A Change in Focus

Hello dear readers,

A quick note to let our audience know that Kathryn and myself have decided to take the next few months off of this particular blog to devote our energy to other projects.

Blog writing energies will now be directed towards Central Eurasia Standard, a new forum that is a one-stop shop for information and key stories from Central Asia. It acts as a bridge to the region for casual foreign policy watchers – to that end, it is trying to convey key stories in accessible and digestible formats. You can follow me and my efforts at @ingridpederson.

Kathryn will continue her work at Journalists for Human Rights. You can follow her efforts on Twitter at @ksheppo.

We hope to bring this blog back soon and this will stay up until we get the time to come back to it! Thanks for everyone’s support, please check out and follow Central Eurasia Standard – it’s a fascinating place to study, and we’re really excited about where the project could go.