Russia and Central Asia: Missed Opportunities and New Prospects

... Power To a great extent, obstacles to Russia’s influence in Central Asia arise from the Kremlin's lengthy negligence of soft power mechanisms. The region (except for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) hosts several thousand representative offices of foreign ... ... grant-based educational programs, effectively ousting Russian educators. Photo: msu.tj Moscow State University Branch in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Westerners also open institutions like the American University of Central Asia. The network of Turkish schools and ...