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Targeting international students cuts into U.S. soft power Isabelle DeSisto - June 25, 2025 Here’s how the Trump administration’s visa restrictions erode the U.S. image abroad.
Central Asian countries now have two big worries about Russia Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili - March 2, 2022 Moscow has seen little support this week from these countries.
Kazakh President Nazarbayev has resigned. Here are three things to watch. Eric McGlinchey - March 20, 2019 A managed succession may be a hard promise to keep.
When ailing dictators die in office, what happens next? Erica Frantz and Andrea Kendall-Taylor - December 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50410" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Uzbek President Islam Karimov in 2015.
Uzbekistan had the same president for 25 years. What happens now? Pauline Jones - September 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45908" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov greets people
As Ethiopia votes, what's 'free and fair' got to do with it? Laura Seay - May 18, 2015 Ethiopia, Washington’s security partner and Africa’s second most populous country,
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it? Terrence Lyons - May 18, 2015 Ethiopia, Washington’s security partner and Africa’s second most populous country,
Counter-terrorism in Central Asia requires international cooperation Galymzhan Kirbassov - December 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19433" align="alignnone" width="620"] FILE: Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Central Asia Grows Wobbly Joshua Tucker - September 27, 2012 Central Asia is entering a decade of heightened instability. Aging