Kyrgyzstan: Power to the People or to the President?
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Muratbek Imanaliev, chairman of the Party of Justice and Progress of Kyrgyzstan
As preparations get underway for Kyrgyzstan’s 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections, attention is increasingly focused on how President Askar Akayev will choose to transfer power to an elected successor. In this EurasiaNet Q&A, Muratbek Imanaliev discusses the possibilities.

Amid Current Problems, Afghan Vice President Hopes For Better Future
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Afghanistan’s Vice President, Hedayat Amin Arsala
Conducted by Abubaker Saddique
Criticism over the conduct of US-led stabilization efforts in Afghanistan continues to mount. On May 27, the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, said US coalition forces in Afghanistan were engaging in dubious practices that undermined efforts to promote reconstruction. The European criticism came a day after the rights group Amnesty International lambasted the Bush administration, calling it "bankrupt of vision and bereft of principle." EurasiaNet recently spoke to Afghanistan’s Vice President Hedayat Amin Arsala on the country’s near-term political challenges.