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White Paper: The Prospects of Independence, International Recognition, and State Viability for Badakhshan

Executive Summary Badakhshan—specifically the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) of Tajikistan—is a culturally distinct, geographically remote, and politically sensitive region with intermittent tensions between local populations and the Tajik central government. This white paper evaluates the likelihood that Badakhshan could break … Continue reading

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Book Review: Sovietistan

Sovietistan: Travels In Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, by Erika Fatland In this book, a generally clueless European crypto-journalist finds herself traveling among the wreckage of Soviet Central Asia vainly seeking to understand its people, its history, and its … Continue reading

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