Articles by Christopher Schwartz
Born November 21, 1981, Chris is an Islamicist and journalist from the United States. Beginning with a high school ‘zine in 1999, he has been a small media entrepreneur for most of his career. In 2004 he co-founded neweurasia’s predecessor site, Thinking-East (http://www.thinking-east.net), with Ben Paarmann; he is now serving as the network’s managing editor for English content, as well as the editor for its book project, CyberChaikhana: Digital Conversations from Central Asia. Check out his personal blog @ http://schwartztronica.wordpress.com.
WikiLeaks is reportedly preparing to release a huge cache of American diplomatic cables about the post-Soviet world next week or earlier. neweurasia’s Schwartz summarizes the situation at the moment, and how the Stanosphere has been looking forward to what it hopes to be juicy revelations.
Annasoltan’s post on Turkmenistan’s latest music-based social networking website, TolkunFM (www.tolkunfm.com), has inspired a flurry of angry comments, both to the post itself and to another she has written on the website’s owner, the company …
I’ll let the song speak for itself. (KANYKEI - Kara Chan / КАНЫКЕЙ - Кара Чан)
Two reports from RFE/RL. First, the newly-elected parliament, about which I pondered last week and which was supposed to convene this past Friday, has now been scheduled to convene on 10 November. This appears to …
More than three weeks after its parliamentary elections, Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission finally announced the results this past Monday and coalition talks have now begun in earnest. neweurasia’s Schwartz weighs in: “It’s always dangerous to cast political realities into stark moral terms. Nevertheless, it’s clear that Ata-Jurt and company are, as the colloquialism goes in America, bad dudes.”
neweurasia’s Schwartz releases the final rough draft chapter of the CyberChaikhana project — the gender chapter. “We were faced with a new problem: what could we say that hadn’t been said before?” he writes. “What [we] found was indeed something more interesting: that ultimately, beyond poverty and traditionalism, [is] a complex problem of power and privilege, symbolism, and political-social systems.”
WikiLeaks has announced via Twitter a “major” press conference to occur sometime in Europe. Well, I can tell you that I’ve been given the opportunity to attend, which means I know the day, time, and …
As of this morning, major operating system problems have been solved. There’s a hefty backlog of posts that need to go up, especially about the parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan, not to mention new material, including a series from Annasoltan on blogging in Turkmenistan. It’s going to take a little while, but don’t worry, neweurasia’s English site is indeed back!
Last Friday, neweurasia’s Rahat reported on an apparent incident of the Bakiev network trying to grease the gears of the Ata-Jurt party:
Another scandal before the elections related to the ex-president spread in the mass …
With 99% of the votes accounted for, it appears the Ata-Jurt party has emerged somewhat victorious. neweurasia’s Schwartz provides the hard numbers and offers his opinion on what comes next. “[S]erious coalition-building is coming up. Let’s hope everything stays clean and safe,” he writes. “This is indeed a great day for Kyrgyzstan in principle, but in consequence, well, time will tell.”
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