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New Atlanticist

Aug 31, 2016

Future Tense: Karimov’s Bitter Legacy in Uzbekistan

By Sabine Freizer

On September 1, Uzbekistan will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary of independence, but for the first time without its long-time president, Islam Abduganievich Karimov leading the dancing and music-filled celebrations in the capital Tashkent. Karimov suffered a stroke on August 27 and it is most likely that the seventy-eight-year-old, who was already in poor health, has […]

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Mar 2, 2016

Aslund Quoted by Bloomberg on Kazakhstan’s Economic Situation

By Anders Aslund

Read the full article here.

Central Asia

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Nov 4, 2015

Herbst on Kerry’s Visit to Central Asia

By John Herbst

Voice of America Russian Service quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Central Asia: Read the full article here.

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Aug 11, 2015

Infographic: Data Disproves Russian Lies about NATO Military Expansion

By Jorge Benitez and Lucas Della Ventura

Russian leaders have been promoting the myth of NATO military expansion as part of their justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 30, 2015

Euromaidan’s Shockwaves: An Exile in Ukraine Recalls Fleeing his Native Kyrgyzstan

By Matthew Kupfer

On a recent warm summer night, Ilya Lukash sat in a bar near Kyiv’s trendy Kontraktova Square, drinking a beer and chatting with his friends in Ukrainian, Russian, and English. In a red T-shirt emblazoned with patriotic Ukrainian slogans, he could easily have been any one of the countless young, educated, pro-democracy Ukrainians who in […]

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Jul 9, 2015

Tanchum: Energy is the Key to Modi’s Central Asia Reset

By Micha'el Tanchum

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum writes for the South Asian Monitor on why energy is an essential part of India’s Central Asian reset:

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Jun 11, 2015

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By John Herbst

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on Russian efforts to protect Central Asian countries from the threat of ISIS:

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By Ariel Cohen

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen writes for Natural Gas Europe on why Kazakhstan is an important alternative supplier for European oil and natural gas consumers:

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By Blake Franko

Despite the ongoing battles raging in Ukraine, more focus should be placed on the less obvious and often ignored opportunities for the West in Central Asia.

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Jan 30, 2015

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By Mamuka Tsereteli

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