's path of resistance
Christopher Wake thinks international christianity can effect change