Consequences of the Ukrainian Crisis for Central Asia: Shock and Awe

... destabilization and of possible outside intervention. Thus, the delicate balance based on Russia’s role as the key external guarantor of the internal security of not only regimes but of societies as well has been put at risk. The Ukrainian Scenario for Central Asia: Reflections and Distortions The Ukrainian crisis has revived regional elites’ dormant fears of internal destabilization... ... acute ethnic and elite conflicts. The official assessments of the destabilization in Ukraine were based on the historical memory of the turbulent 1990s and the political...