[Discussion] ON-LINE RESOURCE- New Central Asia Watchdog Website

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

ON-LINE RESOURCE- New Central Asia Watchdog Website

Central Asia Watchdog website
Please have a look at a new website, launched yesterday, that looks at what
the West is doing in Central Asia.

<http://www.centralasiawatchdog.com/>

Contributors are academics, journalists, staff from international
organisations, experts, diplomats, whistleblowers - all people who work on/
in Central Asia, locals and internationals.

The site posts daily blogs analysing and commenting on our policies,
programmes, projects, people and motives.

We felt that in the present rather confused situation in Kyrgyzstan - but
more generally because Central Asia is mentally and physically so far away
from the general political agenda in the West, it was important that
somebody focus on what we - the West - and our governments and organisations
- are doing in the region.

We would be pleased if we could persuade YOU to post some comments.
Comments can be posted either by filling in one of the 'post comments'
forms, or by emailing directly to: centralasiawatchdog@yahoo.com

The style of the website is very direct - in your face - to encourage free
and frank discussion.

We are operating with a system where people we trust and know can post
stuff/comments anonymously (for those who are restricted because of their
official capacity, or those who feel vulnerable within the region), and/or
under their own profile. When you post a comment or blog, please include a
brief profile of yourself (plus a photo, maybe) and tell us whether you want
us to include your name or not.

So far, we are all doing this out of the goodness of our hearts, so we
cannot pay anybody for contributions, but we are looking for some limited
funding to cover 'production costs'.

We hope to hear from you.

Regards,

Michael Andersen
Wendy Andersen

Michael Andersen (former CEP visiting lecturer in Tashkent and Osh, has
covered the region for Denmark's Radio and several European magazines and
newspapers for several years, and has for the past couple of years run a
number of large-scale media projects in the region). Michael's comments on
the website do NOT represent anybody but himself.

Site Administrator:  Wendy Andersen (former CEP visiting lecturer in
Tashkent and Osh, PhD in political and economic development in the former
East Bloc, with numerous publications on economic co-operation and 
integration)