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The Islamic State could make the region its next base.
In a place such as Uzbekistan, the tactics a leader use may be liberal or draconian, but the outcome is the same.
Uzbekistan is perhaps the most overlooked country in the most overlooked region of the world.
Reforms have not liberalized the country as much as some may think.
The countries are ready to find solutions to internal problems without Moscow’s help.
Dec. 21, 2017 It’s time to look back on how we fared this year.
Dec. 15, 2017 The dysfunction that will characterize the year has a decade’s worth of momentum behind it.
Nov. 3, 2017 No region is more vulnerable to the Islamic State than is Central Asia.
Aug. 4, 2017 The group is attracting the sort of attention that will make continued success hard to come by.
July 13, 2017 This economic initiative is a political solution, not a commercial enterprise.
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