Kyrgyzstan's Revolution: Causes and Consequences
Thursday, April 7, 2005, 4:00 am
Witnesses
Zamira Sydykova
Editor
Res Publica
Dr. Martha Olcott
Senior Associate
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Daniel Kimmage
Central Asia Analyst
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Yulia Savchenko
Talk Show Host
Pyramid TV, Kyrgyzstan
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and others discussed the recent Kyrgyz revolution and the fall of the regime of President Askar Akaev. Protest movements in Georgia and Ukraine led up Akaev's fall. This hearing discussed the possible implications of such civil unrest were and the prospects for consolidating Kyrgyz democracy and other places to which revolutions may spread.
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