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Living in Interesting Times in Central Asia
September 6, 2016 6 min. read

Uzbekistan’s president is dead, a suicide bomber struck the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan leader cracked down on widespread demonstrations.

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As NATO Draws Down, Feuding Neighbors’ Elections May Heat Up
April 23, 2013 4 min. read

  As NATO troops leave, Afghanistan and two of its northern neighbors will undergo national elections. Should we be worried? While some observers expect an uptick in Afghan border infiltration after the upcoming NATO drawdown, others feel that instability in neighboring states Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have long been homegrown. These countries are the main routes […]

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God Forbid, Gulnara Karimova Has No Talent: The Music Tastes and Exploits of Dictators
June 26, 2012 7 min. read

Googoosha: When Totalitarianism isn’t Enough I first discovered Googoosha through The Daily Beast. At first, it was impossible not to laugh; after all, one of the world’s worst dictators having daughter aspiring to be a pop diva is a bit hard to believe.  Perhaps as a music lover and, I guess, a former radio DJ, I […]

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