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Central Asia’s Precarious Path to Development

The development projects currently being pursued in Central Asia could repeat the worst mistakes of the Soviet era without improving citizens' standard of living and income security.

Artemy Kalinovsky

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Central Asia’s Precarious Path to Development

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Managing Editor Jonathan Tepperman interviews author Alexander Cooley on the geopolitical role of Central Asia.

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The New Great Game in Central Asia

Recently, China, Russia, and the United States have started to compete for influence in Central Asia. Unlike Afghanistan in the last Great Game, however, the...

Alexander Cooley

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America Discovers Central Asia

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New Friends, New Fears in Central Asia

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The Great Game in Asia

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