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Cooley: Scholar Sodiqov released; Central Asia thrives on conspiracy theories

(Eurasianet) As news trickled out of Taijkistan on July 22 that the government was releasing, albeit with some restrictions, international scholar Alexander Sodiqov after five weeks in jail, a group…

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What problems does Central Asia face when foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan at the end of this year?

RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, Azatlyk, organized a roundtable with people who closely follow events in the region to hear their views on the situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, now and…

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Central Asian Students between Russia and the West

April 24, 2014

New PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo — Rising xenophobia and declining educational standards are making Central Asians think twice about going to Russia for school. At the same time, and partly…

Central Asian Students between Russia and the West

April 23, 2014

Rising xenophobia and declining educational standards are making Central Asians think twice about going to Russia for school. At the same time, and partly as a consequence, the prospect of…

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Cooley: Existing Concerns of Post-Soviet Republics

(ABC News – "Post-Soviet republics in tug-of-war with Russia and the west") In December 1991 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics disintegrated and 15 countries emerged from what had been…

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Why Ukraine’s Crisis Keeps Central Asian Leaders Up at Night

(By Marlene Laruelle and Sean Roberts) The ongoing crisis in Ukraine highlights just how contested and potentially unstable our geopolitical landscape is becoming, but how one interprets the crisis depends…

Протесты в Центральной Азии

Насильственные протесты в Центральной Азии принимают различные формы, равно как и реакция властей на них. В Казахстане насильственные протесты редки и носят экономический характер, в ответ государство зачастую удовлетворяет требования…

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Russian Military Preparations for Central Asian Instability

The most recent issue of the Moscow Defense Brief has an interesting article by Maksim Shepovalenko on "Russian Preparations for Reduced Foreign Military Presence in Afghanstan." It starts with the…

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Policy Memo: Food Security in Central Asia: A Public Policy Challenge

Central Asian public policies often tend to assert that an increase of GDP mechanically ensures better food security. This is a problematic assumption, however, as food security mainly affects pauperized…

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Policy Memo: States of Protest in Central Asia

The nature of violent protest in Central Asia exhibits variation both in form and state response. In Kazakhstan, violent protest is rare and economically oriented, and it elicits accommodationist state…

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Cooley: Scholar Sodiqov released; Central Asia thrives on conspiracy theories

What problems does Central Asia face when foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan at the end of this year?

Central Asian Students between Russia and the West

Central Asian Students between Russia and the West

Cooley: Existing Concerns of Post-Soviet Republics

Why Ukraine’s Crisis Keeps Central Asian Leaders Up at Night

Протесты в Центральной Азии

Russian Military Preparations for Central Asian Instability

Policy Memo: Food Security in Central Asia: A Public Policy Challenge

Policy Memo: States of Protest in Central Asia