Different Stans

"Liar, Lunatic, and Fabulist" -- the Outrageous Claims of Joshua Foust that My Blog is Sending an Innocent Man to Prison

Foust and his disco tie do Al Jazeera. Did my criticism of his positions on the Afghan massacre prompt him to attack me today? Joshua Foust has an appalling rant posted at Registan in which he smears me again merely for disagreeing wit...

"The 70" of Zhanaozen: What We Know And Don't Know

The first thing we know about the situation in Kazakhstan is that we do not know everything. That's because it's a closed society. To be sure, we've gotten a lot of information about the situation from Western and regional journalists, b...

Nato and Uzbekistan: Who Really Gets it VERY VERY VERY VERY Wrong?

Islam Karimov and NATO Secretary General, January 2011. Scott Horton, a US lawyer and specialist on international law, has a first-rate article on NATO and Uzbekistan which was his testimony at a recent public hearing in Germany on the ...

Further Thoughts on Muhtorov and the Denver Post

My difference in opinion on how to view the case of Jamshid Muhtorov and the coverage by the Denver Post caused quite an outrageous slam on me by defense analyst Joshua Foust. Perhaps his outburst isn't really caused by the issue at han...

Rare Adult Supervision at Registan

I love it when the adults show up and demand some accountability from the young punks at Registan. That doesn't happen very often -- almost never, as far as I can see from some of the archives -- but when it does, it sure is appreciate...

Why Doesn't Nathan Hamm Like the Story of How Authoritarian States Respond to Erosion of Their Information Dominance?

Internet cafe in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, 2010. Photo by aelita. Registan has been fairly static lately, or as Joshua Foust would describe it, "non-kinetic" and hasn't had as as many regular posts. Curiously, Nathan Hamm, the site...

Atambayev Ready to Turn Manas into Civilian Airport with Military Cargo Transit

Medvedev and Atambayev. Kremlin.ru. Russian Presidential Photo Service. Traditionally, it seems to be important for the leader of Kyrgyzstan to get along with Russia -- for lots of reasons. The new president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Ata...

Sometimes @Joshuafoust is Like This...

Oh, there isn't quite a complete silence, there was one bit of Aesopian reaction from Joshua Foust to the appalling takedown of me -- takedown doesn't even begin to describe forcing an employer to put outrageous conditions on you so t...

"Great Gain, Not Great Game" -- But Increased Militarization?

Mitsubishi ATV given by US in EXBS Vehicle Donation program to Uzbek Institute of Nuclear Physics Argh, who writes these lines? Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Robert O. Blake, Jr. put out the transcript of a ...