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State Department speech reflects growing security risks in Central Asia

... shift in the 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 ...

18.07.2016

IS Poses a Threat to Post-Soviet States

... are already doing so. mfa.tj 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 ...

14.04.2015

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