Eurasia Security Watch: No. 221
Kyrgyzstan erupts;
Scuds to Hezbollah a game-changer;
Georgia seizes HEU... again;
Iran and UAE spar over Gulf islands
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The coup that swept the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan in early April caught almost everyone by surprise. The ouster of the country's strongman president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, after two days of rioting by opposition forces, likely at Russia's instigation, has fundamentally altered politics in the impoverished but strategically vital Central Asian state. In the process, it has called into question the stability of America's presence in the "post-Soviet space."