Expert Available to Discuss Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Newswise — University of Vermont political scientist Michele E. Commercio is an expert on Central Asia, specifically Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. She is available for interview on the recent ethnic violence and reports of involvement by Kyrgyz military. Commercio is the author of a new book, part of the University of Pennsylvania Press series on National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century, Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks.