... President Nursultan Nazarbayev made a statement voicing certain concerns that he and Vladimir Putin have regarding the situation on the border
between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan
. This creates serious problems for organizing international efforts to aid Turkmenistan.
AP Photo/Melad Hamedi/East News
Grigory Lukyanov:
The Islamic State in Afghanistan: a Real Threat to
the Region?
On the whole, it should be noted that extremist sentiments have never been widespread in Turkmenistan. However, the situation has begun to change radically over the last year or two as a result ...
... direction of American policy in Central Asia, reflecting some critical economic, political and security developments in the area. The June 9th speech comes after an unprecedented five-country tour of Central Asia-- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-- by Secretary of State Kerry last November.
In the same address to the House Foreign Affairs Committee last year, Rosenblum detailed the usual multifold approach to Central Asia— the promotion of state sovereignty,...
... are already doing so.
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The Collective Security Treaty Organization
(SCTO) member-states’ foreign ministers’ meeting,
Dushanbe, April 2, 2015
IS poses a threat to the countries of Central Asia, South Caucasus and the Middle East. The Islamic State militants penetrate Afghanistan and are mainly concentrated in the country’s northern regions, bordering Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Former Taliban extremists and radicals from across Central Asia are actively recruited into the ranks of IS.
A number of radical Islamic groups and movements
are already operating on the territory of the former Soviet republics and will ...
