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Central Asia In-Depth: Marlene Laruelle talks to VOA

(VOA) Professor Marlene Laruelle, director of the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University, talks to Navbahor Imamova, Voice of America's Uzbek Service. How well do the United States…

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Should the U.S. worry about tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in central Asia?

(Washington Post) The five post-Soviet countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) are secular states with a majority Sunni Muslim population — and each has a Shiite minority…

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Eurasian Integration

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Regional integration is a core element of Washington’s vision for post-conflict Afghanistan. Captured by the metaphor of a New Silk Road (NSR), the U.S. has long sought…

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Cooley: China’s Silk Road initiative is “conceptually incompatible” with Russia’s EEU

(The Diplomat) Announced in 2013 on a stage at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the land-based portion of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative (the Silk Road…

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Why No “Water Wars” in Central Asia? Lessons Learned from the Aral Sea Disaster

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In the mid-1980s, the international community became aware of the scope of a major environmental disaster in the Soviet Union. The Aral Sea, once the world’s…

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Cooley: the United States and Central Asia: a new relationship? (Video)

(RFE/RL) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry just wrapped up a trip through Central Asia that was aimed at reassuring the leaders of five states that U.S. support will continue, even…

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Playing the players? Interview with Alexander Cooley

(RT) Competition between the world’s largest powers for influence in Central Asia is seen as the new Great Game of the 21st century. But with the weakening of security in…

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McGlinchey: We do not have enough information about ISIS recruits in Central Asia

(The Diplomat) On September 16, just after the CSTO summit held in Dushanbe, Tajik authorities arrested 13 active members of the Islamic Renaissance Party and removed the passports of other…

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Eurasian Visions: Integration and Geopolitics in Central Asia

(Policy Perspectives) This collection of policy memos is based on the proceedings of a June 2015 PONARS Eurasia workshop, Security and Regional Integration in Eurasia, held at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. In this…

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Interview: Scott Radnitz on Kyrgyzstan

(The Diplomat) A look at the recent political, security and economic developments in Kyrgyzstan. Scott Radnitz is an Associate Professor at the Henry M Jackson School of International Studies, and…

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Central Asia In-Depth: Marlene Laruelle talks to VOA

Should the U.S. worry about tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in central Asia?

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Eurasian Integration

Cooley: China’s Silk Road initiative is “conceptually incompatible” with Russia’s EEU

Why No “Water Wars” in Central Asia? Lessons Learned from the Aral Sea Disaster

Cooley: the United States and Central Asia: a new relationship? (Video)

Playing the players? Interview with Alexander Cooley

McGlinchey: We do not have enough information about ISIS recruits in Central Asia

Eurasian Visions: Integration and Geopolitics in Central Asia

Interview: Scott Radnitz on Kyrgyzstan